[GROOVY-8350] Class expressions with and without ".class"

• Type: Documentation
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eric Milles
• Created: 11/Oct/17 01:00
• Updated: 15/Oct/19 22:10

Description

This seems like a bug (but it could just be a clarification in the documentation). And it seems related to GROOVY-3548, GROOVY-3549, GROOVY-8152, GROOVY-8153, and GROOVY-8154.

System.currentTimeMillis() is your typical static call.
System.getClass().currentTimeMillis() results in a MissingMethodException, as it should.
However, System.class.currentTimeMillis() and def sys = System.class; sys.currentTimeMillis() both compile and execute fine. I would expect a MissingMethodException for these as well.

Is there some trick where methodMissing on class instance can find the static method or something? My Java experience says no currentTimeMillis method on Class.