[GROOVY-8961] Cannot pass generic list into explicit setter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.5
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1, 3.0.6, 2.5.15
• Component/s: Static Type Checker
• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Daniil Ovchinnikov
• Created: 18/Jan/19 12:39
• Updated: 27/Aug/21 10:22
• Resolved: 20/Sep/20 01:05

Description

class GC {
    void setStrings(List<String> ss) {}
}

@groovy.transform.CompileStatic
void usage(GC gc) {
    gc.strings = Collections.emptyList()
}

[Static type checking] - Cannot assign value of type java.util.List <T extends java.lang.Object> to variable of type java.util.List <String>
 at line: 7, column: 5

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-9734 Generic is not inferred from context