[GROOVY-4957] ConfigObject doesn't fully create hierarchy

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.0, 1.8.1
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Environment: windows 7 64 bit, jdk 1.6.0_25 (32bit)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Erich Paul
• Created: 03/Aug/11 05:37
• Updated: 01/Feb/13 11:03

Description

When writing a ConfigObject with a deep hierarchy, where some levels have no siblings, to file, some levels of the hierarchy get lost.

See the following code snipet

def config = new ConfigObject()
config.db.hibernate.connection.url='jdbc:h2:file:C:/Temp/database;AUTO_SERVER=true'
config.db.hibernate.connection.username='sa'
config.db.hibernate.connection.password=''

def file = new File('C:/Temp/config.groovy')
file.withWriter { writer ->
    config.writeTo(writer)
}

This produces a file like this:

connection {
	url="jdbc:h2:file:C:/Temp/database;AUTO_SERVER=true"
	username="sa"
	password=""
}

What I would expect is:

db {
	hibernate {
		connection {
			url="jdbc:h2:file:C:/Temp/database;AUTO_SERVER=true"
			username="sa"
			password=""
		}
	}
}