Dynamic Proxies

DevX has an article on dynamic proxies provided by J2SE. They claim it's the first step to understanding AOP, and I think it does shed some light and give you a simple starting point to understanding where the AOP folks are taking us.

I was in the process of experimenting with writing a static proxy to wrap JDBC interfaces, but I may be able to implement it this way, instead, if I can probably understand dynamic proxies. It looks powerful and not even all that complex, but i suspect I'll find the complexities once I start playing.