[GROOVY-7916] MissingPropertyException when accessing a static inner class member from a sub class

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.7
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.8
• Component/s: class generator
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Caleb Ott
• Created: 24/Aug/16 19:58
• Updated: 01/Feb/17 23:18
• Resolved: 28/Aug/16 05:23

Description

Run the following code in groovy to get the error.

class Base {
    static class Inner {
        static final String CONST = "Hello World";
    }
}

class Derived extends Base {
    // empty for this example
}

println Derived.Inner.CONST

Error:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: Inner for class: Derived
groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: Inner for class: Derived

This code can be easily converted to Java and in Java everything works as it should.

GROOVY-7762 seems to be a related issue.

I've verified the issue is on this line...

println Derived.Inner.CONST

...because I tried writing the two classes in Java and still have the same issue.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #397