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  1. Groovy
  2. GROOVY-9239

Java compatibility: consider supporting method reference with generics

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • parser-antlr4
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    Description

      A bit of a rare use case, but ran into it and noticed MethodReferenceExpression has no support for this sort thing. Java supports generics for method references.

      For example:

      def <T extends CharSequence> T chars() { ... }
Supplier s = this::<String>chars

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          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. GROOVY-10984 Unexpected parser error when having fully qualified classes and constructor references

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Open

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. GROOVY-11024 STC NPE when using Collectors.toMap() with a generic result

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              emilles Eric Milles
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