[GROOVY-3285] Implement String.replace(CharSequence, CharSequence), a JDK 1.5 method, for backwards compatibility

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6-rc-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-2, 1.5.8
• Assignee: James P. White
• Reporter: James P. White
• Created: 15/Jan/09 15:30
• Updated: 08/Feb/09 22:54
• Resolved: 15/Jan/09 19:40

Description

JDK 1.5 introduced String.replace(CharSequence, CharSequence), which is effectively what folks often expect String.replaceAll(String, String) (a JDK 1.4 method) to do, which is do literal string replacement.

Issue Links

• depends upon: GROOVY-3287 Implement workaround for JDK 1.4 String.replaceAll bug.