How do you call a function defined in a Groovy script file from Java?
Example groovy script:
def hello_world() {
println \"Hello, world!\"
}
Assuming you have a file called test.groovy
, which contains (as in your example):
def hello_world() {
println "Hello, world!"
}
Then you can create a file Runner.java
like this:
import groovy.lang.GroovyShell ;
import groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader ;
import groovy.util.GroovyScriptEngine ;
import java.io.File ;
class Runner {
static void runWithGroovyShell() throws Exception {
new GroovyShell().parse( new File( "test.groovy" ) ).invokeMethod( "hello_world", null ) ;
}
static void runWithGroovyClassLoader() throws Exception {
// Declaring a class to conform to a java interface class would get rid of
// a lot of the reflection here
Class scriptClass = new GroovyClassLoader().parseClass( new File( "test.groovy" ) ) ;
Object scriptInstance = scriptClass.newInstance() ;
scriptClass.getDeclaredMethod( "hello_world", new Class[] {} ).invoke( scriptInstance, new Object[] {} ) ;
}
static void runWithGroovyScriptEngine() throws Exception {
// Declaring a class to conform to a java interface class would get rid of
// a lot of the reflection here
Class scriptClass = new GroovyScriptEngine( "." ).loadScriptByName( "test.groovy" ) ;
Object scriptInstance = scriptClass.newInstance() ;
scriptClass.getDeclaredMethod( "hello_world", new Class[] {} ).invoke( scriptInstance, new Object[] {} ) ;
}
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception {
runWithGroovyShell() ;
runWithGroovyClassLoader() ;
runWithGroovyScriptEngine() ;
}
}
compile it with:
$ javac -cp groovy-all-1.7.5.jar Runner.java
Note: Runner.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
(Note: The warnings are left as an exercise to the reader) ;-)
Then, you can run this Runner.class with:
$ java -cp .:groovy-all-1.7.5.jar Runner
Hello, world!
Hello, world!
Hello, world!