[GROOVY-5946] Uninformative error message (stack trace) when adding a custom annotation

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.6, 2.1.0-rc-3, 2.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.x
• Component/s: Compiler
• Environment: OSX, Gradle or IntelliJ compile or Maven eclipse compiler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Scott Murphy
• Created: 24/Jan/13 11:37
• Updated: 27/Jan/20 10:54

Description

Adding the Gaelyk annotation @Entity results in a stack trace during compilation. In addition, no informative message is given as to which groovy file caused the issue.

At the very least, a more explicative message (not a stack trace) should be given to the user as well as informing the user which file could not be compile.

In a more general case, any stack trace that is thrown should have a message included with it stating the offending file name.

Example:

@Entity
class Favorite {
    Date created
}