The context:load-time-weaver registers AspectJ's Load-time Weaver to the current classloader. So, not only Spring beans will be targeted, but any class loaded in the classloader that match the defined pointcuts.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd"> <context:load-time-weaver /> <bean id="processor" class="org.springbyexample.aspectjLoadTimeWeaving.Processor" /> </beans>