On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Dinko Srkoč <dinko.sr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 October 2016 at 16:02, VG <vito...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> why this does not work?
>>
>> class Example {
>> @Delegate Date when
>> }
>>
>> def x = new Example(when: new Date())
>> x.next() // fails
>>
>> I checked
>> http://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/groovy-jdk/java/util/Date.html and
>> the next method is available there? Should not the method next be available
>> through @delegate?
>
> `next()` is not really a method on `java.util.Date`, but a Groovy's extension.
>
> `Date`'s methods are all there. E.g.
>
> x.time // works
And just to interject the question the OP is probably going to ask:
Why should it matter whether it's an "extension" or not? Is it
documented that the methods available on a Delegate exclude what
Groovy has added to the class?
