[GROOVY-1593] Accessing map contents as properties fails for subclasses of HashMap

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-rc-3
• Environment: Windows XP, Java 1.5
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jon Skeet
• Created: 14/Dec/06 03:25
• Updated: 22/Dec/07 07:01
• Resolved: 27/Nov/07 17:31

Description

class SubclassOfMap extends HashMap
{
}

def sub = new SubclassOfMap()
sub.xyz = 'xyz'

This fails with a MissingPropertyException. Changing sub to be a HashMap works.

Why is the property -> indexer overload not applied to subclasses of HashMap?