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Paul King resolved GROOVY-7485. ------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Assignee: Paul King Fix Version/s: 2.4.4 merged proposed fix > BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis'... when trying to call instance > method as default for a constructor parameter > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: GROOVY-7485 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-7485 > Project: Groovy > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Compiler > Affects Versions: 2.4.3 > Environment: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode) > Seen in java 7 too. > Reporter: John Flinchbaugh > Assignee: Paul King > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.4.4 > > > % groovyc StaticDefault.groovy # the code below > {code} > class StaticDefault { > def name > StaticDefault(name = getName()) { > this.name = name > } > private getName() { > 'name' > } > } > {code} > And see this stacktrace: > {code} > >>> a serious error occurred: BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in > >>> source unit 'StaticDefault.groovy' unexpected NullpointerException > >>> stacktrace: > BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit > 'StaticDefault.groovy' unexpected NullpointerException > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1057) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:588) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:566) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:543) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:522) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.compile(FileSystemCompiler.java:59) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.doCompilation(FileSystemCompiler.java:215) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.commandLineCompile(FileSystemCompiler.java:148) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.commandLineCompileWithErrorHandling(FileSystemCompiler.java:178) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler.main(FileSystemCompiler.java:162) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.rootLoader(GroovyStarter.java:106) > at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.main(GroovyStarter.java:128) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier$1.visitVariableExpression(StaticVerifier.java:84) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.VariableExpression.visit(VariableExpression.java:70) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitMethodCallExpression(CodeVisitorSupport.java:129) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodCallExpression.visit(MethodCallExpression.java:64) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier.visitConstructorOrMethod(StaticVerifier.java:79) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructor(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:119) > at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1079) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:50) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.StaticVerifier.visitClass(StaticVerifier.java:42) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$6.call(CompilationUnit.java:209) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1052) > ... 15 more > {code} > Switching the method used for the default to a static method (private static > getName()...)fixes the problem, but I'm guessing you likely wanted to give a > better message out of the compiler. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)