[GROOVY-4788] The clearTime() method added to java.*.Date should return the modified Date for a more fluent API

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.8
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.0, 2.0-beta-3, 1.7.11
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 19/Apr/11 12:41
• Updated: 13/Jan/12 21:52
• Resolved: 13/Jan/12 21:52

Description

I have some test code using this. It looks like this:

def auctionStart = new Date()

auctionStart.clearTime()

def callStart = auctionStart.plus(10)

I'd prefer it to look like:

def auctionStart = new Date().clearTime()

def callStart = auctionStart.plus(10)