Inner Methods are not Supported

Here is an example: 

def typeCheck(String type,String value) {
    def answer;
    if (type.contains(value)) {
        answer = value;
    }else{
        answer = "notfound";
    }
    return answer;
}

I want to call this procedure from my project file:

def rh = typeCheck(employeeRecord.HTReason.toString(),'Rehire');

Mark

Nevermind, the issue was a missing }.

Mark

Sorry to bother you but can you be more specific about what the problem is with these lines of code? I don’t really understand.

Your account still working, right?

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 The "Inner methods are not supported" error in IntelliJ (and Groovy itself) means you cannot define a method inside another method or a closure. Groovy methods must be defined at the top level of a script or within a class. 

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Thanks for the clarification, Mark! Just to add for anyone else running into this: the "Inner methods are not supported" error usually happens when you accidentally define a method inside another method or closure, which Groovy (and IntelliJ) doesn’t allow.

To fix it, make sure all your def methods—like typeCheck()—are defined at the top level of your script or inside a class, not nested within another method.

// ✅ Correct: method defined at top level
def typeCheck(String type, String value) {
   return type.contains(value) ? value : "notfound"
}

def rh = typeCheck(employeeRecord.HTReason.toString(), 'Rehire')
 

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