Changelog for Groovy 1.6.0-beta-2

Bug

[GROOVY-596] - StackOverflowError when instanciate BeanInfo
[GROOVY-1649] - a keyword used as name of property should not require quotes
[GROOVY-2135] - failed to reference an instance defined in enum class with the syntax like Planet.MERCURY
[GROOVY-2208] - debug info not generated
[GROOVY-2421] - edit command doesn't work on Mac
[GROOVY-2535] - lost LineNumberTable in groovyc-produced bytecode
[GROOVY-2784] - XmlNodePrinter namespace declarations are inserted at incorrect scope
[GROOVY-2786] - ObservableMap doesn't fire Property Change Event upon removal
[GROOVY-2787] - typing "x.class" in groovysh changes x.
[GROOVY-2793] - NullPointerException when using SQL.rollback()/commit() when DataSource is being used
[GROOVY-2803] - annotations definition in groovy
[GROOVY-2804] - I/O example on documentation web site fails
[GROOVY-2809] - Setting certain nested javac arguments in groovyc leads to an exception.
[GROOVY-2810] - Namespaces lost by XmlNodePrinter in some cases
[GROOVY-2814] - Groovy arithmetic errors
[GROOVY-2816] - Invalid method code length
[GROOVY-2817] - Off by one error on string indexing error reporting
[GROOVY-2818] - Either support true stateful mixins or remove the current experimental implementation all together
[GROOVY-2819] - Correct return type optimization that forces you to return java.lang.Number
[GROOVY-2828] - Command line option -cp does not work: "Error: no argument for:c"
[GROOVY-2829] - Groovy's class verification doesn't allow for covariant return types
[GROOVY-2830] - false super field initialization leads to cast error
[GROOVY-2837] - CLONE -Groovy objects trying to override final methods
[GROOVY-2848] - Concatenating GStrings produces gaps for GSQL
[GROOVY-2858] - String plus ignored after new line
[GROOVY-2860] - Groovy/Grails Joint build fails with error: The field 'metaClass' is declared multiple times.
[GROOVY-2861] - Instantiating a class inside a script invoked by the GroovyScriptEngine causes a NullPointerException
[GROOVY-2863] - Groovy Bundle Manifest should use Import-Package instead of hardcode Require-Bundle (bundle names)
[GROOVY-2864] - defining a field and a property of the same name
[GROOVY-2867] - Impossible to use Map.get() or put() inside use(DOMCategory)
[GROOVY-2874] - ClassCastException sometimes from .properties.each
[GROOVY-2875] - MetaClassRegistryImpl constantMetaClasses map is leaking resources
[GROOVY-2876] - Incorrect manifests for OSGi usage
[GROOVY-2878] - byte[].encodeBase64() incorrectly introduces line breaks
[GROOVY-2891] - bug in GroovyCategorySupport - infinite loop
[GROOVY-2905] - File.eachLine reports line numbers starting with 1, 2,...
[GROOVY-2906] - Fix and improvement for Base64 encoding in GDK
[GROOVY-2911] - StreamingDOMBuilder does not implement default namespace properly
[GROOVY-2912] - flatten() does not work on byte[]
[GROOVY-2915] - StreamingSAXBuilder is missing startDocument() and endDocument()
[GROOVY-2917] - Groovy/Grails Joint Build: The 'field' metaClass is declared multiple times problem
[GROOVY-2924] - Problem with reserved keyword and annotations
[GROOVY-2928] - "as" does not convert strings to integer types
[GROOVY-2938] - MarkupBuilder indentation fails when combining yield statements and empty tags
[GROOVY-2948] - classloading weird issue
[GROOVY-2950] - Problem in Groovy Console - can not create new window.
[GROOVY-2957] - Some enhanced SwingBuilder attributes mask actual attributes of child content
[GROOVY-2965] - No argument invocation fails for closure with variable argument list.
[GROOVY-2966] - IllegalArgumentException from @Bindable AST Transformation with Integer properties
[GROOVY-2976] - ClassCastException when printing a mixed type int/long range
[GROOVY-2989] - Unescaped less-than in Matcher#getAt docs
[GROOVY-3001] - BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'sample/SimpleBean.groovy' null using Groovy-1.5.{5,6} with GlassFish V3's JSF+Groovy Support
[GROOVY-3002] - XmlNodePrinter does not propertly handle special characters within tag values
[GROOVY-3011] - Compile error when using generic types with upper bounds
[GROOVY-3012] - abstract getter in super class is not overwritten by property in subclass by stub generator
[GROOVY-3019] - Groovy calls wrong method if they are the same name and an Array attribut
[GROOVY-3021] - Inheritance of getProperty method broken
[GROOVY-3028] - Make Regular Expression handling consistent
[GROOVY-3029] - Grails compiler is broken because CompilationUnit.PrimaryClassNodeOperation is no longer called like it used to be
[GROOVY-3031] - Groovy Console: binding is not preserved between selection invocations
[GROOVY-3034] - Import static ignores superclass public methods
[GROOVY-3039] - [null]-[1] leads to java.lang.NullPointerException
[GROOVY-3049] - PropertyExpression contains wrong line,column data
[GROOVY-3050] - RangeExpression providing wrong ClassNode
[GROOVY-3051] - ForStatement wrong line, column data
[GROOVY-3061] - ExpandoMetaClass handling when closure itself is a "meta" closure
[GROOVY-3070] - ListExpression, MapExpression inside PropertyExpression wrong line, column data
[GROOVY-3077] - Bindable transformation causes verification errors with static properties

Improvement

[GROOVY-715] - Optional return for "if" statements [minor breaking change]
[GROOVY-1131] - Character ++ and -- should be closed under their type
[GROOVY-1389] - Groovy does not support $ in the beginning of a field name
[GROOVY-1725] - SQL pipeline improvement
[GROOVY-2138] - let groovy support concatting objects and strings with plus sign
[GROOVY-2308] - use java5 classes for ConcurrentReaderHashmap
[GROOVY-2778] - Allow users to register new commands
[GROOVY-2783] - sql.rows() and sql.eachRow() not consistent in behaviour?
[GROOVY-2808] - Global transforms should only be executed once in IntelliJ IDEA
[GROOVY-2820] - auto indent for GroovyConsole
[GROOVY-2842] - Line/Column Information for ClassNodes in throws expression
[GROOVY-2843] - Line/Column Information for ClassNodes in imports
[GROOVY-2844] - Line/Column Information for fully qualified class names
[GROOVY-2845] - GenericTypes in AST for local variable
[GROOVY-2846] - Line/Column Information for ClassNodes in CastExpression and ArrayExpression
[GROOVY-2847] - GenericTypes in AST for ConstructorCallExpression
[GROOVY-2851] - leftShift operator for map
[GROOVY-2859] - make GroovyResultSet object printable
[GROOVY-2862] - Some DGM niceness for Character
[GROOVY-2893] - Line-/Column Information of PropertyExpression and FieldExpression
[GROOVY-2896] - Findbugs reporting error in groovy compiled class
[GROOVY-2919] - make groovyConsole browser friendly
[GROOVY-2927] - GString isCase() should return true when comparing two GStrings which have the same toString() value [minor breaking change]
[GROOVY-2946] - withReader(File, String, Closure) is missing
[GROOVY-3013] - Allow joint compiler to keep generated stubs
[GROOVY-3018] - It would be good to be able to name threads when using the DGSM start variants
[GROOVY-3022] - SpreadDot should also work for Enumeration
[GROOVY-3025] - *. (spread-dot) should always call iterator on its recevier, and never fall back to the semanics of . (dot)
[GROOVY-3030] - Make FactoryBuilderSupport.getContextAttribute() public

New Feature

[GROOVY-1543] - Support multiple declarations at once: def a,b = 1,2
[GROOVY-2920] - XmlSlurper: Query NodeChild for Namespace URI
[GROOVY-2940] - DGM should have sort for Map which works on the EntrySet and creates a LinkedHashMap containing the sorted result
[GROOVY-2973] - Provide a GString.EMPTY that allows GString concatenation with Strings
[GROOVY-3004] - List implementation that fires PropertyChangeEvents
[GROOVY-3046] - Groovy should provide an @Immutable annotation to make creating immutable objects easy
[GROOVY-3072] - Annotation for making 'new' statements cleaner

Task

[GROOVY-2975] - upgrade xmlunit to 1.2