Had exactly the same problem. Shame on me for not sharing... GGTS[1] isn't out yet (they're at M1, with the release scheduled for this month), hopefully that has better groovy integration
[1]: https://spring.io/blog/2014/05/30/spring-tool-suite-and-groovy-grails-tool-suite-3-6-0-m1-released Cheers M On 7 July 2014 11:23, Aled Sage <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In case you're considering upgrading to Eclipse 4.4 for Brooklyn > development - not currently recommended based on my experience. > If anyone else has had, or does have, additional info or more success then > please let me know! > > The problem is with our use of Groovy for some tests (for historic > reasons!). > > Greclipse is still at 2.8 for latest GA release. [1] describes some > compatibility issues between the JDT version and the Groovy plugin. Also, > from [2], "the Groovy-Eclipse version that ships with GGTS 3.4.0 is still > built on top of the JDT core implementation of Eclipse Kepler and isn't > updated to Eclipse Kepler SR1 yet." i.e. I don't think you can use the > lastest JDT version. > > Installing greclipse is supposed to downgrade and patch your JDT version > (?!). > > However, when I upgraded to 4.4, no project with a groovy nature would > compile. > > I haven't tried getting an Eclipse with an older version of JDT, nor have > I tried against a snapshot greclipse 2.9. I suspect the snapshot build is > the way to go. > > Aled > > p.s. I'm using Eclipse 4.3.2 without problems, so not sure why Kepler SR1 > is an issue! > > p.p.s. it will be great when all our old groovy code is converted to Java > (except perhaps for one examples project that is just there to show how to > write blueprints in groovy). > > [1] http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/springsource- > tool-suite/724206-sts-3-4-0-and-groovy-plugin-version-mess > [2] http://docs.spring.io/sts/nan/v340/NewAndNoteworthy.html > > -- Martin Harris Lead Software Engineer Cloudsoft Corporation Ltd www.cloudsoftcorp.com Mobile: +44 (0)7989 047-855
