[GROOVY-4471] NPE in property access in anonymous inner classes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8-beta-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.9-beta-4, 1.8.4, 1.7.11
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: Cédric Champeau
• Reporter: Roshan Dawrani
• Created: 11/Oct/10 11:28
• Updated: 14/Oct/11 00:28
• Resolved: 12/Oct/11 03:36

Description

class X {
    private A a = new A()
    public B b
    public X() {
        b = new B() {
            public String getFoo() {a}
        }
    }
}

class A {}
class B {
    B(){getFoo()}
    def getFoo(){}
}

def x = new X()

The code above fails with

Caught: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at X$1.propertyMissing(TryGroovy.groovy)
	at X$1.getFoo(TryGroovy.groovy:6)
	at X$1.getFoo(TryGroovy.groovy)
	at B.<init>(TryGroovy.groovy:13)
	at X$1.<init>(TryGroovy.groovy)
	at X.<init>(TryGroovy.groovy:5)
	at TryGroovy.run(TryGroovy.groovy:16)