[GROOVY-4964] static import overrides explicit class name when getting property

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.8, 1.8.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.2, 1.9-beta-3
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: J. David Beutel
• Created: 05/Aug/11 00:09
• Updated: 07/Sep/11 14:13
• Resolved: 29/Aug/11 06:40

Description

When I static import a method, it takes precedence over a call to the method explicitly on another class, if I get a property from the result.

$ cat Foo.groovy 
class Foo {
    static doIt() { [k: 'foo'] }
}

jbeutel@jbeutel-mac:~/proj/groovySandboxes/staticImports (master *)
$ cat Bar.groovy 
import static Foo.*
class Bar {
    static doIt() { [k: 'bar'] }
    static doAssert() {
        assert doIt().k == 'foo'
        assert doIt() == [k: 'foo']
        assert Bar.doIt() == [k: 'bar']
        assert Bar.doIt().k == 'bar'
    }
}

jbeutel@jbeutel-mac:~/proj/groovySandboxes/staticImports (master *)
$ groovy -e 'Bar.doAssert()'
Caught: Assertion failed: 

assert Bar.doIt().k == 'bar'
                  | |
                  | false
                  foo

Assertion failed: 

assert Bar.doIt().k == 'bar'
                  | |
                  | false
                  foo

	at Bar.doAssert(Bar.groovy:8)
	at Bar$doAssert.call(Unknown Source)
	at script_from_command_line.run(script_from_command_line:1)

jbeutel@jbeutel-mac:~/proj/groovySandboxes/staticImports (master *)
$ groovy --version
Groovy Version: 1.8.1 JVM: 1.6.0_26

This was a problem for me when statically importing (with wildcards) a bunch of enum classes into another enum.

Work-around: assign the method result to a temporary variable before getting a property from it.