[GROOVY-6141] Inner class of inner class cannot reference outer class members

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.4
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Richard Rattigan
• Created: 03/May/13 17:55
• Updated: 08/Jul/14 15:28
• Resolved: 03/Jul/14 05:17

Description

class A {
  def x = 1
  def b = new B()
  class B {
    def y = 2
    def c = new C()
    def f () {
      println y
      println x
    }
    class C {
      def z = 3
      def f() {
        println z
        println y
        println x
      }
    }
  }
}

def a = new A()
a.b.f()
a.b.c.f()

produces the output:

2
1
3
2
Exception thrown
May 3, 2013 6:49:34 PM org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StackTraceUtils sanitize
WARNING: Sanitizing stacktrace:
groovy.lang.MissingFieldException: No such field: x for class: A$B