Why Groovy Compiler tries to load a class that is a transitive runtime (!) dependency during compilation?
See stacktrace below.
[details=Stacktrace]
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Unable to load class com.intellij.patterns.StringPattern due to missing dependency dk/brics/automaton/AutomatonProvider
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.convertUncaughtExceptionToCompilationError(CompilationUnit.java:1091)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1069)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:591)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:569)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:546)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:525)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.ApiGroovyCompiler.execute(ApiGroovyCompiler.java:174)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.ApiGroovyCompiler.execute(ApiGroovyCompiler.java:56)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.AbstractDaemonCompiler$CompilerWorkerAdapter.execute(AbstractDaemonCompiler.java:73)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.AbstractDaemonCompiler$CompilerWorkerAdapter.execute(AbstractDaemonCompiler.java:64)
at org.gradle.process.internal.daemon.WorkerDaemonServer.execute(WorkerDaemonServer.java:28)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.AbstractDaemonCompiler$CompilerDaemonServer.execute(AbstractDaemonCompiler.java:91)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.request.WorkerAction.run(WorkerAction.java:88)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:35)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:147)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:129)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHub$Handler.run(MessageHub.java:404)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:46)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Unable to load class com.intellij.patterns.StringPattern due to missing dependency dk/brics/automaton/AutomatonProvider
at org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v5.Java5.configureClassNode(Java5.java:392)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.lazyClassInit(ClassNode.java:265)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.getAnnotations(ClassNode.java:1439)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.getAnnotations(ClassNode.java:1438)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.trait.Traits.isAnnotatedWithTrait(Traits.java:170)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.trait.Traits.isTrait(Traits.java:149)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.trait.Traits.collectSelfTypes(Traits.java:309)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.trait.Traits.collectSelfTypes(Traits.java:291)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.addSelfTypes(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:3115)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.makeOwnerList(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:3096)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitMethodCallExpression(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:2865)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompilationVisitor.visitMethodCallExpression(StaticCompilationVisitor.java:318)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodCallExpression.visit(MethodCallExpression.java:66)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitMethodCallArguments(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:2296)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitMethodCallExpression(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:2793)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompilationVisitor.visitMethodCallExpression(StaticCompilationVisitor.java:318)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.MethodCallExpression.visit(MethodCallExpression.java:66)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitListOfExpressions(CodeVisitorSupport.java:275)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitTupleExpression(CodeVisitorSupport.java:180)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitArgumentlistExpression(CodeVisitorSupport.java:285)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ArgumentListExpression.visit(ArgumentListExpression.java:76)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructorCallExpression(CodeVisitorSupport.java:141)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitConstructorCallExpression(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:1846)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompilationVisitor.visitConstructorCallExpression(StaticCompilationVisitor.java:334)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.ConstructorCallExpression.visit(ConstructorCallExpression.java:46)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitBinaryExpression(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:559)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.BinaryExpression.visit(BinaryExpression.java:51)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitExpressionStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:71)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitExpressionStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:196)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement.visit(ExpressionStatement.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:37)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:166)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:71)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitIfElse(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:3185)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.IfStatement.visit(IfStatement.java:43)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.CodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(CodeVisitorSupport.java:37)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitBlockStatement(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:166)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement.visit(BlockStatement.java:71)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClassCodeContainer(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:104)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitConstructorOrMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:115)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitConstructorOrMethod(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:1784)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitMethod(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:126)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.startMethodInference(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:2119)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitMethod(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:2078)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompilationVisitor.visitMethod(StaticCompilationVisitor.java:165)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode.visitContents(ClassNode.java:1086)
at org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassCodeVisitorSupport.visitClass(ClassCodeVisitorSupport.java:53)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc.StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.visitClass(StaticTypeCheckingVisitor.java:249)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompilationVisitor.visitClass(StaticCompilationVisitor.java:124)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompileTransformation.visit(StaticCompileTransformation.java:63)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor.visitClass(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:134)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor$2.call(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:178)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1055)
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