Changelog for Groovy 1.6.0

Bug

[GROOVY-1257] - compiling of classes with missing parents of a parent class
[GROOVY-1563] - Confusing error message when using : instead of "extends"
[GROOVY-1630] - each(Matcher,Closure) doesn't work for patterns with groups; plus other regex issues [minor breaking change]
[GROOVY-1643] - Please use parser.getASTFactory().setASTNodeClass(GroovySourceAST.class)
[GROOVY-1648] - VerifyError when doing strange things with closures
[GROOVY-1649] - a keyword used as name of property should not require quotes
[GROOVY-1759] - ProxyMetaClass and Interceptor: some calls are not intercepted
[GROOVY-1767] - Windows start scripts have problems with -Dfoo=bar parameters
[GROOVY-2035] - ReflectionMetaMethod has poor error messages for IllegalArgumentExceptoin etc.
[GROOVY-2081] - Script executes correctly when called with absolute path, but fails when called with relative path
[GROOVY-2135] - failed to reference an instance defined in enum class with the syntax like Planet.MERCURY
[GROOVY-2208] - debug info not generated
[GROOVY-2235] - Regression since 1.0 in Mock support
[GROOVY-2244] - Write-only JavaBeans properties cannot be set via the '=' operator
[GROOVY-2271] - Mocks are not used by the delegate of a closure
[GROOVY-2331] - Println behavior for collections, strings and gstrings [minor breaking change]
[GROOVY-2352] - Late and superfluous setting of default values on primitives in subclasses
[GROOVY-2361] - Property not stored via EMC
[GROOVY-2366] - A integer precision error (2147483647 + 2 == -2147483647 is true?)
[GROOVY-2373] - EMC and closures with default parameter
[GROOVY-2380] - groovysh not working with JVM 1.4.2_06-b03
[GROOVY-2382] - 64K limit on strings -- Caught: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 84 in class file test
[GROOVY-2387] - spread-dot operator problem in 1.5
[GROOVY-2397] - grovy 1.5 startup bug under cygwin - breaks up arguments with spaces
[GROOVY-2403] - Closure parameter list typing inconsistent with function and method parameter list typing
[GROOVY-2409] - Problems calling private static methods
[GROOVY-2421] - edit command doesn't work on Mac
[GROOVY-2425] - Cannot resolve which method to invoke with extended interfaces
[GROOVY-2432] - Setting unscoped log level to ALL can cause infiinte loop and stack overflow
[GROOVY-2437] - Groovyc ant task compiles closures twice
[GROOVY-2438] - Expando Method Varargs Received Double Wrapped by Object Array
[GROOVY-2453] - The Map plus() method creates new TreeMap but javadoc says HashMap
[GROOVY-2460] - VerifyError instead of compilation error
[GROOVY-2482] - More problems with covariant return types
[GROOVY-2483] - groovy.bat can not set system property
[GROOVY-2484] - performance issue with collections operations when numbers are elements of the collections
[GROOVY-2485] - A labelled continue statement does not appear to correctly imitate its Java counterpart.
[GROOVY-2486] - getAt calls not selecting right implementation
[GROOVY-2491] - Concurrency performance changes break closure method resolution in Grails
[GROOVY-2498] - Swingbuilder table content gets mixed up when columns are re-ordered by dragging.
[GROOVY-2501] - Java.lang.VerifyError... signature: (Ljavax/swing/JTable;Ljava/lang/Object;Lboolean;Lboolean;Lint;Lint;)Ljava/awt/Component;)
[GROOVY-2513] - Problems with commandline arguments in groovy under cygwin
[GROOVY-2515] - Command line option -D does not work in Windows XP but does in MacOSX
[GROOVY-2523] - compiler complains for loop has empty body
[GROOVY-2527] - Unexpected Array conversion on variable assignement
[GROOVY-2531] - VerifyError with -- var -- and (var--)--
[GROOVY-2532] - Building GroovyDoc Runs Out of Heap Space
[GROOVY-2533] - Arithmetic with negative literals doesn't work as expected
[GROOVY-2535] - lost LineNumberTable in groovyc-produced bytecode
[GROOVY-2542] - Missing hyphen in XML declaration encoding created by StreamingMarkupBuilder
[GROOVY-2548] - -cp include in bash script startGroovy do not include all needed jars
[GROOVY-2555] - Calling abstract super method causes stack overflow instead of compiler error
[GROOVY-2564] - startGroovy error with solaris
[GROOVY-2567] - Antbuilder/Groovy ant task that uses forking java task causes StackOverflow in ANT script
[GROOVY-2569] - the equals operator(==) error
[GROOVY-2573] - ConfigSlurper does not process property files with nested properties correctly
[GROOVY-2575] - getLineNumber()/getColumnNumber() on PropertyExpression always returns -1
[GROOVY-2582] - cannot extend java.util.Properties unless getProperty() is overridden
[GROOVY-2583] - "object is not an instance of declaring class" thrown invoking a method on Groovy class, wrapped in a Spring proxy
[GROOVY-2585] - Can not insert nulls into the table using Sql.execute
[GROOVY-2586] - scrollPane() should not allow multiple components as children
[GROOVY-2591] - Groovy Ant Task is not executing Groovy Test Cases as the Command Line does
[GROOVY-2592] - XmlNodePrinter doesn't escape special characters in attributes
[GROOVY-2603] - ['a'] as LinkedHashSet throws GroovyCastException
[GROOVY-2604] - Annotations on a local variable crash GroovyC
[GROOVY-2606] - Error processing uncompiled classes
[GROOVY-2617] - Unable to use spread operator with maps
[GROOVY-2618] - GroovyConsole's Executing Window doesn't disappear after script finishes nor if user clicks on Interrupt button
[GROOVY-2619] - for ( ; ite.hasNext() ; ) does not compile
[GROOVY-2620] - Process.consumeProcessXXX methods do not handle newline properly.
[GROOVY-2621] - Local variable shadows method in closure call, even if method is called with this keyword.
[GROOVY-2622] - Calling a vararg method from a closure throws an exception
[GROOVY-2628] - Command line option for classpath (--cp/--classpath) is broken on Windows
[GROOVY-2634] - Using Java Generics
[GROOVY-2637] - Enums error
[GROOVY-2643] - Delegate property is ignored by closure
[GROOVY-2644] - startGroovy.bat appends CLASSPATH to jvm's startup classpath
[GROOVY-2646] - changed behaviour of isImplicitThis() in MethodCallExpression
[GROOVY-2654] - Joint compilation Groovy class stubs missing exception information
[GROOVY-2657] - Code: def Target = "releases$" returns error on line 0 / column 0
[GROOVY-2658] - Overloaded methods mismatched arguments
[GROOVY-2666] - Different exception behavior in groovy 1.6 (original exception is wrapped)
[GROOVY-2670] - -cp and -clasaspath don't work for Groovy.bat in Vista
[GROOVY-2672] - groovysh catch an exception on the multibyte environment.
[GROOVY-2678] - Installation of Groovy in a Path the contains spaces doesn't work (eg "Program Files")
[GROOVY-2685] - CLIBuilder regression since 1.5.1
[GROOVY-2687] - VerifyError on incorrect function call
[GROOVY-2689] - Strange coersion bug in Groovy shell
[GROOVY-2690] - groovy.bat faile to start script that are in a folder with a dash follow with "s"
[GROOVY-2691] - Annotations are not working
[GROOVY-2693] - Generics and joint compilation: method types are not fully respected
[GROOVY-2694] - CachedClass.CachedMethodComparatorWithString doesn't work on non Sun JDK
[GROOVY-2695] - Problem in Groovy MOP causing stack overflows in Grails
[GROOVY-2697] - line/column information for parenthesised expression
[GROOVY-2698] - Method dispatch with overloaded methods for Java types doesn't choose the most specific method
[GROOVY-2699] - GDK links are wrong
[GROOVY-2700] - Joint compiler incorrectly assumes that subclass is a Java class
[GROOVY-2705] - ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegate fails when there are overridden protected methods
[GROOVY-2706] - Unable to use increment operator on static variables prefixed by class name
[GROOVY-2712] - SwingBuilder cannot bind to the 'value' property of a scrollBar
[GROOVY-2714] - multiline string with """ or ''' error causes problem in groovysh
[GROOVY-2718] - CLONE -JAVA_HOME with Backslash at end results in Error JAVA_HOME not set
[GROOVY-2719] - wrong method override is chosen
[GROOVY-2723] - XStream cannot loadXML from GroovyScriptEngine created classes
[GROOVY-2725] - Semicolon required for certain generics declarations
[GROOVY-2726] - Missing 2 else's in InvokerHelper.setAttribute()
[GROOVY-2739] - Compilation error: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit
[GROOVY-2742] - Behavior of Closure in GString needs to be documented
[GROOVY-2743] - Fail to compile when there is a method return List<int[]>
[GROOVY-2745] - the gsp template can not support unicode(utf-8)
[GROOVY-2746] - Static import of method with default parameter value: MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-2747] - Joint Compilation fails on the command line
[GROOVY-2749] - eachLine and splitEachLine work without encoding
[GROOVY-2755] - The runtime must instantiate or avoid the nulled MetaClass
[GROOVY-2760] - groovyc compiles file, but running it fails with java.lang.VerifyError
[GROOVY-2766] - methodMissing is invoked twice
[GROOVY-2774] - Java final fields may be changed by Groovy
[GROOVY-2776] - "println" in new console window prints in the oldest one
[GROOVY-2779] - GPath evaluation problem for html with namespace
[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-2792] - Unwanted InvokerInvocationException
[GROOVY-2793] - NullPointerException when using SQL.rollback()/commit() when DataSource is being used
[GROOVY-2794] - Groovy 1.5.6 Windows startGroovy.bat fails to pass CLASSPATH to groovy starter
[GROOVY-2798] - startGroovy error in 1.5.6 using Cygwin
[GROOVY-2800] - wrong use of generics in stub compiler
[GROOVY-2801] - Override toString in coerced Map fails for interfaces but is ok for concrete classes
[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-2836] - Misleading MissingMethodException thrown when this() is called inside a constructor
[GROOVY-2837] - CLONE -Groovy objects trying to override final methods
[GROOVY-2848] - Concatenating GStrings produces gaps for GSQL
[GROOVY-2849] - A property name in a nested closure interferes with a class property when refering with "this.prop"
[GROOVY-2850] - VerifyError when using increment operator on value
[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-2894] - Accessing the implicit parameter of a closure from an inner closure causes a Verify Error
[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-2918] - problem with default namespace in StreamingSAXBuilder
[GROOVY-2924] - Problem with reserved keyword and annotations
[GROOVY-2928] - "as" does not convert strings to integer types
[GROOVY-2933] - List Parameter in Enum constructor with misbehavior
[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-2962] - groovyc ant task creates invalid stub
[GROOVY-2963] - can't set metaclass on a [:] as Foo when Foo is interface
[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-2979] - Cannot launch Groovy on Windows with MSYS
[GROOVY-2983] - wrong line number in 1.6 for getting an property
[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-3038] - Cannot use "final" modifier on iterator in for (...) loops
[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-3054] - ClassFormatError: Illegal class name Exception when running a script from a folder with dot in its name
[GROOVY-3057] - SimpleTemplateEngine / TemplateEngine does not close Readers
[GROOVY-3061] - ExpandoMetaClass handling when closure itself is a "meta" closure
[GROOVY-3067] - Incorrect line number reporting when exception occurs inside if statement
[GROOVY-3069] - Closure does not have scope precedent over local method
[GROOVY-3070] - ListExpression, MapExpression inside PropertyExpression wrong line, column data
[GROOVY-3077] - Bindable transformation causes verification errors with static properties
[GROOVY-3079] - groovysh does not run when CLASSPATH includes embeddable/groovy-all.jar
[GROOVY-3084] - Groovy scripts can't access the 'args' property anymore to get the arguments from the command line
[GROOVY-3085] - Performance regression with MarkupBuilder in 1.6 beta 2
[GROOVY-3089] - compile error with covariant bridge method added for already existing method
[GROOVY-3090] - ObjectGraphBuilder does not set itself as delegate on closure strategies
[GROOVY-3097] - Half-exclusive range with int value on left and short value on right always contains a single element
[GROOVY-3102] - NPE with flatten() in case of null elements in the collection
[GROOVY-3104] - Exception during CallSiteArray.<init>
[GROOVY-3108] - Problem with (new AntBuilder()).sequential { mkdir(dir:"adir") }
[GROOVY-3109] - StackOverflowError with DOMCategory and missing property
[GROOVY-3120] - closure fails to call missingMethod in delegate
[GROOVY-3121] - Can't define a target not including TYPE for annotation definitions
[GROOVY-3123] - while(true) {} could be optimized
[GROOVY-3124] - for(;;) {} does not behave the same as in Java
[GROOVY-3129] - Compile-error when implementing a method from a generic interface
[GROOVY-3135] - Incorrect array type created when calling vararg method
[GROOVY-3139] - StubFor: No more calls to 'openConnection' expected at this point. End of demands
[GROOVY-3143] - GroovyDoc: WindowTitle is ingnored
[GROOVY-3146] - Bindable transformation applied to a subclass of JComponent ( possibly others ) causes an IllegalAccessError
[GROOVY-3156] - Within a nested closure, "this.method()" works incorrectly if parent closure and outermost class have closures/methods of the same name
[GROOVY-3159] - Trouble with panels in SwingBuilder
[GROOVY-3161] - Wrong initialization order for static fields in enums
[GROOVY-3163] - static foo(Closure) hides super.foo(Bar)
[GROOVY-3165] - Regression in assignment of single character strings to char array element
[GROOVY-3167] - Integers not automatically converted to Bytes
[GROOVY-3168] - groovyc fails silently w/o any error message
[GROOVY-3170] - XmlNodePrinter does not handle attribute namespaces correctly
[GROOVY-3175] - Some generated fields not marked as synthetic
[GROOVY-3177] - Preserve SwingBuilder.build(Closure).
[GROOVY-3181] - Cannot create instances of @Immutable classes that have single Map field
[GROOVY-3182] - Wrong line number on PropertyMissingException
[GROOVY-3184] - ClassExpression's of the form "SomeType.class" have wrong lastColumnNumber
[GROOVY-3187] - ServletBinding lies about what variables it can handle
[GROOVY-3191] - Groovysh cannot be extended
[GROOVY-3198] - Equal instances of an @Immutable class give different values when used as map keys
[GROOVY-3200] - Map coercion should not throw an NPE for non implemented methods from the map
[GROOVY-3203] - ProxyGenerator.instantiateDelegate(Map, Class) behavior should align with ConvertedMap behavior
[GROOVY-3205] - Cannot override toString() in a "mapOfClosures as AClass" implementation
[GROOVY-3207] - XmlNodePointer does not handle namespace prefixes with repeated URNs
[GROOVY-3208] - Static properties of Groovy classes not seen by subclasses
[GROOVY-3211] - Groovy doesn't follow JavaBeans Specification on method name to property name decapitialization
[GROOVY-3213] - DGM.unique(Collection, Closure) is broken for Sets
[GROOVY-3214] - Strange Groovy bug for Maps in a Enums method
[GROOVY-3219] - NamespaceBuilder does not create child nodes
[GROOVY-3226] - org.codehaus.groovy.tools.LoaderConfiguration fails to implement glob in expected fashion
[GROOVY-3229] - Can't subclass PrintWriter
[GROOVY-3235] - DGM.println(Object) and friends do a Writer.close() if the object is a writer. Should be flush() instead.
[GROOVY-3237] - println is inconsistent
[GROOVY-3238] - String.valueOf(BigInteger) doesn't call String.valueOf(Object)
[GROOVY-3239] - Tests failed on AMD4200+ under Linux, Fedora 8
[GROOVY-3242] - metaclass and curry() gives MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-3243] - MenuItem doesn't accept GStrings as values
[GROOVY-3245] - DGM.readLines(String) incorrectly loses empty lines.
[GROOVY-3248] - String.replaceAll(String, Closure) should quote the replacement string
[GROOVY-3257] - XmlNodePrinter has protected methods that cannot be overriden
[GROOVY-3259] - Fix use of deprecated API in Apache Ant
[GROOVY-3260] - groovysh is initializing AWT
[GROOVY-3264] - DGM#denormalize - Mac style line breaks and empty string
[GROOVY-3266] - Mixins ignore private methods from superclasses
[GROOVY-3271] - Update antlib.xml and add to Groovy JAR
[GROOVY-3274] - Classloader does not find resources properly
[GROOVY-3276] - Enums in 1.6-RC-1 no longer work with constructors with multiple parameters
[GROOVY-3277] - StackOverflowError with mixins
[GROOVY-3281] - GroovyScriptEngine doesn't inherit CompilerConfiguration from parent classloader
[GROOVY-3283] - Can't "import static" more than one enum
[GROOVY-3288] - SwingBuilder.tabbedPane imposes strict restrictions on its children
[GROOVY-3289] - System path emptied by installer 1.5.7 on windows
[GROOVY-3293] - Return statements of the form "return;" have wrong source position
[GROOVY-3301] - Groovy annotations not working with Hibernate
[GROOVY-3303] - DGM File.append( byte[] ) overwrites existing file
[GROOVY-3304] - NullPointerException in LabelVerifier
[GROOVY-3311] - NPE on Groovy 1.6-RC2: Cannot invoke method times() on null object
[GROOVY-3316] - Find a solution to the collection coping problem involving findAll, grep etc. that causes Hibernate lazy loading to break
[GROOVY-3336] - CLONE -System path emptied by installer 1.6 RC2 on windows
[GROOVY-3611] - CLONE -Compile-error when implementing a method from a generic interface
[GROOVY-569] - java.lang.ClassFormatError running groovy script from shell (bash)
[GROOVY-596] - StackOverflowError when instanciate BeanInfo
[GROOVY-873] - break/continue with label ignores the label

Improvement

[GROOVY-1074] - Better exception reporting with line number
[GROOVY-1131] - Character ++ and -- should be closed under their type
[GROOVY-1132] - match vs match[] handling inconsistent for eachMatch vs. =~
[GROOVY-1348] - Patch to provide acess to Script Object in GroovyScriptEngine
[GROOVY-1389] - Groovy does not support $ in the beginning of a field name
[GROOVY-1431] - Better Return Value Handling in (Collect) Closures
[GROOVY-1594] - Bundle JSR 223 Support in Groovy
[GROOVY-1725] - SQL pipeline improvement
[GROOVY-1915] - Should use Integer.valueOf() instead of new Integer(), where appropriate
[GROOVY-1934] - \u0000 produces MultipleCompilationErrorsException, unexpected char
[GROOVY-2066] - Groovyc Ant task support fork and max memory
[GROOVY-2138] - let groovy support concatting objects and strings with plus sign
[GROOVY-2254] - Expose GSE on GroovyServlet to subclasses so they may add extra configuration
[GROOVY-2261] - add auto indent for GroovyConsole
[GROOVY-2264] - support overloading with keyword 'as'
[GROOVY-2265] - Smart edit function for Groovy Console
[GROOVY-2283] - Add ability to dynamically modify classes blocked by StackTraceUtils during a sanitize operation.
[GROOVY-2305] - Process .getText() GDK method blocks on some operating systems.
[GROOVY-2308] - use java5 classes for ConcurrentReaderHashmap
[GROOVY-2414] - Extend XmlParser and Node to allow subclassing, permitting additional capabilities to reuse basic functionality
[GROOVY-2429] - Allow subclasses of XmlParser to customize creation of new Nodes
[GROOVY-250] - CST nodes created synthetically should always include some line number info
[GROOVY-2502] - Add OSGi headers to manifest
[GROOVY-2506] - Document Groovy-JDK methods Collection.transpose() and Collection.combinations()
[GROOVY-2510] - GroovyDoc support of @see tag
[GROOVY-2517] - Allow "as Set" to work with arrays
[GROOVY-2524] - Javadoc typos for DefaultGroovyMethods
[GROOVY-2547] - Parent is still set in Node after removing it from the tree
[GROOVY-2560] - sum, min and friends should work on the same types that collect, each and their friends work on.
[GROOVY-2570] - Support the multiple namespaces with NamespaceBuilderSupport
[GROOVY-2598] - eachLine should support a 2 arg closure with index being second arg
[GROOVY-2602] - TimeDuration should override toString
[GROOVY-2613] - add 'transform to platform newline' function to the GDK String API
[GROOVY-2615] - Patches for line / colum information for various AST Nodes
[GROOVY-2679] - Allow to omit square brackets in annotations when list has just one element (similar to Java)
[GROOVY-2721] - index-all page for Groovy JDK DocGenerator
[GROOVY-2735] - Allow to set ClassLoader explicitly for ProxyGenerator class
[GROOVY-2744] - It would be useful to have a way to flip posix behavior on/off for CliBuilder without exposing specific Commons CLI classes
[GROOVY-2748] - line/column information patch for several nodes
[GROOVY-2764] - Plus on Collection tries to keep similar type of original collection but not for LinkedList
[GROOVY-2765] - Intersect on Collection should try to keep similar type of original collection (like plus)
[GROOVY-2767] - Preserve line/column information for user-defined occurrences of variables this,super and literals null,true,false
[GROOVY-2770] - encoding specific versions of newWriter and withWriter wrap the created OutputStreamWriter in a BufferedWriter which hides encoding
[GROOVY-2772] - Add missing 'items' attribute for list
[GROOVY-2778] - Allow users to register new commands
[GROOVY-2783] - sql.rows() and sql.eachRow() not consistent in behaviour?
[GROOVY-2799] - add a way to override the commandline conf in GroovyStarter
[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-2853] - Unclear error message for syntax error when using generics and forget bracket
[GROOVY-2854] - A new test case, bug fix, and improvement to MethodHandle
[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-2904] - [ [a:1, b:2, c:3] ].flatten() -> [ 1, 2, 3 ], but should be [ [a:1, b:2, c:3] ]
[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-2943] - Collection methods like reject, collect don't appear in Collections documentation (they are in the Quickk start?)
[GROOVY-2946] - withReader(File, String, Closure) is missing
[GROOVY-2995] - GString: document or coerce
[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
[GROOVY-3071] - include example of observing and editing compilation phase during class loading
[GROOVY-3086] - Class level TestNG Test annotation on a groovy class does not work as expected
[GROOVY-3091] - Allow setting String based strategies on ObjectGraphBuilder[IdentityResolver|ReferenceResolver]
[GROOVY-3092] - allow combinations() to work on Collections not just Lists
[GROOVY-3094] - ObjectGraphBuilder: allow references to be resolved lazily
[GROOVY-3112] - Occasional "Access is denied" message with <groovyc>
[GROOVY-3118] - Better Cobertura Support
[GROOVY-3132] - Groovydoc doesn't support multiple locations in sourcepath
[GROOVY-3148] - Add javabean property and user generated setter support to @Bindable AST transformation.
[GROOVY-3162] - DGM.minus(Date, Date) is conspicuously missing
[GROOVY-3171] - Handle floating conversion to BigDecimal and Double using 'as' gracefully.
[GROOVY-3172] - Add setter for field MethodNode.name
[GROOVY-3180] - @since Javadoc support for Groovy JDK is missing
[GROOVY-3185] - Provide clickable stacktrace and error messages in the Swing console
[GROOVY-3192] - Improvement to OSGi manifest
[GROOVY-3202] - Change Default Resolve Strategy Used For .with Method
[GROOVY-3206] - Added @since Tag to DefaultGroovyMethods.groovy and DefaultGroovyStaticMethods.groovy
[GROOVY-3221] - Open up AntrlParserPlugin for extension
[GROOVY-3241] - Ivy should be declarer as optionnal dependency in groovy-all
[GROOVY-3251] - Make Groovy-JDKs HTML 4.01 valid
[GROOVY-3252] - Fix DGM toString for Map and Collection
[GROOVY-3253] - Change array formatting to be uniform
[GROOVY-3256] - MarkupBuilder performance
[GROOVY-3265] - XmlNodePrinter outputs too much whitespace
[GROOVY-3279] - Remove ANT dependency on GroovyDocTool
[GROOVY-3285] - Implement String.replace(CharSequence, CharSequence), a JDK 1.5 method, for backwards compatibility
[GROOVY-3287] - Implement workaround for JDK 1.4 String.replaceAll bug.
[GROOVY-3290] - ProxyMetaClass.use method should return the result of the closure call
[GROOVY-3291] - Allow File.append and File.leftShift to handle binary data.
[GROOVY-3294] - Improved class loading for AST transformations
[GROOVY-3300] - Disallow try statements without catch or finally block
[GROOVY-3338] - ConfigSlurper to support node key with hyphen
[GROOVY-715] - Optional return for "if" statements [minor breaking change]

New Feature

[GROOVY-1193] - new convenience methods in DOMCategory: InputStream.parse; Reader.parse; Node.xpath
[GROOVY-1543] - Support multiple declarations at once: def a,b = 1,2
[GROOVY-158] - Multiple assignment
[GROOVY-1605] - Have a delete() method in File that deletes all subdirectories and contained files
[GROOVY-1773] - Add varient return type warning to GroovyC
[GROOVY-1884] - GEP: Adding Bound Properties to GroovyBeans
[GROOVY-2335] - StAX builder
[GROOVY-2593] - DataSet's should allowing sorting
[GROOVY-2594] - Allow factories to intercept and handle child closures
[GROOVY-2791] - Please add a loadFile method to groovy.ui.Console for ease of use.
[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
[GROOVY-3106] - Provide a split(closure) DGM method on collections
[GROOVY-3138] - Add ability to hide script recopy output in Swing console
[GROOVY-3145] - Add Console output visualizations
[GROOVY-3188] - Groovy should provide way to turn off turning package scoped fields into properties
[GROOVY-3230] - Integrate JmxBuilder into Groovy
[GROOVY-3246] - There should be a DGM.normalize(String) method which acts like readLines().join('\n')

Sub-task

[GROOVY-1716] - Annotation definition
[GROOVY-2511] - DGM#minus(String, Object) behavior for 1.6
[GROOVY-2512] - Stackoverflow with groovy & ant on HEAD
[GROOVY-2595] - in SwingBuilder, action() node should accept child closure as action closure
[GROOVY-2762] - Groovydoc support for fields and properties
[GROOVY-2909] - Groovydoc does not take inheritance into consideration.
[GROOVY-2978] - GroovyDoc misses some comments on classes and methods
[GROOVY-3261] - Class comments in package summary
[GROOVY-3313] - Overview page formatting

Task

[GROOVY-1053] - Replace use of mockobjects.com with jMock
[GROOVY-2112] - Release preparation: execute all examples, esp. for UI
[GROOVY-2975] - upgrade xmlunit to 1.2

Wish

[GROOVY-259] - unit test case to ensure that we always set line number information on all AST nodes