[GROOVY-805] Method calls on a separate line should be supported

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-3
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Geert Bevin
• Created: 06/Apr/05 06:34
• Updated: 06/Jul/05 05:04
• Resolved: 06/Jul/05 03:43

Description

Java constructs like chainable setters or builders are currently not possible with Groovy JSR since method calls can't sit on a separate line. For instance:

someobject
.enterElement("groovy/test_groovy2elementinfo1.groovy")
.setId("ELEMENT1")
.setUrl("/test/element1")
.leaveElement();

A suggested solution would be to eat newlines and whitespaces before . operators, just as for {