[GROOVY-1018] cannot access public static attributes called "Class"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-4
• Environment: tested on Linux
• Assignee: Kim, Pilho
• Reporter: Adrian Petru Dimulescu
• Created: 18/Aug/05 09:47
• Updated: 20/Aug/05 01:57
• Resolved: 20/Aug/05 01:57

Description

Given the class

class SomeClass {
// this is the inaccessible static attribute called "Class"
public static Object Class = null;
}

if we try to access the "Class" static attribute from a Groovy script, it won't work.

An actual example is the com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.OWL class in the jena.sf.net project.

Here's the test script also attached to this issue:

import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.*

println OWL.class
println OWL.Class
println OWL."Class"
println OWL.@Class

... here's the output:
class com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.OWL
class java.lang.Class
class java.lang.Class
Caught: groovy.lang.MissingFieldException: No such field: Class for class: java.lang.Class

The expected behaviour would be calling OWL.Class and getting the value of the attribute.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-732 Problem accessing static fields
• relates to: GROOVY-732 Problem accessing static fields