Method Vs. Closure Q1. What are the differences between a method and a closure? A1. Both methods and closures add behavior, and they basically have a block of code containing expressions and statements within two curly brackets i.e. {…} . … Read more ›...
Q1. Is Groovy a dynamic programming language? What does “dynamic programming” mean? A1. Yes, Groovy is a dynamic programming language, and the meta programming is the one that gives this dynamic behavior. Dynamic programming means to change code at runtime or compile-time. … Read more ›...
Q1. Can the following code be further improved? A1. Yes, it can be made a bit more elegant with the builder design pattern. For example, we can return the “CashBalance” object from each mathod by adding the keyword “this” to it. … Read more ›...
One of the uses of Groovy is as a DSL (Domain Specific Language). Let’s go through a very simple example step by step. Where are Groovy DSLs used? Gradle is a new and revolutionary build tool, based on the Groovy programming language. Apache Camel is ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), …...
Q1. What are the key features of Groovy?
A1. Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language aimed at rapid development.
Groovy = Java – verbosity
+ Dynamic Typing (mostly)
+ Closures (instead of Anonymous classes) -> Reusuable & assignable piece of code
+ Domain Specific Language (DSL)
+ Builders
+ Meta Programming
+ Groovy Development Kit
+ Operators can be overloaded
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This extends Groovy basics interview questions and naswers Q6. What is the difference between using double quotes and single quotes in Grovvy for the strings? A6. Double quotes are a templatable String, which will either return a GString if it is templated, … Read more ›...
