AspectJ with annotations and Java 6

To enable use the follwing configuration:

<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
<configuration>
<complianceLevel>1.6</complianceLevel>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<!--<goal>test-compile</goal> -->
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

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