static propertyMissing catches inherited static methods

When static missing properties are catched, the handler is called also when an inherited static method is called.

It is not a serious problem, but it feels weird. Either it should be changed (if possible with reasonably small effort), or thoroughly documented.

Also, it should be documented that if the handler throws a MissingPropertyException, it gets silently eaten up and the static method is called all right. On the other hand, any other exception goes all the way up to the user-level harness if any, which is generally rather undesirable.

Here's a code sample which illustrates the problem, along with the proper exception thrown so as the method is properly called:

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class Foo {
static def inheritedStaticMethod()

}
class Test extends Foo {
static def main(av) {
// need to catch all class-level missing properties
Object.metaClass.static.propertyMissing={
println "Property $it of $

.$it OK)"
// oops, we did not find valid d.p, so we
throw new MissingPropertyException("No valid DP for $

.$it")
}
println "Checking the handler: $

$

$

$

"
inheritedStaticMethod()
}
}
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