[GROOVY-4901] Compilation exception for a method with generics and default access modifier

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.0
• Component/s: Compiler

Environment

java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07-334-10M3326)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02-334, mixed mode)
Groovy Version: 1.8.0 JVM: 1.6.0_24
Darwin 21.99.240.10.in-addr.arpa 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andres Almiray
• Created: 26/Jun/11 15:02
• Updated: 19/Jan/17 13:16
• Resolved: 22/Sep/11 08:12

Description

The following code fails with a compilation exception due to "bad syntax"

Foo.java

public interface Foo {}

Bar.groovy

class Bar {
    <Foo> void foo() {}
}

groovyc Foo.java Bar.groovy 
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
Bar.groovy: 2: unexpected token: < @ line 2, column 5.
       <Foo> void foo() {}
       ^

1 error

However if the public modifier is added to the method declaration this will work. BUT it breaks when @Delegate is added into the mix (I know AST xforms have plenty of corner cases, I'm pretty confident that if the 1st error is solved then @Delegate should work as well).

Issue Links

• duplicates: GROOVY-4757 Can't compile method with generic signatures and default visibiliy access