[GROOVY-2142] Add new metaClass property to all objects to unify access to meta class across instances

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0, 1.1-beta-1, 1.1-beta-2, 1.1-beta-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-rc-1
• Assignee: Graeme Rocher
• Reporter: Graeme Rocher
• Created: 25/Sep/07 18:12
• Updated: 30/Nov/07 22:15
• Resolved: 25/Sep/07 19:46

Description

Currently you have to check before hand if an object is a GroovyObject and then have selective logic to obtain the MetaClass:

def metaClass
if(obj instanceof GroovyObject) metaClass = obj.metaClass
else {
  metaClass = GroovySystem.metaClassRegistry.getMetaClass(obj.class)
}

This is ugly and error prone. There should be a property on all objects that simplifies this logic to just:

def metaClass = obj.metaClass