Join point

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In computer science, a join point is a point in the control flow of a program where the control flow can arrive via two different paths. In particular, it's a basic block that has more than one predecessor.{{Cite book|title=Engineering a compiler|last=Cooper|first=Keith D.|date=2012|publisher=Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann|others=Torczon, Linda.|isbn=978-0120884780|edition=2nd|location=Amsterdam|pages=476|oclc=714113472}} In aspect-oriented programming a set of join points is called a pointcut. A join point is a specification of when, in the corresponding main program, the aspect code should be executed.

The join point is a point of execution in the base code where the advice specified in a corresponding pointcut is applied.