Groovy from string to object issue

[Scott F. Walter]

I'm trying something simple with Groovy and JSON-lib:

import net.sf.json.*
def fromList = "[{name:'scott'}, {name:'mike'}]" as JSONArray

however I am getting this error:

Caught: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object '[{name:'scott'}, {name:'mike'}]' with class 'java.lang.String' to class 'net.sf.json.JSONArray'
    at test.run(test.groovy)
    at test.main(test.groovy)

Any ideas?

[aalmiray]

Scott,

Starting from 2.2.1 custom metaClasses are no loner registered at startup, you'll have to call
   net.sf.json.groovy.GJson.enhanceClasses()
before attempting groovy casting.
I thought the info was on the site but the gapi docs are missing, I'll make sure the docs get
updated.

Cheers,
Andres