Chapter 3. Using Groovy Language Features

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Searching strings with regular expressions

• Writing less verbose Java Beans with Groovy Beans

• Inheriting constructors in Groovy classes

• Adding the cloning functionality to Groovy Beans

• Defining code as data in Groovy

• Defining data structures as code in Groovy

• Implementing multiple inheritance in Groovy

• Adding a functionality to the existing Java/Groovy classes

• Defining type-checking rules for dynamic code

• Adding automatic logging to Groovy classes