[GROOVY-3551] strange error accessing property following method call in @Category class, invokeStaticMissingMethod

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.4, 1.7-beta-1
• Environment: groovy eclipse 1.6.3
• Assignee: Roshan Dawrani
• Reporter: Louis Foucart
• Created: 25/May/09 10:16
• Updated: 15/Oct/09 17:16
• Resolved: 02/Jun/09 03:41

Description

The following code fails

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@Category(Guy)
class Naming {
	String getTypeName() {
		if(this.getType() != null)
			this.getType().name
		else
			""
	}
}

interface Guy {
//	String getName()
	Type getType()
}

class Type {
	String name
}

class MyGuyver implements Guy {
	Type type
//	String getName() {return "ver"}
}

def atype = new Type(name: 'String')
def onetest = new MyGuyver(type:atype)

//assert onetest.getName() == 'ver'

use(Naming) {
	assert onetest.getTypeName() == onetest.getType().getName()
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The problem is the line 'this.getType().name' in the method Naming.getTypeName()
The exception is :

Exception in thread "main" groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static Naming.getType() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeStaticMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1364)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeStaticMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1350)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.StaticMetaClassSite.callStatic(StaticMetaClassSite.java:47)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallStatic(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callStatic(AbstractCallSite.java:167)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callStatic(AbstractCallSite.java:171)
at Naming.getTypeName(test.groovy:9)

If we use the getter method getName() instead of 'name' property accessor it works