[GROOVY-4808] Command Chain + Power Assert doesn't work

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.0
• Component/s: syntax
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Richard Allwood
• Created: 04/May/11 23:31
• Updated: 09/Nov/15 13:35

Description

Command Chaining cannot be used in conjunction with Power Asserts:

class Driver {
    static EnterInto enter(text) {
        new EnterInto(text: text)
    }
}

class EnterInto {
    def text
    
    def into(field) {
        println "enter $text into $field"
        text
    }
}

import static Driver.*

assert "1234" == enter("1234").into("field1") 
def value = enter "5678" into "field2"
assert "5678" == value
//assert "9012" == enter "9012" into "field3"

if the last assert is uncommented then a compilation error occurs.

You can work around this problem by assigning the value to a temporary value and using the power asset on that value, but this means that you loose the breakdown from the power assert showing why the assert failed:

assert "1234" == enter("2345").into("field1")
              |  |             |
              |  |             2345
              |  EnterInto@882dfc
              false