[GROOVY-1615] "Class is declared in a dynamic context"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-1
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Martin C. Martin
• Created: 21/Dec/06 14:01
• Updated: 20/Jan/07 16:51
• Resolved: 20/Jan/07 16:51

Description

Error when trying to call the static method forName() of the class java.lang.Class. The script:

static def blah() {
['Integer'].collect

{ Class.forName(it).newInstance() }
}

when compiled with groovyc gives:

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed, bug15.groovy: 2: Class is declared in a dynamic context, but you tried to access it from a static context.
@ line 2, column 26.
['Integer'].collect { Class.forName(it).newInstance() }

^

If I put "java.lang." in front of Class, it complains that java is declared in a dynamic context.