[GROOVY-8064] Confusing error message when trying to access a property which is actually a method

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.8
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0-alpha-3
• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Jochen Kemnade
• Created: 25/Jan/17 07:37
• Updated: 22/Dec/23 11:38
• Resolved: 24/Nov/23 21:20

Description

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()

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-6260 "Possible solutions" message is confusing because it doesn't reflect whether a property is read-only or write-only