[GROOVY-9008] Support native method reference and constructor reference (basic cases)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-beta-1
• Assignee: Daniel Sun
• Reporter: Daniel Sun
• Created: 22/Feb/19 14:16
• Updated: 20/May/19 07:31
• Resolved: 18/Apr/19 03:36

Description

Generating almost same bytecode to Java's to gain better performance. Note: the feature is available when and only when STC is enabled.

SUB TASK	PRIORITY	COMPLETED
class::staticMethod	HIGH	DONE
class::instanceMethod	HIGH	DONE
instance::staticMethod	HIGH	DONE
instance::instanceMethod	HIGH	DONE
expression::staticMethod	HIGH	DONE
expression::instanceMethod	HIGH	DONE
class::new	HIGH	DONE
arrayClass::new	HIGH	DONE
RHS	HIGH	DONE

Issue Links

• is cloned by: GROOVY-9041 Support native method reference and constructor reference (advanced cases)
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #882