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Groovy 2 Cookbook

You're reading from Groovy 2 Cookbook Java and Groovy go together like ham and eggs, and this book is a great opportunity to learn how to exploit Groovy 2 to the full. Packed with recipes, both intermediate and advanced, it's a great way to speed up and modernize your programming.

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849519366

Length 394 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Groovy

Concepts

Application Development

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Groovy 2 Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Getting Started with Groovy FREE CHAPTER

2. Using Groovy Ecosystem

3. Using Groovy Language Features

4. Working with Files in Groovy

5. Working with XML in Groovy

6. Working with JSON in Groovy

7. Working with Databases in Groovy

8. Working with Web Services in Groovy

9. Metaprogramming and DSLs in Groovy

10. Concurrent Programming in Groovy

Index

Chapter 9. Metaprogramming and DSLs in Groovy

In this chapter, we will cover:

Querying methods and properties
Dynamically extending classes with new methods
Overriding methods dynamically
Adding performance logging to methods
Adding a caching functionality around methods
Adding transparent imports to a script
DSL for executing commands over SSH
DSL for generating reports from logfiles

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