bsh handles subclassing and static methods incorrectly

[Matthew Flaschen]

Binary package hint: bsh

As noted at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1781130&group_id=4075&atid=104075 , bsh does not call the correct method when a subclass has the same static method signature as a superclass. For example:

class A
{
    public static String foo()
    {
 return "A";
    }
}

class B extends A
{
    public static String foo()
    {
 return "B";
    }
}

public class StaticInherit
{
    public static void main(String[] a)
    {
System.out.println("A.foo: " + A.foo());
System.out.println("(new B()).foo: " + (new B()).foo());
System.out.println("B.foo: " + B.foo());
    }
}

If this file is compiled with javac and run with java, it will output A, B, B. However, if entered into Hardy bsh (and run with StaticInherit.main(new String[]{})), it results in A, A, A.

This bug has been fixed in beanshell2 (http://code.google.com/p/beanshell2/); see r21 (http://code.google.com/p/beanshell2/source/diff?spec=svn21&old=10&r=21&format=unidiff&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fbsh%2FReflect.java) . It would be great to merge at least this, and it may be wise to start using them as upstream eventually.