[GROOVY-3680] Cannot use Groovy class with @Bindable or @Vetoable in Java code: cannot find symbol for addPropertyChangeListener

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.4, 1.7-beta-1
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0-beta-2
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Environment: Windows XP, Java 1.6
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Hubert Klein Ikkink
• Created: 18/Aug/09 01:51
• Updated: 28/Jul/14 20:21
• Resolved: 19/Jun/14 15:32

Description

I compile GroovyBean with @Bindable and/or @Vetoable annotations to Java bytecode. I want to use this class in a Java application. But when I compile the Java class I get the following error:

CarApp.java:11: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method addPropertyChangeListener(<anonymous java.beans.PropertyChangeListener>)
location: class CarBean
                car.addPropertyChangeListener(new java.beans.PropertyChangeListener() {
                   ^

The strange thing is that when I look with javap in the generated Groovy class I see the method is available.

Groovy class:

import groovy.beans.*

class Car {
   	int numberOfDoors
	@Vetoable String model
	@Vetoable String brand
	boolean automatic
	@Bindable double price
	
	String toString() {
	    "[Car details => brand: '${brand}', model: '${model}', #doors: '${numberOfDoors}', automatic: '${automatic}', price: '${price}']"
	}
}

Java class:

import java.beans.*;

public class CarApp {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Car car = new Car();
    car.setNumberOfDoors(3);
    car.setModel("A3");
    car.setBrand("AUDI");
    car.setPrice(32010);
		
    car.addPropertyChangeListener(new java.beans.PropertyChangeListener() {
	public void propertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
		System.out.println(evt);
	}
    });
  }
}