[GROOVY-4287] CLONE - import of static nested classes in external groovy files is broken

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.6, 3.0.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Daniel Sun
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 01/Jul/10 03:38
• Updated: 21/Feb/19 06:18
• Resolved: 25/Jan/19 16:49

Description

Splitting off problematic but critical case of resolving static nested and inner classes in external groovy files from GROOVY-4267. Copying Roshan's example from that issue:

Test.groovy

import static Outer.*
// import static Outer.Inner // also fails
// import Outer.Inner        // also fails

assert Inner.class.name != null

Outer.groovy

class Outer {
    static class Inner {}
}

Output:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: Inner for class: Test
        at Test.run(Test.groovy:4)

Error message is slightly different for non-static import:

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
Test.groovy: 2: unable to resolve class Outer.Inner
 @ line 2, column 1.
   import Outer.Inner
   ^
1 error

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-7812 Static inner classes cannot be accessed from other files when running by 'groovy' command
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #858