[GROOVY-311] Groovy 1.0 beta4 BSF implementation does not work

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Environment: all.
• Assignee: James Strachan
• Reporter: Jiger Patel
• Created: 23/Mar/04 09:03
• Updated: 24/Mar/04 08:38
• Resolved: 24/Mar/04 08:38

Description

Groovy's BSF implementation, specifically the exec() method inturn calls eval() method instead of exec. Due to this scripts consisting of class definations having a main method fails to execute.
For example try running MapFromList example script in the CVS via BSF and it fails with the following error.

exception from Groovy: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: Failed to create Script instance for class: class MapFromList. Reason: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: foo for class: MapFromList. Reason: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No such method: setFoo for class: MapFromList with arguments: [error] org.apache.bsf.BSFException: exception from Groovy: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: Failed to create Script instance for class: class MapFromList. Reason: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: foo for class: MapFromList. Reason: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No such method: setFoo for class: MapFromList with arguments:
at org.codehaus.groovy.bsf.GroovyEngine.exec(GroovyEngine.java:167)
at org.apache.bsf.BSFManager$6.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.bsf.BSFManager.exec(Unknown Source)
.....

Changing the eval() call in GroovyEngine.exec to exec() resolves this.

Problem 2. Running scripts like AtomTestScript etc via BSF(Don't know if this problem is also there via GroovyShell or groovysh), I get error

Could not find matching constructor for class: Feed

Changing the new Feed() to new groovy.script.Feed() resolves this. Is this the correct behaviour?

Thanks,
Jiger