Paul, > On 30. 6. 2024, at 23:03, Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote: > For instances, instanceof is applied. For classes, isAssignableFrom is > applied.
I see, thanks! Is that documented somewhere? Perhaps I'm just blind, but I can't see it here <https://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/documentation/#_switch_case>. All the best, OC > You can always check by looking at isCase. > > assert String.isCase('foo') > assert !Class.isCase(String) > assert CharSequence.isCase(String) > assert Object.isCase(Class) > > assert switch(String) { > case Class -> false > case CharSequence -> true > } > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 6:52 AM OCsite <o...@ocs.cz> wrote: >> >> Christopher, >> >> On 30. 6. 2024, at 22:42, Christopher Smith <chry...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You're comparing `class java.lang.String` and `class java.lang.Class`. >> >> No, I'm not. >> >> Which rule in the docs leads you to expect this to be truthy? >> >> The very first documented one, namely >> >> Class case values match if the switch value is an instance of the class >> >> Each class is an instance of java.lang.Class (as actually proves the second >> case which checks it explicitly through a closure; since it is there, I >> thought there's no need to elaborate). >> >> Thanks and all the best, >> OC >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024, 13:17 o...@ocs.cz <o...@ocs.cz> wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> is this the intended behaviour? >>> >>> === >>> groovy:000> switch (String) { case Class: println "C"; break; case {it >>> instanceof Class}: println "CC" } >>> CC >>> ===> null >>> groovy:000> >>> === >>> >>> Based on the switch documented semantic I would presume "C" should be >>> printed out, not "CC"? >>> >>> Thanks and all the best, >>> OC >>> >>
