Re: Default for annotation members with type class

It's under Static compilation. I have raised a ticket for this issue. I am
not sure if there are any work arounds for this issue

regards
Saravanan

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM Milles, Eric (TR Technology) via dev <
dev-GSC0n/0aZo1d/SJB6HiN2Ni2O/[email protected]> wrote:

> You should be able to use "default []".  I don't think it supports
> "default new Class[0]".  Is this under Static Type Checking or Static
> Compilation?
>
> NOTE: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-11492 item 3 covers
> the missing "default {}" support.
>
>
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> Hello Groovy users
>
> What is the right way to define this java annotation in groovy? I am
> testing this out in Groovy 5.0, I have not tried 4.x.
>
> I tried using [] after the default keyword, but I get the error
>
> "Cannot return value of type java.util.ArrayList<#E> for method returning
> java.lang.Class<?>[]" and
> "Cannot return value of type java.util.ArrayList<#E> for method returning
> java.lang.Class<? extends MyClazz>[]"
>
> @Target({ ElementType.*METHOD *})
> @Retention(RetentionPolicy.*RUNTIME*)
> public @interface MyAnnotation {
>
>     Class<?>[] groups() default {};
>
>     Class<? extends MyClazz>[] payloads() default {};
>
> }
>
>
> regards
> Saravanan
>