[GROOVY-9642] Inner interface of parent class unresolved in anon. inner class expression

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.4
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1, 3.0.5, 2.5.13
• Assignee: Eric Milles
• Reporter: Eric Milles
• Created: 13/Jul/20 20:37
• Updated: 23/Jul/20 14:16
• Resolved: 18/Jul/20 12:16

Description

Consider the following:

A.java

package p;
public class A {
  public interface I {
  }
}

B.groovy

package q
import p.A
class B extends A {
  static I maker() {
    return new I() {} // error: unable to resolve class I
  }
}

The inner class "I" can be resolved for return type and class/variable expression (see GROOVY-8364). However the anonymous inner class usage is reporting an error. If "I" were a static inner class, it could be used in constructor call expression "new T()" but fails for "new T() {}".