[GROOVY-916] Confusing error message when creating inner class without outer instance

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-JSR-2
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Martin C. Martin
• Created: 23/Jun/05 10:55
• Updated: 15/Jun/06 12:52
• Resolved: 15/Jun/06 12:52

Description

With the following in X.java:
public class X {
public class Y

{ int z; }

}
and the following in mytest.groovy:
def x = new X.Y()
I get:
Caught: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: failed to invoke constructor: public X$Y(X) with arguments: [] reaso
n: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: wrong number of arguments

The code is incorrect, either Y should be static or we should use an instance of X in the new(). But the error message could be better.

This is http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-910 with a more appropriate title.