Github user dpolivaev commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/532#discussion_r116377482 --- Diff: src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/reflection/CachedField.java --- @@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ public int getModifiers() { */ public Object getProperty(final Object object) { try { + AccessPermissionChecker.checkAccessPermission(field); + } + catch (AccessControlException ex) { + throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal access to field" + " " + field.getName()); --- End diff -- To use GroovyRuntimeException we need to patch also MetaClassImpl.getProperty . It was not possible with byte buddy, but as a groovy patch it is possible. I shall do it in a separate commit.
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