paolo di tommaso created GROOVY-8716: ----------------------------------------
Summary: Could not find matching constructor for java.util.List() Key: GROOVY-8716 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8716 Project: Groovy Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.5.1 Reporter: paolo di tommaso The following Spock test fail {code:java} class Foo extends Specification { def 'should create a list' () { given: def folder = null when: List results = [] then: true cleanup: folder?.deleteDir() } }{code} The reported error is {code:java} org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object '[]' with class 'java.util.LinkedHashSet' to class 'java.util.List' due to: groovy.lang.GroovyRuntimeException: Could not find matching constructor for: java.util.List() {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)