diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/aspects/AbstractAspectHandler.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/aspects/AbstractAspectHandler.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE file.
+ */
+package org.apache.myrmidon.aspects;
+
+import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.log.Logger;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.Task;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+
+/**
+ * AspectHandler is the interface through which aspects are handled.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:conor@apache.org">Conor MacNeill</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractAspectHandler
+    implements AspectHandler
+{
+    public Configuration preCreate( final Configuration configuration )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        return configuration;
+    }
+
+    public void postCreate( final Task task )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void preLoggable( final Logger logger )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void preConfigure()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void preExecute()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void preDestroy()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean error( final TaskException te )
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/aspects/AspectHandler.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/aspects/AspectHandler.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE file.
+ */
+package org.apache.myrmidon.aspects;
+
+import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.log.Logger;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.Task;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+
+/**
+ * AspectHandler is the interface through which aspects are handled.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:conor@apache.org">Conor MacNeill</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ */
+public interface AspectHandler
+{
+    Configuration preCreate( Configuration configuration )
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    void postCreate( Task task )
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    void preLoggable( Logger logger )
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    void preConfigure()
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    void preExecute()
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    void preDestroy()
+        throws TaskException;
+
+    boolean error( TaskException te )
+        throws TaskException;
+}