The features provided by the transformations inside the GDK's groovy.transform package, such as:
- @Immutable: The @Immutable annotation instructs the compiler to execute an AST transformation which adds the necessary getters, constructors, equals, hashCode and other helper methods that are typically written when creating immutable classes with the defined properties.
- @CompileStatic: This will let the Groovy compiler use compile time checks in the style of Java then perform static compilation, thus bypassing the Groovy meta object protocol.
- @Canonical: The @Canonical annotation instructs the compiler to execute an AST transformation which adds positional constructors, equals, hashCode and a pretty print toString to your class.
Others:
- @Slf4j This local transform adds a logging ability to your program using LogBack logging. Every method call on a unbound variable named log will be mapped to a call to the logger.
- Groovy's XML Slurper: easy parsing of XML. Killer feature!
