[GROOVY-9451] Unable to access static getter method as field

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.1, 3.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.3
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Puneet Behl
• Created: 09/Mar/20 12:41
• Updated: 11/Nov/20 02:01
• Resolved: 09/Mar/20 13:34

Description

The field-like access for a static property does not work anymore. Following is the sample code which works in Groovy 2.x but fails in Groovy 3:

class MongoEntity {
    static String getDB() { "default" }
}
MongoEntity.DB // //throws groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: DB for class: MongoEntity

Please note that if I change the method to getDb() then I can access the property as MongoEntity.db. Also, it works when `getDB()` is an instance method.