[jira] [Closed] (GROOVY-8360) Enums that are nested classes do not have the static modifier set

["Paul King (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8360?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Paul King closed GROOVY-8360.
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> Enums that are nested classes do not have the static modifier set
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>
>                 Key: GROOVY-8360
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8360
>             Project: Groovy
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Compiler
>    Affects Versions: 3.x, 2.6.0-alpha-1, 2.4.12, 2.5.0-beta-2
>            Reporter: Shil Sinha
>            Assignee: Shil Sinha
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 2.5.0-beta-3
>
>
> In java, enums that are nested classes have the static modifier set i.e. if Bar is an enum defined within a class Foo, {{assert Modifier.isStatic(Foo.Bar.modifiers)}} passes. The assertion does not hold if Foo and Bar are defined in groovy:
> {code}
> class Foo {
>     enum Bar {
>         X
>     }
> }
>             
> assert java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isStatic(Foo.Bar.modifiers)
> {code}
> This can be problematic in cases like https://mongodb.github.io/morphia/, where the type of a mapped field cannot be a non-static inner class. Of course that library could also be more enum-aware when validating mapped fields, but that's a separate issue. 
> A simple workaround for this issue is to explicitly declare the enum as static, so it's not critical that a patch for this be in 2.4.X if it's considered a breaking change (though no tests fail with the change.)



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