[GROOVY-4909] insufficient compiler error messages relating to interface member visibility

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.1, 1.7.11
• Labels: ClassFormatError
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 01/Jul/11 18:16
• Updated: 22/May/22 16:05
• Resolved: 02/Jul/11 01:00

Description

The following interface illustrates two problems:

interface Foo {
  private static BAR = 3 // => java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal field modifiers in class Foo: 0x1A
  protected foo() // => java.lang.ClassFormatError: Method foo in class Foo has illegal modifiers: 0x404
}