Fundamental Fields in Expressions ============================== There is a very fundamental class `Advice` for the expressions used in filtering, tracing or monitoring and other aspects in commands. ```java public class Advice { private final ClassLoader loader; private final Class clazz; private final ArthasMethod method; private final Object target; private final Object[] params; private final Object returnObj; private final Throwable throwExp; private final boolean isBefore; private final boolean isThrow; private final boolean isReturn; // getter/setter } ``` Description for the variables in the class `Advice`: |Name|Specification| |---:|:---| |loader|the class loader for the current called class| |clazz|the reference to the current called class| |method|the reference to the current called method| |target|the instance of the current called class| |params|the parameters for the current call, which is an array (when there's no parameter, it will be an empty array)| |returnObj|the return value from the current call - only available when the method call returns normally (`isReturn==true`), and `null` is for `void` return value| |throwExp|the exceptions thrown from the current call - only available when the method call throws exception (`isThrow==true`)| |isBefore|flag to indicate the method is about to execute. `isBefore==true` but `isThrow==false` and `isReturn==false` since it's no way to know how the method call will end| |isThrow|flag to indicate the method call ends with exception thrown| |isReturn|flag to indicate the method call ends normally without exception thrown| All variables listed above can be used directly in the [OGNL expression](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-ognl/language-guide.html). The command will not execute and exit if there's illegal OGNL grammar or unexpected variable in the expression. * [typical use cases](https://github.com/alibaba/arthas/issues/71); * [OGNL language guide](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-ognl/language-guide.html).