@Typed seems to require JUnit as a runtime dependency

I tried to apply @Typed(TypePolicy.MIXED) to a Grails controller, but when
deploying to tcServer within STS, I get this error on startup:

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener
instance of class
org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.GrailsContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'pluginManager' defined in ServletContext
resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method
failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
junit/framework/TestCase
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1412)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:557)
       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.GrailsContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(GrailsContextLoader.java:70)
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4135)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4630)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:568)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:637)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:563)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:498)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1282)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
       at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:807)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:445)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
       at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
       at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: junit/framework/TestCase
       at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
       at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632)
       at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:616)
       at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
       at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
       at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
       at org.mbte.groovypp.compiler.GrunitASTTransform.<clinit>(GrunitASTTransform.groovy)
       at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)
       at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor.addPhaseOperationsForGlobalTransforms(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:299)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor.doAddGlobalTransforms(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:266)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor.addGlobalTransforms(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:187)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor.addPhaseOperations(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:150)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.<init>(CompilationUnit.java:183)
       at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.<init>(CompilationUnit.java:112)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: junit.framework.TestCase
       ... 15 more

Why should I have to add JUnit as a runtime dependency of my application? If 
Groovy++ does require it, then the plugin should declare JUnit as a runtime 
dependency itself.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by p.ledbr...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 12:22
ajwang / groovypptest

@Typed seems to require JUnit as a runtime dependency #317
