Changelog for Groovy 1.5.0

Bug

[GROOVY-1206] - script cant find class in same directory with "-cp ."
[GROOVY-1218] - Multimethods conflict with default implementations
[GROOVY-1259] - java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError use groovyc ant task
[GROOVY-1286] - Inconsistent behavior between positive indices and negative indices.
[GROOVY-1388] - Groovy does not find javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory although it's available
[GROOVY-1407] - GPath expression on Map.entrySet() expanding out too much
[GROOVY-1417] - import java inner classes changed/broken in jsr06; can only import with '*'
[GROOVY-1425] - Using <classpath refid="pathid" /> form throws exception for invalid path entries
[GROOVY-1466] - Varargs in method declarators
[GROOVY-1491] - StackOverflowError running unit test
[GROOVY-1500] - Stack overflow
[GROOVY-1504] - xml-apis included in groovy distribution causes conflicts w/ jaxb2.0 xjc ant task
[GROOVY-1541] - Missing of directory apidocs with API documentation in java format
[GROOVY-1567] - behavior of Groovyshell and GroovyScriptEngine is not similar
[GROOVY-1576] - Can not call static method of parent class from child class.
[GROOVY-1592] - super.property is treated as this.property
[GROOVY-1617] - GString and String do not behave the same when converted to String[]
[GROOVY-1641] - Incorrect error message when accessing non existing class in static member: IncompatibleClassChangeError
[GROOVY-1656] - Cannot run java2Groovy in DOS
[GROOVY-1667] - Invalid directory
[GROOVY-1693] - packaging issue: executables lack the executable bit
[GROOVY-1706] - groovyConsole resolves static methods incorrectly
[GROOVY-1736] - Accessing superclass properties causes stack overflow
[GROOVY-1766] - IncompatibleClassChangeError with static GString
[GROOVY-1993] - ExpandoMetaClass doesn't handle no arg borrowing of methods in current form
[GROOVY-2013] - code completion in empty groovy script throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
[GROOVY-2070] - GroovyBuilder does not clean groovy output
[GROOVY-2071] - Script output does not appear in console
[GROOVY-2154] - properties of Node obscure xml elements with GPath after using XmlParser
[GROOVY-2184] - Tomcat webapp cannot access to inherited property
[GROOVY-2191] - Ambiguous method call is not detected
[GROOVY-2204] - Groovy fails to select overloaded method with vargs
[GROOVY-2211] - unable to resolve class by directorynames with blanks eg: "Eigene Dateien"
[GROOVY-2259] - groovyConsole affected by Java printing problems in Ubuntu Linux
[GROOVY-2326] - Groovy objects trying to override final methods
[GROOVY-2329] - Missing documentation for many methods in DefaultGroovyMethods (GDK)
[GROOVY-2343] - Inconsistent compilation behaviour: No exception thrown for javac, but exception for groovyc when doing joint compilation
[GROOVY-2346] - MarkupBuilder generated xml is not well-formed
[GROOVY-2347] - Incorrect parameter for annotations throws compilation exception with obfuscated message
[GROOVY-2348] - Calling closure from static method results in IllegalArgumentException
[GROOVY-2349] - Ranges removing the dot from strings when used on variables
[GROOVY-2350] - POGOs no-arg constructor invocation and metaprogramming
[GROOVY-2351] - Varargs with overloaded methods
[GROOVY-2357] - call method not used for possible closure
[GROOVY-2358] - ConfigSlurper does not process nested closures correctly
[GROOVY-2362] - Can't have two inputs after each other
[GROOVY-2393] - Dynamically added methods seem to need an arrow in the closure

Improvement

[GROOVY-1065] - Support JUnit 4.0 in GroovyTestCases
[GROOVY-1114] - String.split() like String.split(/\w/)
[GROOVY-1127] - align naming of the newXxxStream and the toXxxWriter methods
[GROOVY-1324] - have friendlier "operator overloading" method names
[GROOVY-1369] - prototype class
[GROOVY-1411] - Throw exception when assign a class with an expression
[GROOVY-1438] - use statement has no return value
[GROOVY-1548] - Iterator and Enumeration have no toList() method
[GROOVY-1584] - groovyc ant task compilation performance to slower that invoking groovyc from a java ant taks
[GROOVY-1638] - add "1".isNumber() method
[GROOVY-1652] - Bad error message when declaring variable called "default" (a reserved word?)
[GROOVY-1735] - Build a compiler that can handle Groovy and Java source code
[GROOVY-2038] - Allow for-each iteration without types
[GROOVY-2356] - The groovy.ui.Console always switches the Swing look and feel breaking some running applications that use another LnF
[GROOVY-287] - $!{text} toString()'s to "" instead of null
[GROOVY-318] - DocGenerator should parse DefaultGroovyStaticMethods

New Feature

[GROOVY-1449] - Pre-compile groovy templates, faster initial process
[GROOVY-1644] - Support postfix operatons on array access: x[i]++

Sub-task

[GROOVY-2061] - Add Find/Replace actions to Console menu

Task

[GROOVY-1332] - correct missing spaces in the groovy examples on confluence

Wish

[GROOVY-1575] - Need a sample of what's the equivalent of GroovyInterceptable