title: Spring AOP @Pointcut not triggering @Before method
body: <p>I have an @Aspect and @Pointcut method annotated to fire @Before a @Controller request method, it seems to be matching (as I'm not getting any errors) but it is not firing my advice method at all. I changed my pointcut for testing purposes to be as specific as possible and am not getting any binding errors during application startup.</p>
  
  <p>Here's my controller method (the class is <strong>com.x.y.z.MyController</strong>):</p>
  
  <pre><code>@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = "application/json", consumes = "application/json")
  @ResponseBody
  public SubmissionResponse submitMethod(@Valid @RequestBody final SubmissionRequest request, HttpServletRequest httpRequest, BindingResult result)
  {
      if (result.hasErrors()) { throw new BadRequestException(result); }
  
      //  ... do stuff ...
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's the Aspect class:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Aspect
  @Component
  public class RequestValidatingAspect
  {
      private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(RequestValidatingAspect.class);
  
      @Inject
      private ClientService clientService;
  
      @Inject
      private AccountService accountService;
  
      @Pointcut("execution(* com.x.y.z.MyController.submitMethod(*.SubmissionRequest,*.HttpServletRequest,*.BindingResult)) &amp;&amp; args(request, httpRequest, result)")
      private void requestValidation(SubmissionRequest request, HttpServletRequest httpRequest, BindingResult result) {} 
  
      @Before("requestValidation(request,httpRequest,result)")    
      public void theAdvice(SubmissionRequest request, HttpServletRequest httpRequest, BindingResult result) throws Throwable
      {
          System.out.println("Before - The Advice");
          LOGGER.info("Entering The Advice!");
  
          if(result.hasErrors()){ throw new BadRequestException(result); }
          // ... do stuff ...
  
          LOGGER.info("Exiting - The Advice!");
          return;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>