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Spock throw exception test

I test Java code with Spock. I test this code: I wrote test: And it fails because AnotherCustomExceptio is thrown. But in the try{}catch block I catch this exception and throw a CustomException so I expected that my method will throw CustomException and not AnotherCustomExceptio. How do I test it? Answer I be…

Converter from Json into groovy CODE?

It’s a kind of odd question for an odd situation. I have a large JSON structure which I would like to represent in running groovy code. I need groovy objects that mirror the same structure as the JSON objects. As to be expected a web search mostly returns results with groovy/json runtime conversion stuf…

Gradle does not find tools.jar

I am using javadoc doclets with gradle, so I need to use the package tools.jar, which is in the lib folder from the jdk (1.6.0_26 in my case). The point is that gradle does not take it automatically, so I was adding that tools package to my libs folder, and then adding it to dependencies.gradle . Now I want t…

groovy call private method in Java super class

I have an abstract Java class MyAbstractClass with a private method. There is a concrete implementation MyConcreteClass. In my groovy test class I have I get an error that there is no such method signature for somePrivateMethod. I know groovy can call private methods but I’m guessing the problem is that…