[GROOVY-6118] @Mixin annotation is not visible in runtime

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0-rc-2
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Maxim Medvedev
• Created: 23/Apr/13 05:22
• Updated: 17/Jun/15 20:09
• Resolved: 23/Oct/13 14:11

Description

Currently a compiled class has no information about classes mixed into it. So IDEs cannot support @Mixin annotation for compiled classes (any library for instance).

The possible solution is to change retention policy of @Mixin to RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME or RetentionPolicy.CLASS