Package groovy.lang

Class Binding

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    GroovyObject
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    FactoryBuilderSupport, ServletBinding
    public class Binding
extends GroovyObjectSupport
    Represents the variable bindings of a script which can be altered from outside the script object or created outside of a script and passed into it.

    Binding instances are not supposed to be used in a multi-threaded context.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      Binding()  
      Binding​(java.lang.String[] args)
      A helper constructor used in main(String[]) method calls
      Binding​(java.util.Map variables)  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.Object getProperty​(java.lang.String property)
      Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
      java.lang.Object getVariable​(java.lang.String name)  
      java.util.Map getVariables()  
      boolean hasVariable​(java.lang.String name)
      Simple check for whether the binding contains a particular variable or not.
      void setProperty​(java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object newValue)
      Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
      void setVariable​(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
      Sets the value of the given variable

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Constructor Detail

      • Binding

        public Binding()

      • Binding

        public Binding​(java.util.Map variables)

      • Binding

        public Binding​(java.lang.String[] args)
        A helper constructor used in main(String[]) method calls
        Parameters:
        args - are the command line arguments from a main()

    • Method Detail

      • getVariable

        public java.lang.Object getVariable​(java.lang.String name)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the variable to lookup
        Returns:
        the variable value

      • setVariable

        public void setVariable​(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.Object value)
        Sets the value of the given variable
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the variable to set
        value - the new value for the given variable

      • hasVariable

        public boolean hasVariable​(java.lang.String name)
        Simple check for whether the binding contains a particular variable or not.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the variable to check for

      • getVariables

        public java.util.Map getVariables()

      • getProperty

        public java.lang.Object getProperty​(java.lang.String property)
        Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
        Specified by:
        getProperty in interface GroovyObject
        Overrides:
        getProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport
        Parameters:
        property - the name of the property of interest
        Returns:
        the given property

      • setProperty

        public void setProperty​(java.lang.String property,
                        java.lang.Object newValue)
        Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
        Specified by:
        setProperty in interface GroovyObject
        Overrides:
        setProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport
        Parameters:
        property - the name of the property of interest
        newValue - the new value for the property