[GROOVY-10376] Consider supporting property syntax for variadic "getter" methods

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: varargs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eric Milles
• Created: 19/Nov/21 16:52
• Updated: 19/Nov/21 16:52

Description

Consider the following:

@groovy.transform.TypeChecked
class C {
  def getFoo(String[] strings) {
  }
  void test() {
    getFoo()
    foo
  }
}

@groovy.transform.TypeChecked
void test(Class<?> type) {
  type.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance() // getDeclaredConstructor(Class...)
  type.declaredConstructor.newInstance()
}

Since "getFoo" can be called with zero arguments, does that make it a candidate for supporting property syntax? I submit this for consideration.

We have style checks that suggest property syntax when "getName()" is encountered. But this case cannot be converted and so we must live with a warning or add an exclusion.