[GROOVY-1724] Extend Map coercion to classes

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-3
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Guillaume Sauthier
• Created: 13/Feb/07 11:15
• Updated: 20/Sep/16 07:37
• Resolved: 05/Sep/07 19:56

Description

Currently, it is possible to define Map coercion to interfaces:

[foo: {}, bar: {}] as SomeInterface

The mechanism leverages Java proxies and invocation handlers.

The mechanism should be enhanced to allow extending classes as well.