IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1.2 - @Newify(pattern=...) supported :-)

[MG]

Hi Groovy users,

just had time to check this out: The most current  IntelliJ build 
(Version: 2020.1.2, Build: 201.7846.76) from the 3rd of June finally 
contains support for the @Newify pattern parameter, which allows 
instance creation without the need for the new keyword, such as e.g. in 
Python G-)

Thank you again to everyone who upvoted, and to the people at Jetbrains 
who greenlighted/implemented this :-)

Cheers,
mg


Sample code:

@Newify(pattern=/[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9_]*/)// Instances of classes whose name conforms to the given regex pattern 
can be created without the need for the "new"-operator. @CompileStatic 
// works under static and dynamic compilation class NewifyTest {

    @Canonical static class A {String a }
    @Canonical class AB {String a;String b }
    @Canonical class ABC {String a;String b;String c }

    //@CompileStatic List createClassList() {
        listToResultList( [
                A('2018-04-08'),
                StringBuilder('*lol*'),
                AB("I am","class AB"),
                ABC("A","B","C"),
                Object(),
                
Reference(),Binding(),Double(123.456d),Integer(987),BigInteger('987654321',10),
                BigDecimal('1234.5678')
        ])
    }

    List<List<String>> listToResultList(List l) {
        [ l.collect{ it.getClass().getName()}, l.collect{ 
it.toString().replaceAll(/@[a-f0-9]+\b/,'')} ]
    }


    @Test void newifyCheck() {
        final List<List<String>> resultList = createClassList()
        println"resultList=$resultList" final String result0 
=resultList[0].join('\n')
        final String result1 =resultList[1].join('\n')

        final String fullyQualifiedThisPrefix 
="${this.getClass().canonicalName}\$" final String expected0 = [
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}A",
                'java.lang.StringBuilder',
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}AB",
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}ABC",
                'java.lang.Object',
                
'groovy.lang.Reference','groovy.lang.Binding','java.lang.Double','java.lang.Integer','java.math.BigInteger',
                'java.math.BigDecimal' ].join('\n')

        final expected1 = [
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}A(2018-04-08)",
                '*lol*',
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}AB(I am, class AB)",
                "${fullyQualifiedThisPrefix}ABC(A, B, C)",
                'java.lang.Object',
                
'groovy.lang.Reference','groovy.lang.Binding','123.456','987','987654321',
                '1234.5678' ].join('\n')

        assertEquals(result0,expected0)
        assertEquals(result1,expected1)
    }
}