[GROOVY-40] Allow 'class' to be used as a special variable inside expressions or as a named parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-1
• Component/s: parser
• Assignee: Bob Paulin
• Reporter: James Strachan
• Created: 28/Oct/03 23:22
• Updated: 31/Oct/03 12:59
• Resolved: 31/Oct/03 12:59

Description

I'd like 'class' to be a special variable like 'this' and 'super' when used inside an expression or named parameter call.

e.g.

class Foo {
log = Log.newInstance(class)

static main(String[] args)

{ class.newInstance().run() }

}

or when used with GroovyMarkup...

builder = new BeanBuilder()
bean = builder.bean(class:Customer) {
address(city:'London')
name('James')
}