[jira] [Created] (GROOVY-8276) `.&` should return `MethodClosure` instead of just `Closure`

["Vladimír Oraný (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Vladimír Oraný created GROOVY-8276:
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             Summary: `.&` should return `MethodClosure` instead of just `Closure`
                 Key: GROOVY-8276
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8276
             Project: Groovy
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Compiler
            Reporter: Vladimír Oraný


if you get method handle using `.&` notation the retrieved object is of type `Closure`. It should be method closure instead. Following code should compile:

{code}
    @CompileStatic
    void doSomething(MethodClosure methodClosure) {
        this.doSomething(this.&doSomething)
    }
{code}

One of the use cases I'm currently working on is a type-safe DSL which accepts method closure to test given method. I would like to be sure that none passes in regular closure. At the moment, I need to do 

{code}
        if (!(method instanceof MethodClosure)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Closure must be method closure. Use object.&methodname to get type safe method closure!")
        }
{code}

To achieve similar behavior.



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