encodeAsHTML is anavailable by default in Grails 3.3.8 projects but other encoders are

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Expected Behavior

As specified in the Grails 3.3.8 documentation here, the HTML codec should come as standard, and thus should provide the encodeAsHTML method on all objects. However, I believe that for Grails 3.3.8, it is not the case.

I have created the following tests to verify that codecs work by default due to issues I am having in a project I am trying to port from Grails 2.5.6 to Grails 6.2.0. I am doing this porting in intermediate steps, so I am currently trying to port from Grails 2.5.6 to Grails 3.3.8.

I tried to create a blank project to see if the issue I was having with codecs was isolated to me, but I don't think it is. I feel that I am missing something.

Here are the tests, located in the file src/test/groovy/EncoderTestsSpec.groovy:

import spock.lang.Specification

class EncoderTestsSpec extends Specification {

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsHTML successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsHTML() == '&quot;&lt;script&gt;&quot;'
  }

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsBase64 successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsBase64() == 'IjxzY3JpcHQ+Ig=='
  }

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsMD5 successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsMD5() == '94936c5d221680f28f4128694dfd5c3f'
  }
}

I expect all of these tests to pass.

Actual Behaviour

The base64 and md5 tests pass but the html test does not. I get the following error in my test output:

Condition failed with Exception:

'"<script>"'.encodeAsHTML() == '&quot;&lt;script&gt;&quot;'
             |
             groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: java.lang.String.encodeAsHTML() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
             Possible solutions: encodeAsHex(), encodeAsSHA1(), encodeAsMD5(), encodeAsSHA256()

	at EncoderTestsSpec.Ensure we can call encodeAsHTML successfully in our application(ExampleSpec.groovy:8)
Caused by: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: java.lang.String.encodeAsHTML() is applicable for argument types: () values: []
Possible solutions: encodeAsHex(), encodeAsSHA1(), encodeAsMD5(), encodeAsSHA256()
	... 1 more

Steps To Reproduce

• Using Grails 3.3.8, create a new app with the command grails create-app -features hibernate5 -profile web virtualhome
• Add in the following tests in the file src/test/groovy/ExampleSpec.groovy.
• Run the command grails test-app -unit to execute the tests

import spock.lang.Specification

class EncoderTestsSpec extends Specification {

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsHTML successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsHTML() == '&quot;&lt;script&gt;&quot;'
  }

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsBase64 successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsBase64() == 'IjxzY3JpcHQ+Ig=='
  }

  def 'Ensure we can call encodeAsMD5 successfully in our application'() {

    expect:
    '"<script>"'.encodeAsMD5() == '94936c5d221680f28f4128694dfd5c3f'
  }
}

Environment Information

I am using a Macbook air running MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1. I am running grails 3.3.8. The following commands are what I copy-paste to set up my environment:

jenv global 1.8.0.412
export JAVA_HOME=$(jenv javahome)
sdk install grails 3.3.8
sdk use grails 3.3.8
sdk install groovy 2.4.15
sdk use groovy 2.4.15
export GRAILS_HOME=$(dirname $(dirname $(which grails)))
export GROOVY_HOME=$(dirname $(dirname $(which groovy)))
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$GRAILS_HOME/bin:$GROOVY_HOME/bin:$PATH

My application.yml file is unchanged from the default:

---
grails:
    profile: web
    codegen:
        defaultPackage: virtualhome
    gorm:
        reactor:
            # Whether to translate GORM events into Reactor events
            # Disabled by default for performance reasons
            events: false
info:
    app:
        name: '@info.app.name@'
        version: '@info.app.version@'
        grailsVersion: '@info.app.grailsVersion@'
spring:
    main:
        banner-mode: "off"
    groovy:
        template:
            check-template-location: false

# Spring Actuator Endpoints are Disabled by Default
endpoints:
    enabled: false
    jmx:
        enabled: true

---
grails:
    mime:
        disable:
            accept:
                header:
                    userAgents:
                        - Gecko
                        - WebKit
                        - Presto
                        - Trident
        types:
            all: '*/*'
            atom: application/atom+xml
            css: text/css
            csv: text/csv
            form: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
            html:
              - text/html
              - application/xhtml+xml
            js: text/javascript
            json:
              - application/json
              - text/json
            multipartForm: multipart/form-data
            pdf: application/pdf
            rss: application/rss+xml
            text: text/plain
            hal:
              - application/hal+json
              - application/hal+xml
            xml:
              - text/xml
              - application/xml
    urlmapping:
        cache:
            maxsize: 1000
    controllers:
        defaultScope: singleton
    converters:
        encoding: UTF-8
    views:
        default:
            codec: html
        gsp:
            encoding: UTF-8
            htmlcodec: xml
            codecs:
                expression: html
                scriptlets: html
                taglib: none
                staticparts: none
endpoints:
    jmx:
        unique-names: true

---
hibernate:
    cache:
        queries: false
        use_second_level_cache: false
        use_query_cache: false
dataSource:
    pooled: true
    jmxExport: true
    driverClassName: org.h2.Driver
    username: sa
    password: ''

environments:
    development:
        dataSource:
            dbCreate: create-drop
            url: jdbc:h2:mem:devDb;MVCC=TRUE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
    test:
        dataSource:
            dbCreate: update
            url: jdbc:h2:mem:testDb;MVCC=TRUE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
    production:
        dataSource:
            dbCreate: none
            url: jdbc:h2:./prodDb;MVCC=TRUE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
            properties:
                jmxEnabled: true
                initialSize: 5
                maxActive: 50
                minIdle: 5
                maxIdle: 25
                maxWait: 10000
                maxAge: 600000
                timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis: 5000
                minEvictableIdleTimeMillis: 60000
                validationQuery: SELECT 1
                validationQueryTimeout: 3
                validationInterval: 15000
                testOnBorrow: true
                testWhileIdle: true
                testOnReturn: false
                jdbcInterceptors: ConnectionState
                defaultTransactionIsolation: 2 # TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED

My build.gradle file is also completely unchanged:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsVersion"
        classpath "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5:${gormVersion-".RELEASE"}"
        classpath "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-gradle:2.14.8"
    }
}

version "0.1"
group "virtualhome"

apply plugin:"eclipse"
apply plugin:"idea"
apply plugin:"war"
apply plugin:"org.grails.grails-web"
apply plugin:"asset-pipeline"
apply plugin:"org.grails.grails-gsp"

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
}

dependencies {
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging"
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
    compile "org.grails:grails-core"
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
    compile "org.grails:grails-web-boot"
    compile "org.grails:grails-logging"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-rest"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-databinding"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-i18n"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-services"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-url-mappings"
    compile "org.grails:grails-plugin-interceptors"
    compile "org.grails.plugins:cache"
    compile "org.grails.plugins:async"
    compile "org.grails.plugins:scaffolding"
    compile "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5"
    compile "org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.1.5.Final"
    compile "org.grails.plugins:gsp"
    console "org.grails:grails-console"
    profile "org.grails.profiles:web"
    runtime "org.glassfish.web:el-impl:2.1.2-b03"
    runtime "com.h2database:h2"
    runtime "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
    runtime "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails:2.14.8"
    testCompile "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support"
    testCompile "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support"
}

bootRun {
    jvmArgs('-Dspring.output.ansi.enabled=always')
    addResources = true
    String springProfilesActive = 'spring.profiles.active'
    systemProperty springProfilesActive, System.getProperty(springProfilesActive)
}


assets {
    minifyJs = true
    minifyCss = true
}

Example Application

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Version

3.3.8

[Razorfang]

Do later versions of Grails have this same issue? Can I fix this by skipping version 3 and upgrading from 2.5.6 to version 4.x or later?