Changelog for Groovy 1.1.0-unreleased

Bug

[GROOVY-1005] - The javadoc documentation in class org.codehaus.groovy.ant.Groovyc states wrong name for an attribute
[GROOVY-1019] - Ant Task Not Using Classpath
[GROOVY-1041] - No message for compilation errors in other files
[GROOVY-1048] - MetaClass.setProperty() tries to access protected fields instead of a given setter Method
[GROOVY-1061] - try..catch can't be in the middle of a method
[GROOVY-1066] - Task.execute() not called when expected within a sequential closure
[GROOVY-1079] - Unable to extend abstract Java base class in Groovy, but works from Groovyc
[GROOVY-1101] - Wrong line number reported for a ClassCastException
[GROOVY-1160] - Groovysh does not start in Windows 2000 with Java 1.5 if there are blanks in the file paths (fix included)
[GROOVY-1164] - Object.collect(Closure) fails to work on Set
[GROOVY-1167] - Object.collect(Collection,Closure) fails to work with Set parameter
[GROOVY-1173] - When importing a class that's not on the classpath, the import fails silently.
[GROOVY-1186] - NullpointerException occurs when unboxing boolean Java return type where no return value specified from Java interface implemented in Groovy
[GROOVY-1191] - -cp and Caller/Call example
[GROOVY-1260] - Using the Ant task with multiple targets fails
[GROOVY-1272] - pom missing from ibiblio release of groovy-all-1.0-jsr-05
[GROOVY-1300] - ClassFormatError: Invalid method Code ... thrown when using JOGL
[GROOVY-1322] - RangeExpression doesn't implement Expression not allowing it to be the target of an assert
[GROOVY-1323] - Inline conditional List << not being executed fully.
[GROOVY-134] - New "def" has short term memory in shell
[GROOVY-1342] - GroovyRowResult class raise exception when field value is null
[GROOVY-1360] - check why CompilerConfiguration(Properties) isn't used
[GROOVY-1383] - DOMBuilder class raises NPE if value is null
[GROOVY-1398] - array[0]++ doesn't compile
[GROOVY-1419] - calls to category methods (written in Groovy) don't recognise default parameters
[GROOVY-1437] - use not nestable
[GROOVY-1440] - println /hello/ results in unexpected token exception
[GROOVY-1441] - Syntax problem when multiply negative numbers
[GROOVY-1442] - Multi-line strings should use System.getProperty("line.separator") for EOL, not \n
[GROOVY-1456] - MarkupBuilder fails to escape entities in multi-line attributes
[GROOVY-1476] - Variable arity method problem
[GROOVY-1492] - Setting property value via GString causes VerifyError
[GROOVY-1503] - SimpleTemplateEngine drops Windows new-line character (\r)
[GROOVY-1517] - DomToGroovy outputs builder code not compatible with MarkupBuilder
[GROOVY-1518] - VerifyError
[GROOVY-1522] - catch block without explicit exception type results in VerifyError
[GROOVY-1526] - You cannot reference a closure from within itself without def'ing it first and then assigning it
[GROOVY-1530] - stack overflow error when supplying insufficient number of argments
[GROOVY-1539] - java.lang.VerifyError
[GROOVY-1549] - Array equality is not treated same as List equality
[GROOVY-1550] - Groovy Sql (or AST builder) doesn't respect bracketing of logical operators
[GROOVY-1551] - each invocation of run on GroovyScriptEngine don't share same GroovyClassLoader
[GROOVY-1553] - I fixed some problems with ranges and added some additional unit tests.
[GROOVY-1558] - backward Array Sintax
[GROOVY-1566] - problems with if statements not returning correctly
[GROOVY-1581] - ConcurrentModificationException when running same script in multiple threads
[GROOVY-1593] - Accessing map contents as properties fails for subclasses of HashMap
[GROOVY-1598] - Access an element in a Map
[GROOVY-1602] - Using the groovy task in ant, my tasks run twice
[GROOVY-1613] - groovy.inspect.Inspector isGroovy method probelm
[GROOVY-1615] - "Class is declared in a dynamic context"
[GROOVY-1616] - Inconsistent subList for ranges
[GROOVY-1618] - Groovy SQL insertion failing against SQL Server using JTDS
[GROOVY-1626] - Inconsitent stack height when using super
[GROOVY-1629] - (null as String) should return null but throws NullPointerException
[GROOVY-1633] - Problem with shadowing in an abstract class
[GROOVY-1634] - Can't set the delagate on a curried closure
[GROOVY-1639] - Can not do a "new SomeClass()" in a default argument...
[GROOVY-1645] - r4814 fails to build under Java SE 6
[GROOVY-1651] - Bitwise OR and AND operators with left operand inverted (!) cause VerifyError
[GROOVY-1655] - Subscript operator semantics on Map different to property operator
[GROOVY-1657] - XmlNodePrinter fails to print GString attribute values correctly
[GROOVY-1663] - try-finally block creates a VerifyError when used in methods with return values
[GROOVY-1664] - Case with Interface
[GROOVY-1668] - replace not thread safe reference map implementation with thread safe version
[GROOVY-1670] - toString() on NullObject does not throw a NPE
[GROOVY-1675] - Outline view throws exception when clicking on import statment
[GROOVY-1679] - Code causes compilation error even when commented out
[GROOVY-1682] - polymorphic static methods
[GROOVY-1683] - GROOVY_HOME should be quoted in startGroovy.bat
[GROOVY-1685] - using ranges as list subscripts limited to existing list size
[GROOVY-1697] - MemoryAwareConcurrentReadMap drops entries which are still live.
[GROOVY-1698] - No way to escape the / character in Groovy regex
[GROOVY-1702] - GroovyReflector: Class cast exception
[GROOVY-1703] - error in wiki example
[GROOVY-1708] - VerifyError when referring to a (nonstatic) property from a static method
[GROOVY-1730] - curried closure: getParameterTypes() doesn't work
[GROOVY-1731] - MarkupBuilder doesn't allow entities (like nbsp)
[GROOVY-1738] - Color settings not saving
[GROOVY-1744] - Extreme performance problem when calling closures using 'shorthand' notation
[GROOVY-1747] - Compiler doesn't recognize fully qualified class name in method
[GROOVY-1749] - java.lang.VerifyError with nested closures
[GROOVY-1760] - Static methods on a extending class are just ignored and hidden by the extended class
[GROOVY-1761] - NPE when the () after a method name are missing
[GROOVY-1763] - XmlSlurper GPath: why do children() have no children()?
[GROOVY-1774] - Problem when using primitive return type inside a try block
[GROOVY-1776] - GroovyJ 0.1.9 corrupts compiler caches in IDEA Selena
[GROOVY-1777] - Inconsistent stack height error
[GROOVY-1779] - super does not work for attribute lookup
[GROOVY-1785] - Problem With MarkupBuilder In Static Method
[GROOVY-1787] - GroovyClassLoader fails to load a script from a file whose absolute name contains spaces
[GROOVY-1788] - Can't execute Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler
[GROOVY-1790] - Calling back into java base class method inside an if statement causes java.lang.VerifyError: Inconsistent stack height 1 != 0
[GROOVY-1792] - Non writeable properties witreable
[GROOVY-1799] - this() does not work
[GROOVY-1800] - Inconsistent stack height 0 != 1
[GROOVY-1803] - Cannot apply function/closure arguments with defaults
[GROOVY-1805] - SwingBuilder does not intialzie properties in code order
[GROOVY-1806] - import static not supported
[GROOVY-1807] - Groovy fails to call varargs method signatures when an empty arg list is supplied
[GROOVY-1808] - make GPath work correctly on arrays
[GROOVY-1810] - size() not supported on two-dimensional boolean arrays
[GROOVY-1812] - == operator inconsistent with Object#equals
[GROOVY-1815] - import doesn't allow inner classes
[GROOVY-1816] - Closure Listener does not work with method events that have more than one parameter
[GROOVY-1817] - JTable ColumnModel not set in SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-1821] - Expecting to find object/array on stack
[GROOVY-1822] - Fallthrough in Switch Statements doesn't work for Patterns
[GROOVY-1824] - map.class returns null
[GROOVY-1829] - Problem with GString as names of the method call inside a closure.
[GROOVY-1833] - blank in path makes calling one groovy file from another fail
[GROOVY-1837] - Groovy console broken with NPE on Mac OS X
[GROOVY-1839] - Fully qualified annotations are not parsed properly
[GROOVY-1843] - java.lang.VerifyError: Expecting to find object/array on stac
[GROOVY-1844] - Subclasses of groovy.lang.Closure can't be invoked like closures
[GROOVY-1846] - Referencing a method closures should work with GStrings
[GROOVY-1848] - GCL does not close input stream when using URL to parseClass
[GROOVY-1852] - Closure constant on interface not callable without call()
[GROOVY-1853] - Groovy in maven(m2) repository does not have pom.xml
[GROOVY-1854] - DefaultGroovyMethods File[] null check
[GROOVY-1856] - Error while selecting appropriate method
[GROOVY-1860] - Problem calling override method with different return type.
[GROOVY-1861] - Snapshot downloads link points to empty directory
[GROOVY-1862] - Resource leak in ResolveVisitor.isSourceNewer()
[GROOVY-1863] - Groovy compiler executes code it is compiling
[GROOVY-1867] - java.lang.ClassCastException: gjdk.org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader_GroovyReflector
[GROOVY-1872] - compare operators throws comparing a Long type to a numeric String
[GROOVY-1874] - Problem compiling static initialiser
[GROOVY-1876] - try-finally does not always executes the finally block when used in methods with return values
[GROOVY-1878] - SwingBuilder / tableLayout -> more than two cells in one row are not displayed
[GROOVY-1879] - Error parsing simple expression in a conditional.
[GROOVY-1882] - NullPointerException when running two or more scripts with GroovyScriptEngine in multiple threads .
[GROOVY-1883] - sporadic MissingMethodExceptions when using categories to override math operators in multi-threaded applications
[GROOVY-1890] - MemoryAwareConcurrentReadMap cause thred dead lock,it will hang our application at some time.
[GROOVY-1891] - Assignment to array element yields null
[GROOVY-1904] - Iterators do not close streams
[GROOVY-1910] - Some property names used in the value of a Map cause IncompatibleClassChangeError
[GROOVY-1911] - Unwrapping needed before invokePogoMethod
[GROOVY-1912] - GroovyScriptEngine.loadScriptByName is the cause of Stack Overflow Error
[GROOVY-1913] - Problem when running script that uses java covariants
[GROOVY-1917] - VerifyError when using double instead of Double
[GROOVY-1918] - StackOverflowError when use GSQL's eachRow
[GROOVY-1919] - Infinite recursion while getting field from POJC
[GROOVY-1920] - Remove redundant groovy.jar from --classpath option to GroovyStarter
[GROOVY-1922] - NPE from classes that extend AbstractMap
[GROOVY-1923] - Can't call any methods on RootLoader
[GROOVY-1928] - startGroovy script has issue on cygwin
[GROOVY-1929] - Resource Leak in the GroovyScriptEngine
[GROOVY-1930] - Concurrency issue when loading dependencies in the GroovyScriptEngine
[GROOVY-1932] - ClassCastException caused by startGroovy script
[GROOVY-1935] - Continuous integration should test with CObertura coverage on
[GROOVY-1937] - Number conversion from BigDecimal to double does not work for Varargs
[GROOVY-1941] - Change pom version to lowercase
[GROOVY-1943] - ClassCastException for Reflector
[GROOVY-1944] - isCase implementation for BigDecimals needed based on numerical value only
[GROOVY-1945] - getting character encoding from command line is failed
[GROOVY-1947] - Empty case block before default prevents default block from executing
[GROOVY-1948] - == doesn't behave properly
[GROOVY-1949] - Problem With Stacked Cases In Switch Statements
[GROOVY-1956] - null's in lists are not handled correctly for unique(), sort()
[GROOVY-1958] - There's possibility that variable "encoding" is null in CompilerConfiguration.
[GROOVY-1961] - sum() should not assume the items are numbers or strings but apply normal duck typing
[GROOVY-1962] - add a stream based class reader and an optional java5 module
[GROOVY-1963] - list expansion in method call caching causes failing method call
[GROOVY-1964] - deadlock in MemoryAwareConcurrentReadMap.get
[GROOVY-1967] - When assigned to a local variable or attribute, a closure with named parameters throws a verify error
[GROOVY-1971] - Casting fails after instanceof succeeds
[GROOVY-1972] - Qualified class references broken in Groovy 1.1 beta 2
[GROOVY-1973] - ExpandoMetaClass doesn't inherit methods from super interfaces
[GROOVY-1978] - static imports not working with groovy classes
[GROOVY-1980] - GSE non-optimal behaviour
[GROOVY-1981] - ExpandoMetaClass should not display deprecated warnings when compiled
[GROOVY-1991] - Groovyc: Pass specified classpath to Javac on Joint Compilation
[GROOVY-1992] - MultipleCompilationErrorsException was thrown when the codes exist nested java style old loop
[GROOVY-1994] - Generic behavior is not correct.
[GROOVY-1995] - minus(List self, Collection removeMe) throws IllegalStateException for dupplicate values
[GROOVY-1998] - try-catch in constructor that calls super() causes VerifyError, Inconsistent stack height 0 != 1
[GROOVY-2000] - Can't override EMC added static methods if method has arguments
[GROOVY-2005] - XMLSlurper with Cyberneko, does not find children
[GROOVY-2006] - JDK Dynamic Proxies Broken
[GROOVY-2008] - The impossible is possible
[GROOVY-2009] - groovyc doesn't forward classpath to javac when doing joint compilation
[GROOVY-2010] - BUG! exception on spread expressions
[GROOVY-2014] - getMetaMethods and getProperties (should be getMetaProperties?) only return GDK methods and not all methods actually available to the class
[GROOVY-2015] - Under low memory situations ExpandoMetaClass inheritance stops working
[GROOVY-2016] - It is impossible to use nested Java classes and interfaces.
[GROOVY-2026] - How can i iterate recursively through OS Directories and check for files & directories ?
[GROOVY-2029] - When calling printf leads to exceptions in the parsing process of the format, the thrown exception is incorrect
[GROOVY-2031] - static import is no longer working
[GROOVY-2032] - MetaClassImpl invokeStaticMethod recurses up the class hierarchy losing the original sender
[GROOVY-2041] - The new algorithm for LoaderConfiguration's path matching does not work on Windows
[GROOVY-2045] - Groovy Tests in codehaus subdirs are not executed
[GROOVY-2047] - When in withWriter() the writer is closed, an exception is thrown after the closure is exited
[GROOVY-2048] - VerifyError
[GROOVY-2056] - Ant Task GroovyC and IBM BigDecimal
[GROOVY-2057] - MetaClassRegistryImpl creates mulitple Metaclasses for the same class
[GROOVY-2063] - Class reloading does not work with multi-level dependencies
[GROOVY-2069] - CLONE -Empty Range (0..<0) broken in List.getAt(Range)
[GROOVY-2076] - Compiling subset of sources when Java references Groovy causes compilation error in Joint Compilation
[GROOVY-2078] - Multiple compilations errors with Groovy annotations
[GROOVY-2079] - 'abc'++ throws Error
[GROOVY-2080] - table in SwingBuilder does not work properly and toolTipText seems not to work
[GROOVY-2084] - Joint groovy/java compiler doesn't set classpath correctly when path contains spaces in Windows
[GROOVY-2085] - SwingBuilder muddles up column values in tableModel()
[GROOVY-2088] - Inconsistent stack height when using super inside a conditional
[GROOVY-2089] - Failing Closure property acces for maximumNumberOfParameters and directive
[GROOVY-2090] - stubs for groovy sources with generics should retain generics, e.g. type arguments
[GROOVY-2092] - newlines in enum not fully supported
[GROOVY-2096] - Regression: Method calls in nested closures started fail
[GROOVY-2097] - StackOverflowError with Java sources that have no package declarations
[GROOVY-2103] - CompileTaskSupport sets class loader path incorrectly
[GROOVY-2105] - Groovy category support is broken in multi-threaded environment
[GROOVY-2106] - Verify Error if in constructor non-existing variable is referenced in call to super()
[GROOVY-2107] - Stack overflow occurs when subclass overrides and then calls superclass method containing a closure
[GROOVY-2111] - No data in ObjectBrowser tables when started from groovyConsole or groovysh
[GROOVY-2114] - Conditional expression containing an assignment operation requires double parentheses
[GROOVY-2117] - GroovyBuilder causes an NPE on non-Groovy projects
[GROOVY-2118] - Need to tag the Groovy Support for a project earlier
[GROOVY-2124] - groovyConsole can not read dead keys on Linux
[GROOVY-2125] - avoid reflector creation if relfection should be used for method dispatch
[GROOVY-2126] - ClassCastException when using java.util.prefs package
[GROOVY-2130] - Use of java iterators in for loop is syntax error
[GROOVY-2132] - Filter stacktraces in the new shell
[GROOVY-2133] - Static imports not working inside closures
[GROOVY-2136] - Static import of properties and fields does not work
[GROOVY-2137] - Enum class does not load
[GROOVY-2139] - Can not init instances with super(...)
[GROOVY-2141] - ExpandoMetaClass has concurrency modification issues with multiple threads
[GROOVY-2149] - Groovyc ant task cannot be found when using embeddable/groovy-all*.jar in ant build script
[GROOVY-2150] - ClosureMetaClass regression (mapping of ArrayLIst to parameters)
[GROOVY-2152] - Stacktrace in the new shell
[GROOVY-2153] - BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis'
[GROOVY-2155] - Some additional static import regressions since beta-2
[GROOVY-2156] - Parameter annotations cannot be queried at runtime
[GROOVY-2157] - Elvis operator is evaluating the "true" expression twice
[GROOVY-2158] - Code crashing in new shell but not in old
[GROOVY-2159] - Stub generator does not generate stubs for Groovy sub classes
[GROOVY-2165] - GroovyClassLoader dead lock situation with multiple threads
[GROOVY-2166] - ExpandoMetaClass causes exceptions with multiple threads, need to sync on isInitialised()
[GROOVY-2167] - Occasional NPE with multiple threads with class caching mechanism
[GROOVY-2169] - NPE in GroovyScriptEngine
[GROOVY-2170] - Purge commands don't work anymore in the new shell
[GROOVY-2180] - LoaderConfiguration is broken for relative paths
[GROOVY-2181] - NPE generated groovydoc documentation
[GROOVY-2182] - groovy.sql.Sql printing row in closure causes java.lang.StackOverflowError
[GROOVY-2185] - Java stub generator does not generate signatures for methods that take default arguments?
[GROOVY-2187] - GString as String[] returns a 1-element array with the whole text
[GROOVY-2188] - missing coercion for array
[GROOVY-2190] - check generics usage in class header
[GROOVY-2194] - The method primitiveArrayToList doesn't checks for nulls inside arrays causing NPE
[GROOVY-2195] - ConfigSlurper does not resolve within closures references to outer properties
[GROOVY-2198] - owner/delegatechain is broken for multiple delegates
[GROOVY-2201] - select code in groovyconsole and fails to execute selected code via ctrl + enter
[GROOVY-2203] - missing cast in covariant return types implementation
[GROOVY-2205] - Multiline text selection not handled correctly in GroovyConsole on execution (Windows only bug)
[GROOVY-2207] - row num and col num of error info is not correct
[GROOVY-2209] - Maps of closures coercion to classes fails with non-overriding methods, protected methods, and with arrays parameters
[GROOVY-2210] - The behavior of enum is different between Java and Groovy in switch statement.
[GROOVY-2213] - Instantiation exception in Groovysh when creating an enum type
[GROOVY-2215] - Cannot create enum type with explicit constructor
[GROOVY-2217] - FactoryBuilderSupport doesn't route all pertinent calls to its proxyBuilder
[GROOVY-2218] - TimeCategory Date subtraction does not always work for hours and minutes
[GROOVY-2219] - VerifyError with derived class
[GROOVY-2224] - Groovy Console - Closing Frame with Find/Replace dialog open leaves the dialog open and process not ending
[GROOVY-2225] - replaceAll cannot replace backslash
[GROOVY-2227] - Stacktrace/bytecode missing line numbers
[GROOVY-2231] - groovy.servlet.AbstractHttpServlet lacks unit test coverage
[GROOVY-2232] - VerifyError when using DelegatingMetaClass
[GROOVY-2236] - Groovysh in 1.1 rc-1 broken on 64-bit java
[GROOVY-2241] - Category does not select method with correct signature
[GROOVY-2243] - missing method list in exception
[GROOVY-2245] - groovy launch requires "tools.jar" system property to be set even if corresponding file does not exist
[GROOVY-2246] - subMap, findAll should return LinkedHashMap instead of plain HashMap
[GROOVY-2251] - Groovy Projects are not tracked properly with pre-existing Natures
[GROOVY-2255] - ClassLoader problem when creating a GroovyMBean for a remote service
[GROOVY-2256] - Unexpected exception when using StubFor and MockFor
[GROOVY-2258] - AntBuilder broken by a RC-1 -> RC-2 change: Can't find compiler
[GROOVY-2262] - groovy.lang.MetaClassRegistry$MetaClassCreationHandle.create() causing java.lang.StackOverflowError
[GROOVY-2263] - DelegatingMetaClass causing java.lang.StackOverflowError when subclassed.
[GROOVY-2266] - closure called by using the call method handles arrays incorrectly
[GROOVY-2268] - "minimal" generic interface
[GROOVY-2272] - ShouldFail does not work with nested exceptions
[GROOVY-2273] - DGM.getAt(Collection, String) should not flatten result
[GROOVY-2274] - InvokerHelper.getVersion() returns an empty string
[GROOVY-2275] - Numbers placed in Strings
[GROOVY-2276] - Static typing issue using ternary operator
[GROOVY-2277] - run-app fails with JavacJavaCompiler NullPoniterException
[GROOVY-2279] - StackOverflowException in MarkupBuilder when inserting element named 'link'
[GROOVY-2284] - Groovyc does not accept non-existant files in classpath
[GROOVY-2287] - calling negate() method on Integer throws MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-2288] - GroovyConsole - Undo/Redo don't set the dirty flag
[GROOVY-2289] - Use clause does not work with dinamically created methods
[GROOVY-2291] - closure parameter default value
[GROOVY-2292] - Binding is not passed to the script if the parsed script text contains no statements
[GROOVY-2293] - Delete key not working in groovysh on Mac OS X
[GROOVY-2294] - Infinite loop causes StackOverflow retrieving MetaClass for Java class breaking Grails
[GROOVY-2295] - Groovy embeddable JAR contains outdated version of Commons CLI causing problems with Gant/Grails
[GROOVY-2303] - Upgrading to Groovy 1.1 final snapshot causes LinkageError in Grails
[GROOVY-2304] - Minor doc bug in GDK
[GROOVY-2307] - Reading static metaClass property of a class replaces existing metaClass in registry
[GROOVY-2309] - MockFor does not work properly with zero ranges
[GROOVY-2312] - DelegatingMetaClass does not display info about self in toString method
[GROOVY-2314] - Remove use of java 5 specific code in LoaderConfiguration
[GROOVY-2316] - Incorrect access of protected fields in parent classes
[GROOVY-2320] - the abstract method test seems not to know covariant returns types yet
[GROOVY-2321] - Sort fails on heterogenous collections
[GROOVY-2327] - VerifyError with a Closure using instanceof
[GROOVY-2333] - Spread dot operator doesn't work on arrays
[GROOVY-2336] - Can't implement a Java interface that references a Groovy class
[GROOVY-2338] - correct source-filename for org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.InterfaceTest
[GROOVY-2339] - Endless-loop with nested 'each'
[GROOVY-272] - Misleading MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-322] - Object allocations using GroovyShell and Binding not GCed
[GROOVY-393] - cannot update a write-only property
[GROOVY-446] - cvs tags are wrong in two files in groovy.ant package
[GROOVY-474] - Groovy forgets imports.
[GROOVY-554] - a Node created with no value can not have children added to it.
[GROOVY-571] - Groovy fails to complie against latest Xalan 2.6.0
[GROOVY-716] - Reader.readLine() consumes too many characters.
[GROOVY-737] - Aliasing problem
[GROOVY-807] - 'explain' broken in groovysh
[GROOVY-912] - Setting protected field using named arguments in constructor silently fails
[GROOVY-929] - Setting private field in Bean constructor fails sliently

Improvement

[GROOVY-1109] - provide method rows() and firstRow() on groovy.sql.DataSet
[GROOVY-1126] - make newObjectInputStream() available on InputStream
[GROOVY-1201] - Unsupport Classic for loop now reports strange error message
[GROOVY-1203] - Website should show Maven's artifactId and groupId on Download Page
[GROOVY-1311] - make Groovy Stubs and Mocks deal with property access same as with method calls
[GROOVY-1314] - support covariant return types (& generics)
[GROOVY-1376] - rename (or alias) assertArrayEquals to assertEquals
[GROOVY-1380] - "fileName" as File
[GROOVY-139] - user vs. developer error messages - filtering stack traces
[GROOVY-1524] - Additional helper methods for DOMCategory to make it feel more like XmlParser/Slurper
[GROOVY-1535] - Improve XML tests and reduce duplication
[GROOVY-1542] - Implement groupBy() for Maps as well as for Lists
[GROOVY-1610] - Allow nesting categories with method override
[GROOVY-1619] - Allow the addition of MetaBeanProperty instances to MetaClassImpl
[GROOVY-1640] - Add "".hasText() method
[GROOVY-1647] - Improve Groovy Truth for CharSequence and arrays
[GROOVY-1688] - Dynamic compilation excessive typed instance variables resolution as class lookup
[GROOVY-1719] - MetaClass enhancements
[GROOVY-1724] - Extend Map coercion to classes
[GROOVY-1727] - Groovy shell and Groovy swing console improvements
[GROOVY-1728] - Compiler performance
[GROOVY-1737] - Map unary negation operator to a method and be able to overload it via a Category
[GROOVY-1750] - printf should work with any PrintStream and support sprintf
[GROOVY-1752] - Add arg types and return types to error messages
[GROOVY-1770] - use(category){closure} should propagate the value returned by its closure
[GROOVY-1818] - Option to remove the GroovyObject dependency and compile to 'pure' Java
[GROOVY-1832] - XMLParser: remove method on NodeList returns true (success). But, Node is not removed.
[GROOVY-1835] - Allow string coercion into classes
[GROOVY-1849] - Add the ability to assign before and after interceptors to groovy shell and groovy console to hook into script execution
[GROOVY-1850] - Custom Metaclass creation handler
[GROOVY-1857] - Add a check for ant version 1.7
[GROOVY-1858] - Fix warnings about @deprecated methods for DelegatingMetaClass, ProxyMetaClass, and MockProxyMetaClass
[GROOVY-1859] - Enable warning messages about deprecated features in build
[GROOVY-1866] - Extend Closure coercion to classes
[GROOVY-1868] - Modify BuilderSupport to allow sub-class to change the node at node completion.
[GROOVY-1893] - Minor change to groovy-starter.conf
[GROOVY-1931] - Map::find() should support two-parameter closures (i.e. key,value -> )
[GROOVY-1938] - Allow GJDK method Timer.runAfter() to return the TimerTask which it created
[GROOVY-1952] - force SwingBulder to execute builder methods in EDT
[GROOVY-1955] - Adding complete body of XML tag with GPathResult.getBody() including CDATA sections
[GROOVY-1957] - Dynamically added static getters can't be called as properties
[GROOVY-1960] - bundling Groovy jar in Ant lib dir causes Sql to fail to fails to find driver class when jar file specified in classpath element
[GROOVY-1968] - add ConcurrentReaderHashMap to groovy
[GROOVY-1974] - Allow customisation of closure variable resolving strategy
[GROOVY-1977] - Allow static and default to be used as property names after the dereference operator
[GROOVY-1979] - SimpleTemplateEngine (and poentially other TemplateEngines) should allow caller to specify classloader
[GROOVY-1986] - Optimizing DefaultGroovyMethods.intersect()
[GROOVY-1996] - Groovy-all pom.xml has dependency to an outdated version of Castor
[GROOVY-2004] - File.withPrintWriter(String charset, Closure closure) is missing in GDK
[GROOVY-2018] - Need way to make a PropertyColumn non-editable
[GROOVY-202] - allow importing of static methods like Java 1.5
[GROOVY-2022] - Allow customisation of GC policy for MetaClass through GroovySystem
[GROOVY-2034] - Add JLine support to groovysh
[GROOVY-2039] - Change sleep() variant with closure to enable continued sleep
[GROOVY-2040] - The iteration method inject() should be provided for Object and Map as well as for Object[] and Collection
[GROOVY-2042] - Distribution archives should set the file mode of unix scripts to 775
[GROOVY-2053] - Re-write InteractiveShell (aka. groovysh) in Groovy
[GROOVY-2058] - increase Closure performance by using a specialized Closure MetaClass
[GROOVY-2068] - Extract a FactoryBuilder from SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-2087] - Groovy ant task should support passing parameters
[GROOVY-2091] - enum support
[GROOVY-2100] - add Elvis Operator
[GROOVY-2101] - Error message needs changing
[GROOVY-2102] - Groovy-all pom.xml omits <optional> tag for its optional dependencies
[GROOVY-2108] - Make static methodMissing through EMC use a synthetic method signature to distinguish it from an instance methodMissing
[GROOVY-2110] - MetaClass.getMetaMethods() only returns methods from DGM, should return all meta methods
[GROOVY-2121] - change the groovyc ant task to enable embedding the javac ant task
[GROOVY-2122] - .each {} should return its collection, not void
[GROOVY-2123] - DGM methods on object for min, max, sum, and perhaps unique and sort
[GROOVY-2140] - Handle Null Attributes in MarkupBuilder
[GROOVY-2142] - Add new metaClass property to all objects to unify access to meta class across instances
[GROOVY-2145] - Groovy Project Preferences should override a default global preference
[GROOVY-2162] - The unary negate "~" operator could work with any kind of object, not just numbers and strings
[GROOVY-217] - support java style old for loop notation
[GROOVY-2172] - Change the new groovysh IO debug/verbose/quiet to a single verbosity field
[GROOVY-2173] - Create a Main CLI class for the new groovysh, to free Groovysh from those details
[GROOVY-2179] - Make the *new* groovysh the default
[GROOVY-2186] - Configurable reaction to exceptions during template binding
[GROOVY-2199] - FileNameFinder should supports excludes pattern as well as current includes pattern
[GROOVY-2200] - AllTestSuite should supports excludes pattern as well as current includes pattern
[GROOVY-2206] - Add row num to Groovy Console
[GROOVY-2233] - GPath: allow attribute reference using unquoted selectors in XmlParser Nodes, making it consistent with XmlSlurper
[GROOVY-2234] - XmlParser results are missing ability to set attribute values using assignment
[GROOVY-2267] - Make CompilerConfiguration copying version independent
[GROOVY-2269] - Use qualifier tag to allow Eclipse to place DATE/TIME in version info
[GROOVY-2270] - Display line numbers in the groovyConsole
[GROOVY-2285] - Keep the current directory of GroovyConsole dialogs
[GROOVY-2286] - groovy Ant task: provide better information on script name in exception message / stack
[GROOVY-2313] - add ant like file matching logic for the groovy-starter.conf file
[GROOVY-2319] - org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.FastArray doesn't overwrite toString() method
[GROOVY-392] - an alternative InteractiveShell
[GROOVY-635] - Overloading divide - method is called "div" not "divide"
[GROOVY-849] - + operator on null string concat causes exception
[GROOVY-860] - Command "clear" for the text InteractiveShell
[GROOVY-892] - refactor groovy.inspector.Inspector to be in a different package; either groovy.lang. or groovy.util.

New Feature

[GROOVY-164] - Date/Calendar operations
[GROOVY-1665] - Allow Closures to be lazily evaluated in GStrings
[GROOVY-1676] - Implement literal Map addition/concatenation like "[a:1, b:2] + [c:3]"
[GROOVY-1695] - Add (new|with)(Object|Data)(Input|Output)Stream
[GROOVY-1714] - Java 5 features
[GROOVY-1718] - Named-parameters without parentheses
[GROOVY-174] - Round Peg, Square Hole
[GROOVY-1745] - DefaultGroovyStaticMethods addShutdownHook( Object obj, Closure closure)
[GROOVY-1784] - Add deploy to m2 repository to groovy-core ant build
[GROOVY-1828] - GDK: Add eachDirMatch and eachDirRecurse on File
[GROOVY-1834] - Migrate ExpandoMetaClass from Grails into Groovy
[GROOVY-1851] - Expose unary plus and unary minus operators as interceptable method calls: positive() and negative()
[GROOVY-1886] - leftShift operator for ObjectOutputStream
[GROOVY-1887] - It would be useful to have a DGM Socket.withObjectStreams to complement Socket.withStreams
[GROOVY-1969] - Migrate Grails' ConfigSlurper to a groovy.util
[GROOVY-1988] - Add support for "method missing" behaviour to Groovy
[GROOVY-2036] - There is no equivalent of Ruby's respond_to - you have to catch MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-2073] - add DGM combinations methods
[GROOVY-2098] - Add support for propertyMissing to Groovy
[GROOVY-21] - .. as a new binary operator
[GROOVY-2109] - Implement respondsTo and hasProperty to make runtime evaluation more elegant
[GROOVY-2120] - Groovy should have a transpose() method
[GROOVY-2131] - Map implementation that fires PropertyChangeEvents
[GROOVY-2174] - Add commands to capture/manage a complete transcript of a groovysh session
[GROOVY-2175] - Add something like pythons {{sys.displayhook}} to the new groovysh
[GROOVY-2176] - Install SecurityManager for groovysh to prevent unwanted System.exit()
[GROOVY-2220] - ObjectGraphBuilder
[GROOVY-2253] - XmlParser should provide a getter/setter to allow adjustment of the trimWhitespace settting
[GROOVY-2317] - Subscript Support For Groovy BitSets
[GROOVY-455] - Add groovy plugin for Maven
[GROOVY-496] - Signatures
[GROOVY-502] - Adding instance methods to classes
[GROOVY-604] - Provide parsing errors and warnings
[GROOVY-605] - Automatic imports
[GROOVY-608] - Provide refactoring capabilities
[GROOVY-611] - Intention actions
[GROOVY-614] - Add an Outline/File structure pane
[GROOVY-776] - Create a GroovyDoc/JavaDoc tool
[GROOVY-783] - Make GroovyShell read script using specified encoding
[GROOVY-809] - enum Implementation

Sub-task

[GROOVY-1715] - Annotation support
[GROOVY-1717] - Enum support
[GROOVY-1720] - Integrate Grails' ExpandoMetaClass in Groovy-core
[GROOVY-1722] - Extract interfaces from the Meta* classes
[GROOVY-1723] - Provide unit tests for date/time support
[GROOVY-1894] - enable the usage of normal classes as parameter in the class header
[GROOVY-1895] - simple usage of formal type parameters
[GROOVY-1896] - nested usage of formal type parameters
[GROOVY-1897] - usage of formal parameters in the extends part
[GROOVY-1898] - usage of class parameters at fields
[GROOVY-1899] - usage of formal parameters at fields
[GROOVY-1900] - usage of generics type parameter in methods
[GROOVY-1901] - usage of multiple interfaces as bound for generic parameterization
[GROOVY-1902] - add check for usage of generics only with generics enabled classes and with the correct number of parameters
[GROOVY-1939] - Annotation Support for method parameters
[GROOVY-1940] - Annotation support for fields
[GROOVY-1951] - build a compiler that can compile mixed groovy and java code on the command line
[GROOVY-2059] - Add syntax highlighting, printing, search, and undo/redo to Groovy Console
[GROOVY-2060] - Font Sizeing in Console Broken
[GROOVY-2151] - Filter stack traces in GroovyConsole

Task

[GROOVY-1333] - fix code appearance on codehaus/confluence
[GROOVY-1710] - Update all file headers to the ASL 2
[GROOVY-1711] - New Build System
[GROOVY-1726] - Grammar cleanup
[GROOVY-1772] - Upgrade Ant to 1.7.0
[GROOVY-1865] - Minimal Generics support
[GROOVY-2054] - Remove 'grok' tool
[GROOVY-2055] - Remove org.codehaus.groovy.sandbox.ui Prompt and related classes
[GROOVY-2127] - Remove usage of sun.misc.Unsafe
[GROOVY-8] - Map/List expressions as last expression of new object exprs.
[GROOVY-974] - remove transformName() hack in MarkupBuilder

Wish

[GROOVY-1287] - use(category, closure) should return the closures return value.
[GROOVY-1636] - Support as SortedSet
[GROOVY-1916] - I need to get the metaData even when I get no results/I'd like an easier way to get the metaData from the Sql class.
[GROOVY-1946] - getting the value of groovy.source.encoding from system property in default constractor of CompilerConfiguration.
[GROOVY-25] - MetaData parsing
[GROOVY-301] - consider adding neater syntax for getters/setters maybe using closure-like syntax
[GROOVY-349] - Groovyc - Synthetic Metadata (Java 1.5)
[GROOVY-890] - Allow sublists as lvalue in range notation