[GROOVY-5438] Private field inaccessible in closure when using a subclass

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: groovy-jdk

Language

groovy

• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Mathieu Bruyen
• Created: 02/May/12 12:06
• Updated: 23/Aug/23 09:11
• Resolved: 17/Jul/23 14:59

Description

If a class defines a private field and a method that uses a closures referencing this private field, then a groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException is thrown any time this method is called from a subclass.

It can be reproduced in the groovy console with the script in attachment. If "iterate" is called on the parent it works (text is appended to stdout - no exception), but if it is called from the subclass it fails (only the text from outside the closure is displayed and then an exception is thrown).

This issue come from a deeper investigation on http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Exception-when-extending-ASTTransformationCustomizer-td5630073.html

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: GROOVY-10723 Closure in parent class can't access private method in same class when called from a child class
• relates to: GROOVY-2433 Closure in base class unable to call private methods when invoked from derived class
• relates to: GROOVY-3073 Private inheritance bug: Closure accessing private method
• relates to: GROOVY-3142 Unable to access inherited private fields from a closure within an inherited method
• relates to: GROOVY-3010 fix private field visibility