[GROOVY-2743] Fail to compile when there is a method return List<int[]>

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-beta-1, 1.5.7
• Component/s: command line processing
• Environment: JDK 6, Groovy 1.5.4, Grails 1.0.2
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Mingfai Ma
• Created: 11/Apr/08 20:00
• Updated: 26/Apr/08 07:57
• Resolved: 26/Apr/08 07:57

Description

For a simple class with a method that return a List<int[]>, i.e.
class Tester{
List<int[]> getList()

{ return [[0,0] as int[]]; }

}

It cannot compile. the following are error message:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: illegal start of type
public java.util.List<[I> getList()

{ return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}
^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: ';' expected
public java.util.List<[I> getList() { return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}

^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: invalid method declaration; return type required
public java.util.List<[I> getList()

{ return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}
^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: illegal start of expression
public java.util.List<[I> getList() { return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}

^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: ';' expected
public java.util.List<[I> getList()

{ return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}
^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: illegal start of expression
public java.util.List<[I> getList() { return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}

^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: ';' expected
public java.util.List<[I> getList()

{ return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}
^
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\.grails\1.0.2\projects\test_grails\generated-java-source\Tester.java:13: not a statement
public java.util.List<[I> getList() { return (java.util.List<[I>)null;}

^
8 errors
Compilation error: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Notice that it's a Grails application and the compilation is done when i run grails run-app. It seems there is no problem when use IDEA to do unit test against the method.