Getting ReadOnlyPropertyException when trying to set value for GlobalVariable

#1

Hi, when I try to set a String value to GlobalVariable I am getting the following error
So I am creating Globalvariable at runtime

String pageNavigatedText =" "
CustomKeywords.'ciautils.ciaUtilities.addGlobalVariable'('pageNavigatedText', pageNavigatedText)

in CustomKeywords
import internal.GlobalVariable as GlobalVariable
static void addGlobalVariable(String name, def value) {
		GroovyShell shell1 = new GroovyShell()
		MetaClass mc = shell1.evaluate("internal.GlobalVariable").metaClass
		String getterName = "get" + name.capitalize()
		mc.'static'."$getterName" = { -> return value }
		mc.'static'."$name" = value
	}

in same CustomKeyword page with in a method I tried to set the value to GlobalVariable and getting the error

GlobalVariable.pageNavigatedText = “test”
//also tried GlobalVariable.pageNavigatedText == “test”, but no error and the variable is still not set the value

And the error I am getting as follows

groovy.lang.ReadOnlyPropertyException: Cannot set readonly property: pageNavigatedText for class: internal.GlobalVariable

#2 
        String getterName = "get" + name.capitalize()
        mc.'static'."$getterName" = { -> return value }

By this code you added a “getter” method to the dynamically-added GlobalVariable.

But you forgot to add a “setter” method.

So the dynamically-added GlobalVariable.pageNavigatedText does not implement a setter method. Therefore the following statement causes groovy.lang.ReadOnlyPropertyException

GlobalVariable.pageNavigaotrText = "text"

You need to add the “setter” method.

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#3

@kazurayam, thanks for your reply. I tried as follow and still getting the same error. not sure if the script is correct

static void addGlobalVariable(String name, def value) {
	GroovyShell shell1 = new GroovyShell()
	MetaClass mc = shell1.evaluate("internal.GlobalVariable").metaClass
	String getterName = "get" + name.capitalize()
	String setterName = "set" + name.capitalize()
	mc.'static'."$getterName" = { -> return value }
	mc.'static'."$setterName" = { -> return value }
	mc.'static'."$name" = value
}

Thanks

#4

Your current code:

mc.'static'."$setterName" = { -> return value }

Here you created one more “getter” method named “Object setName()”, which is not what you want.

Change this to:

mc.'static'."$setterName" = { newValue -> value = newValue }

This makes “void setName(Object newValue)”. This should be what you want.

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#5

Thanks so much, it worked now.