[GROOVY-10591] Static method not found on Java interface

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.1, 4.0.2
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lóránt Pintér
• Created: 21/Apr/22 17:01
• Updated: 27/Apr/22 08:38
• Resolved: 22/Apr/22 19:34

Description

The following code works with Groovy 3.0.10, but fails with Groovy 4.0.1:

https://gist.github.com/lptr/424bfd3e95cd51df03ff67c2ae76cebc

The failure is as follows:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Geza.staticMethod() is applicable for argument types: (String) values: [Hello]
Possible solutions: instanceMethod(java.lang.String)
groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Geza.staticMethod() is applicable for argument types: (String) values: [Hello]
Possible solutions: instanceMethod(java.lang.String)
        at Geza.instanceMethod(Geza.groovy:4)
        at script.run(script.groovy:1)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)