[GROOVY-4132] Groovy should support 'as Interface' shorthand syntax on normal Objects not just Maps and Closures

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.2, 1.8-beta-1
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 26/Mar/10 02:36
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 19:13
• Resolved: 28/Mar/10 04:44

Description

The following code example should work:

class Person {
    String first, last
    int compareTo(Object other) { other.first <=> first }
}
def people = [
    new Person(first:'Alex', last:'Smith'),
    new Person(first:'Zak', last:'Smith')
]
def comparablePeople = people.collect{ it as Comparable }
Collections.sort(comparablePeople)
assert comparablePeople*.first == ['Zak', 'Alex']