groovy.transform
[Java] Annotation Type BaseScript

java.lang.Object
  groovy.transform.BaseScript

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE})
@GroovyASTTransformationClass("org.codehaus.groovy.transform.BaseScriptASTTransformation")
public @interface BaseScript

Variable annotation used for changing the base script class of the current script.

The type of the variable annotated with {@BaseScript} must extend Script. It will be used as the base script class. The annotated variable will become shortcut to this object. Using this annotation will override base script set by Groovy compiler or CompilerConfiguration of GroovyShell Example usage:

 class CustomScript extends Script {
     int getTheMeaningOfLife() { 42 }
 }
 @BaseScript CustomScript baseScript
 assert baseScript == this
 assert theMeaningOfLife == 42
 assert theMeaningOfLife == baseScript.theMeaningOfLife