2018-04-06 22:42 GMT+02:00 Jochen Theodorou <blackd...@gmx.org>: > ah sorry, I was not explaining right... > > I was going to suggest something similar to what you probably already have > found, which is StaticTypeCheckingSupport.EXTE > NSION_METHOD_CACHE.getExtensionMethods(ClassLoader) > but for some reason I do not understand the constant is protected and the > type for it is a private static inner class... which means nobody can use > this really. bummer. So maybe patch that and make it public? See > GROOVY-8536 for this > > It is private because it was never meant for external consumption. It's much easier to evolve an API/internals if things are kept private. Look at the nightmare of people using internal APIs in Gradle and you'll understand what I mean: the more the API is open, the bigger the surface is, and the higher the risk to break consumers when you want to change an implementation detail is.
So we _could_ make this API public, but then it means adding test coverage and making sure we stabilize the API, if it ever makes sense.
