[GROOVY-7932] Cannot call private constructor from closures with @CompileStatic

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.7, 2.5.x
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.8
• Component/s: Static compilation
• Environment: Ubuntu 16.04; openjdk version "1.8.0_91"
• Assignee: Shil Sinha
• Reporter: Cazacu Mihai
• Created: 10/Sep/16 12:55
• Updated: 01/Feb/17 23:19
• Resolved: 22/Oct/16 21:31

Description

Test.groovy

import groovy.transform.CompileStatic

@CompileStatic
interface Handler<E> {
    void handle(E event)
}

@CompileStatic
class Person {

    final String name

    // marking this method as 'protected' will fix the issue
    private Person(String name) {
        this.name = name
    }

    static void load(String name, Handler<Person> handler) {
        Thread.start {
            Person person = new Person(name)
            handler.handle(person)
        }
    }

}

Person.load('John') { Person p ->
    println p.name
}

Error:

Test.groovy: 20: Cannot call private constructor for Person from class Person$_load_closure1 @ line 20, column 20.
Person person = new Person(name)
^

1 error

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: GROOVY-6468 Unable to call private method/constructor from static inner class with @CompileStatic
• is related to: GROOVY-6468 Unable to call private method/constructor from static inner class with @CompileStatic
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #449