[GROOVY-3353] Category methods are not inherited

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6-rc-2, 1.6-rc-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.1, 1.7-beta-1
• Environment: JDK 1.6, Windows
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Mingfai Ma
• Created: 11/Feb/09 15:31
• Updated: 07/Apr/09 23:33
• Resolved: 16/Feb/09 08:35

Description

see the example:

public class Foo {
  static Object foo(Object obj) {
    println "Foo.foo()"
    return obj;
  }
}

public class Bar extends Foo{
  static Object bar(Object obj) {
    println "Bar.bar()"
    return obj;
  }
}

def obj = new Object()

use(Foo){
  obj.foo()
}

use(Bar){
  obj.bar()
  obj.foo() // Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: 
}

Exception

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: java.lang.Object.foo() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
	at test$_run_closure2.doCall(test.groovy:10)
	at test$_run_closure2.doCall(test.groovy)
	at test.run(test.groovy:8)