[GROOVY-4323] Convention for read-only properties

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: syntax
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Luke Daley
• Created: 24/Jul/10 01:58
• Updated: 15/Dec/23 20:03

Description

Now that Groovy 1.7 enforces field finality, I am missing having a shortcut for readonly fields.

It would be nice to have something like:

class T {
    @Readonly thing
}

Which would surpress the generation of the setter that Groovy would ordinarily create.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-5011 @Override should be allowed (and verified) on properties that implement an interface
• is related to: GROOVY-4519 Add shorthand syntax for specifying access modifiers for property methods (setters & getters) & fields