[GROOVY-1448] Startup error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-RC-1
• Environment: Windows XP; Java JDK1.5.0_06
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Kenneth Bell
• Created: 07/Aug/06 08:04
• Updated: 28/Aug/06 08:38
• Resolved: 28/Aug/06 08:38

Description

Having successfully installed Groovy from as far back as the early betas, I have fallen for the following error when trying
to run Hello world: The problem also occurs when I attempt to run groovysh and groovyConsole.

groovy Hello.groovy
java.lang.ClassCastException: gjdk.java.lang.Runnable_GroovyReflector
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.loadReflector(MetaClassImpl.java:1667)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.generateReflector(MetaClassImpl.java:1615)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.checkInitialised(MetaClassImpl.java:1532)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassRegistry.getMetaClass(MetaClassRegistry.java:140
)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.addNewStaticMethodsFrom(MetaClassImpl.java:
1300)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.addInheritedMethods(MetaClassImpl.java:201)

at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.checkInitialised(MetaClassImpl.java:1529)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassRegistry.checkInitialised(MetaClassRegistry.java
:201)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassRegistry.<init>(MetaClassRegistry.java:113)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassRegistry.<init>(MetaClassRegistry.java:89)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.<init>(Invoker.java:102)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.<clinit>(InvokerHelper.java
:80)
at groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport.<init>(GroovyObjectSupport.java:61)
at groovy.lang.Binding.<init>(Binding.java:62)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.<init>(GroovyShell.java:93)
at groovy.ui.GroovyMain.processOnce(GroovyMain.java:456)
at groovy.ui.GroovyMain.run(GroovyMain.java:276)
at groovy.ui.GroovyMain.process(GroovyMain.java:262)
at groovy.ui.GroovyMain.main(GroovyMain.java:138)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.rootLoader(GroovyStarter.java
:131)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.main(GroovyStarter.java:160)
Caught: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError