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  1. Groovy
  2. GROOVY-8064

Confusing error message when trying to access a property which is actually a method

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.4.8
    • 5.0.0-alpha-3
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      groovy:000> new File('/tmp').lastModified
ERROR groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException:
No such property: lastModified for class: java.io.File
Possible solutions: lastModified

      lastModified is actually a method, so I should have used new File('/tmp').lastModified()

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        Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. GROOVY-6260 "Possible solutions" message is confusing because it doesn't reflect whether a property is read-only or write-only

        • Major - Major loss of function.
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            emilles Eric Milles
            jkemnade Jochen Kemnade
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