[GROOVY-1538] Calling a static method in a closure from another static method fails to find the static method

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.0
• Component/s: class generator
• Environment: Fails in both scripts and classes
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Guillaume Sauthier
• Created: 23/Oct/06 10:07
• Updated: 23/Dec/06 05:39
• Resolved: 23/Dec/06 05:39

Description

While it's possible to call static methods from other static methods in the same class, as shown in the next example:

groovy> static foo()

{ println "foo" }
groovy> static bar() { foo() }
groovy> bar()
groovy> go
foo

but if we're inside a closure in a static method, we can't call other static methods. The following example illustrates the problem:

groovy> static foo() { println "foo" }

groovy> static bar() { 1.times

{ foo() }

}
groovy> bar()
groovy> go
Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method CommandLine$_bar_closure1.foo() is applicable for argument types: () values: {}
at CommandLine$_bar_closure1.doCall(CommandLine.groovy:2)
at gjdk.java.lang.Number_GroovyReflector.invoke(Unknown Source)
at CommandLine.bar(CommandLine.groovy:2)
at gjdk.CommandLine_GroovyReflector.invoke(Unknown Source)
at CommandLine.run(CommandLine.groovy:3)

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