[GROOVY-1799] this() does not work

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-1
• Environment: N/A
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: John Redford
• Created: 25/Mar/07 21:00
• Updated: 06/Apr/07 05:51
• Resolved: 06/Apr/07 05:51

Description

When trying to use this() to call a constructor from another constructor, an exception is raised about the signatures of the call() method.

Groovy permits using default parameters in a constructor, which provides an alternative approach here, but it is not generally as good as cross-calling, as it can result in duplicated code.

e.g.

class A {
A (String a)

{ ... }

A ()

{ this("foo"); }

}