Package groovy.lang

Core Groovy language classes for implementing data structures, closures, metadata and so forth.

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Description

Interface Summary

GroovyObject	The interface implemented by all Groovy objects which is handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world
Range	Represents the interface of a Range implementation which includes the from and to values
Writable	Represents an object which is capable of writing itself to a text stream in a more efficient format than just creating a toString() representation of itself.

Class Summary

Binding	Represents the variable bindings of a script which can be altered from outside the script object or created outside of a script and passed into it.
Closure	Represents any closure object in Groovy.
GroovyClassLoader	A ClassLoader which can load Groovy classes
GroovyClassLoader.ClassCollector
GroovyCodeSource	CodeSource wrapper class that allows specific security policies to be associated with a class compiled from groovy source.
GroovyObjectSupport	A useful base class for Java objects wishing to be Groovy objects
GroovyShell	Represents a groovy shell capable of running arbitrary groovy scripts
GString	Represents a String which contains embedded values such as "hello there ${user} how are you?" which can be evaluated lazily.
IntRange	Represents a list of Integer objects from a specified int up to and including a given and to.
MetaArrayLengthProperty	Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter
MetaBeanProperty	Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter
MetaClass	Allows methods to be dynamically added to existing classes at runtime
MetaClassRegistry	A registery of MetaClass instances which caches introspection & reflection information and allows methods to be dynamically added to existing classes at runtime
MetaExpandoProperty	Represents a property in an Expando object
MetaFieldProperty	Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter
MetaMethod	Represents a Method on a Java object a little like Method except without using reflection to invoke the method
MetaProperty	Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter
NonEmptySequence	Represents a sequence of objects which represents one or many instances of of objects of a given type.
ObjectRange	Represents an inclusive list of objects from a value to a value using comparators
PropertyValue
Reference	Represents a reference to a value
Script	This object represents a Groovy script
Sequence	Represents a sequence of objects which represents zero or many instances of of objects of a given type.
Tuple	Represents a list of Integer objects from a specified int up to but not including a given and to.

Exception Summary

BitwiseNegateEvaluatingException
ClosureException	An exception thrown by a closure invocation
GroovyRuntimeException	An exception thrown by the interpreter
IllegalPropertyAccessException	An exception occurred if a dynamic property dispatch fails with a field not accessible.
IncorrectClosureArgumentsException	An exception occurred when invoking a Closure with the wrong number and/or types of arguments
MissingClassException	An exception occurred if a dynamic method dispatch fails with an unknown class.
MissingFieldException	An exception occurred if a dynamic field dispatch fails with an unknown field.
MissingMethodException	An exception occurred if a dynamic method dispatch fails with an unknown method.
MissingPropertyException	An exception occurred if a dynamic property dispatch fails with an unknown property.
ReadOnlyPropertyException	This exception is thrown if an attempt is made to set a read only property
StringWriterIOException	An IO exception occurred trying to append to a StringWriter which should never happen.

Package groovy.lang Description

Core Groovy language classes for implementing data structures, closures, metadata and so forth.