This document discusses Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) using the Spring Framework. It defines AOP as a programming paradigm that extends OOP by enabling modularization of crosscutting concerns. It then discusses how AOP addresses common crosscutting concerns like logging, validation, caching, and transactions through aspects, pointcuts, and advice. It also compares Spring AOP and AspectJ, and shows how to implement AOP in Spring using annotations or XML.