[jira] [Created] (GROOVY-9339) Compile-time-safe reflection access to field

["Matthias Fuchs (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Matthias Fuchs created GROOVY-9339:
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             Summary: Compile-time-safe reflection access to field
                 Key: GROOVY-9339
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-9339
             Project: Groovy
          Issue Type: Wish
            Reporter: Matthias Fuchs


With groovy 3 we can get a reference to method like this:

 
{code:java}
var valueOf = String::valueOf
println(valueOf("a"))
{code}
It would be nice to have such a compile-time-safe reflective access to fields as well:

 

 
{code:java}
class Data {
   private String field
}

def field = Data::field // 1
def value = field.get(){code}
This way the compiler would ensure that "field" is actually a real field and not cause *NoSuchFieldException*.

 



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