[GROOVY-11064] MissingPropertyException is thrown when accessing a pseudo property

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Bug
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0, 4.0.12
• Component/s: ast builder
• Environment: JDK 17 ; Groovy 4.0.12
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kevin Sheppard
• Created: 18/May/23 00:18
• Updated: 05/Apr/24 19:50
• Resolved: 18/May/23 00:59

Description

The following code throws a MissingPropertyException:
 

class User {   
  Boolean isValid() {   
    return true 
  } 
}   

assert new User().valid // Assertion fail with MissingPropertyException

This worked fine up until the last 3.0.x release of Groovy.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-6097 Using super.propertyName gives a MissingMethodException when the property is a boolean and uses the "isPropertyName" naming convention.
• is related to: GROOVY-9382 Inconsistent support for [Bb]oolean properties