[GROOVY-8927] String variants for take and drop

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-4, 2.5.5
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 14/Dec/18 09:49
• Updated: 16/Jan/19 12:07
• Resolved: 15/Dec/18 04:21

Description

We have GString but not String variants for take and drop.

@groovy.transform.CompileStatic
def method() {
    assert 'Foo Bar'.drop(4).toLowerCase() == 'bar'
    assert 'Foo Bar'.take(3).toLowerCase() == 'foo'
}

method()

You are required to add some superfluous .toString() calls otherwise you get the following errors:

2 compilation errors:

[Static type checking] - Cannot find matching method java.lang.CharSequence#toLowerCase(). Please check if the declared type is correct and if the method exists.
 at line: 3, column: 12

[Static type checking] - Cannot find matching method java.lang.CharSequence#toLowerCase(). Please check if the declared type is correct and if the method exists.
 at line: 4, column: 12