[GROOVY-7077] NullPointerException compiling fully qualified reference to 'this' of outer class inside inner class

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.4, 2.3.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.11, 2.4.0
• Component/s: Compiler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Denis Murashev
• Created: 18/Sep/14 02:55
• Updated: 02/May/17 02:03
• Resolved: 13/Dec/15 01:32

Description

Compiling a class with inner class, using the ClassName.this syntax causes an error in the compiler.

The problem can be reproduced with following simple code fragment:

class BrokenGroovy {

  def user = new Object() {
    def field = BrokenGroovy.this
  }
}