[GROOVY-3266] Mixins ignore private methods from superclasses

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6-rc-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-2
• Assignee: Alex Tkachman
• Reporter: Vaclav Pech
• Created: 07/Jan/09 10:33
• Updated: 22/Jan/09 21:34
• Resolved: 08/Jan/09 15:46

Description

class A {

def final foo()

{ bar() }

private final String bar()

{ return "Bar" }

}

class B extends A {}

class C {}

C.metaClass {
mixin B
}

def c= new C()
c.foo()

Running the script results in "Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: C.bar() is applicable for argument types: () values: {}". Changing the bar's visibility to non-private or mixing in A instead of B helps here.
I assume the problem is that bar() is not directly visible in B, but since I'm calling bar() from foo(), which is defined in A, I would expect the code to work.
Looks like calling private methods (bar) from inherited mixed-in methods (foo) is not possible?