[GROOVY-11019] joint compilation: public static final string does not compile

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.11
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.18, 4.0.12
• Component/s: Stub generator / Joint compiler
• Environment: OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-11.0.16.1+1 (build 11.0.16.1+1)
• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Jason Garrett
• Created: 17/Apr/23 21:14
• Updated: 23/Aug/23 09:07
• Resolved: 18/Apr/23 19:00

Description

I haven't managed to reproduce this in a simple example, but as I'm upgrading my application from groovy 3 to 4 I have run into this situation.  I have a class that defines a public static final string like this:

class PublicStaticString { 
   public static final String NONE = "None" 
}

Its java stub fails to compile with:

error: no suitable constructor found for String(Object)
public static final java.lang.String NONE = new java.lang.String((java.lang.Object)null);

 

I can remove the "public" from the declaration and the class/stub will compile, but now any java class that references that field will fail to compile with:

error: NONE has private access in PublicStaticString
         selectNoneButton.setText(PublicStaticString.NONE);

The only way I know to fix this is to convert the java class to groovy.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-10902 Dynamic constants for primitive types get default value in Java