Confusing error when trying to create a JSON structure in Groovy

Question

I am trying to create a JSON structure in groovy as such:

def builder = new JsonBuilder()

builder.configuration {
            software {
                name name
                version version
                description "description"
            }
            git {
                name "appName"
                repository "repo"
                branch "branch"
            }
        }

where name and version are GString implementations. But whilst the structure seems to get created fine according to the debugger, I am getting this error whenever I try to print it or write it to a file:

Caught: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: java.lang.String.call() is applicable for argument types: (org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GStringImpl) values: [*my actual value*]
Possible solutions: wait(), any(), wait(long), take(int), each(groovy.lang.Closure), tap(groovy.lang.Closure)

Changing name to a normal "String" by using quotation marks also gives the same error. What am I doing wrong?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '21 at 09:55

1

It's because it thinks name(name) is a call to your variable called name which is a string in this case...

You could call your variables names that are not in your json structure (ie: change the name string to be called nameValue or similar)

Or you could use the map form of JsonBuilder:

def builder = new JsonBuilder()

def a = 'tim'
def name = "$a"
def version = "$a-1.0"

def root = builder.configuration {
    software(
        name: name,
        version: version,
        description: "description"
    )
    git(
        name: 'appName',
        repository: 'repo',
        branch: 'branch'
    )
}

answered Sep 03 '21 at 09:55

tim_yates

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changing the variable names did not work, but changing the format to the map form did. Thank you! But before I accept this answer, can you help see what the issue is on the original code? As renaming them to `nameValue` and such doesn't seem to work, I get the same error. – Evil Washing Machine Sep 03 '21 at 10:35
Which version of Groovy are you using? – tim_yates Sep 03 '21 at 11:43
my groovy version is 3.0.8 – Evil Washing Machine Sep 06 '21 at 00:00

Confusing error when trying to create a JSON structure in Groovy

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