[GROOVY-3466] MetaClassCreationHandle.create() should not be final

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.2, 1.6.9, 1.8-beta-1
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: Alex Tkachman
• Reporter: James Davies
• Created: 14/Apr/09 02:37
• Updated: 07/Apr/10 23:45
• Resolved: 12/Mar/10 14:21

Description

groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl checks for a custom class "groovy.runtime.metaclass.CustomMetaClassCreationHandle" which, if defined, allows the developer to override MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle with a custom class.

The custom class must subclass MetaClassCreationHandle, however the only method worth subclassing (create()) is declared as final, thus breaking this functionality.

In summary - groovy/lang/MetaClassRegistry.java line 116 - the method create() should not be final