[GROOVY-1417] import java inner classes changed/broken in jsr06; can only import with '*'

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Environment: JDK 1.5.0_06
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Jason Madden
• Created: 12/Jul/06 11:28
• Updated: 21/Dec/07 13:16
• Resolved: 21/Dec/07 13:16

Description

In jsr-05, the following code works (where Thread.State and Message.RecipientType are inner classes):

import java.lang.Thread.State
import javax.mail.Message.RecipientType

However, in jsr-06, its impossible to import inner classes by name. The only way to import them is with a promiscuous '*' import.

For example:
~$ groovy --version
Groovy Version: 1.0-JSR-06 JVM: 1.5.0_06-b05
~$ cat test.groovy
import java.lang.Thread.State
println "Running"
~$ groovy test.groovy
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, test.groovy: 1: unable to resolve class java.lang.Thread.State
@ line 1, column 1.
import java.lang.Thread.State
^

1 error
~$ /usr/local/java/groovy-1.0-jsr-05/bin/groovy --version
Groovy Version: 1.0-jsr-05 JVM: 1.5.0_06-b05
~$ /usr/local/java/groovy-1.0-jsr-05/bin/groovy test.groovy
Running
~$ cat test2.groovy
import java.lang.Thread.*
println "Running"
~$ groovy test2.groovy
Running