Including a groovy script in another groovy

Question

I have read how to simply import a groovy file in another groovy script

I want to define common functions in one groovy file and call those functions from other groovy files.

I understand this would be using Groovy like a scripting language i.e, I dont need classes/objects. I am trying to something like dsl that can be done in groovy. All variables will be asserted from Java and I want to execute groovy script in a shell.

Is this possible at all ? Can someone provide some example.

Answer 1

evaluate(new File("../tools/Tools.groovy")) 

Put that at the top of your script. That will bring in the contents of a groovy file (just replace the file name between the double quotes with your groovy script).

I do this with a class surprisingly called "Tools.groovy".

Answer 2

As of Groovy 2.2 it is possible to declare a base script class with the new @BaseScript AST transform annotation.

Example:

file MainScript.groovy:

abstract class MainScript extends Script {     def meaningOfLife = 42 } 

file test.groovy:

import groovy.transform.BaseScript @BaseScript MainScript mainScript  println "$meaningOfLife" //works as expected