[GROOVY-1984] Shorther syntax for catching multiple exceptions at once

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.9-beta-1
• Component/s: bytecode, class generator, parser, parser-antlr2
• Assignee: Cédric Champeau
• Reporter: Guillaume Sauthier
• Created: 16/Jul/07 06:53
• Updated: 23/Mar/11 11:34
• Resolved: 23/Mar/11 11:34

Description

John Wilson suggested this improved syntax for catching several exceptions at once:

This has been suggested for Java
http://members.capmac.org/~orb/blog.cgi/tech/java/Better_exception_sy.html

I would have thought it's trivial to do in Groovy

try { 
    Field field = someClass.getDeclaredField(someField); 
    someValue = field.getInt(Barcode.class); 
} catch (SecurityException, NoSuchFieldException e) { 
    // do something else with the exception 
}