[GROOVY-281] Improve error message when a matching constructor cannot be found at runtime

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Environment: All
• Assignee: Brian Larson
• Reporter: Brian Larson
• Created: 15/Mar/04 11:33
• Updated: 26/Sep/07 20:42
• Resolved: 15/Mar/04 15:18

Description

When attempting to create an object with a constructor signature that does not exist, a runtime error can be produced which only shows the class name. It should also show the constructor argument types. See MetaClass.invokeConstructor().
Example:
Current error message:
Could not find matching constructor for class: myClass
New error message:
Could not find matching constructor for: myClass(java.lang.String)

Issue Links

• depends upon: GROOVY-256 Numeric literals: default BigDecimal for decimals, support suffixes