Package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime

Class DefaultGroovyMethods

java.lang.Object
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods
public class DefaultGroovyMethods
extends DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
This class defines new groovy methods which appear on normal JDK classes inside the Groovy environment. Static methods are used with the first parameter being the destination class, i.e. public static String reverse(String self) provides a reverse() method for String.

NOTE: While this class contains many 'public' static methods, it is primarily regarded as an internal class (its internal package name suggests this also). We value backwards compatibility of these methods when used within Groovy but value less backwards compatibility at the Java method call level. I.e. future versions of Groovy may remove or move a method call in this file but would normally aim to keep the method available from within Groovy.

  • Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type Field Description
    static java.lang.Class[] ADDITIONAL_CLASSES  
    static java.lang.Class[] DGM_LIKE_CLASSES  

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor Description
    DefaultGroovyMethods()  

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    static double abs​(java.lang.Double number)
    Get the absolute value
    static float abs​(java.lang.Float number)
    Get the absolute value
    static long abs​(java.lang.Long number)
    Get the absolute value
    static int abs​(java.lang.Number number)
    Get the absolute value
    static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<? extends T> items)
    Adds all items from the iterable to the Collection.
    static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Iterator<? extends T> items)
    Adds all items from the iterator to the Collection.
    static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, T[] items)
    Modifies the collection by adding all the elements in the specified array to the collection.
    static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, T[] items)
    Modifies this list by inserting all the elements in the specified array into the list at the specified position.
    static void addShutdownHook​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Allows the usage of addShutdownHook without getting the runtime first.
    static java.lang.Boolean and​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
    Logical conjunction of two boolean operators.
    static java.lang.Number and​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Bitwise AND together two Numbers.
    static java.util.BitSet and​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
    Bitwise AND together two BitSets.
    static <T> boolean any​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure predicate)
    Iterates over the contents of an iterable, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element.
    static boolean any​(java.lang.Object self)
    Iterates over the elements of a collection, and checks whether at least one element is true according to the Groovy Truth.
    static boolean any​(java.lang.Object self, Closure predicate)
    Iterates over the contents of an object or collection, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element.
    static <T> boolean any​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure predicate)
    Iterates over the contents of an iterator, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element.
    static <K,​ V> boolean any​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> predicate)
    Iterates over the entries of a map, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one entry.
    static <T> boolean any​(T[] self, Closure predicate)
    Iterates over the contents of an Array, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element.
    static boolean asBoolean​(boolean[] array)
    Coerces a boolean array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(byte[] array)
    Coerces a byte array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(char[] array)
    Coerces a char array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(double[] array)
    Coerces a double array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(float[] array)
    Coerces a float array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(int[] array)
    Coerces an int array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(long[] array)
    Coerces a long array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(short[] array)
    Coerces a short array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Boolean bool)
    Coerce a Boolean instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Character character)
    Coerce a character to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Double object)
    Coerce a Double instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Float object)
    Coerce a Float instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Number number)
    Coerce a number to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Object object)
    Coerce an object instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Object[] array)
    Coerce an Object array to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Collection collection)
    Coerce a collection instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Enumeration enumeration)
    Coerce an enumeration instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Iterator iterator)
    Coerce an iterator instance to a boolean value.
    static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Map map)
    Coerce a map instance to a boolean value.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asCollection​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Converts this Iterable to a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asImmutable​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> asImmutable​(java.util.List<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asImmutable​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable Map.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> asImmutable​(java.util.Set<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable Set.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asImmutable​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable SortedMap.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asImmutable​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating an immutable SortedSet.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> asList​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Converts this Iterable to a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> asList​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of asList instead
    static java.lang.String asString​(java.lang.Throwable self)
    Get the detail information of Throwable instance's stack trace
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.List<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asSynchronized​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized Map.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.Set<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized Set.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asSynchronized​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized SortedMap.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    A convenience method for creating a synchronized SortedSet.
    static <T> T asType​(Closure impl, java.lang.Class<T> type)
    Coerces the closure to an implementation of the given class.
    static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Iterable iterable, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
    Converts the given iterable to another type.
    static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Class<T> c)
    Transform this number to the given type, using the 'as' operator.
    static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Object[] ary, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
    Converts the given array to either a List, Set, or SortedSet.
    static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class<T> type)
    Converts a given object to a type.
    static <T> T asType​(java.util.Collection col, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
    Converts the given collection to another type.
    static <T> T asType​(java.util.Map map, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
    Coerces this map to the given type, using the map's keys as the public method names, and values as the implementation.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a Map.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Set<T> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a Set.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a SortedMap.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    Creates an unmodifiable view of a SortedSet.
    static java.math.BigDecimal average​(byte[] self)
    Calculates the average of the bytes in the array.
    static double average​(double[] self)
    Calculates the average of the doubles in the array.
    static double average​(float[] self)
    Calculates the average of the floats in the array.
    static java.math.BigDecimal average​(int[] self)
    Calculates the average of the ints in the array.
    static java.math.BigDecimal average​(long[] self)
    Calculates the average of the longs in the array.
    static java.math.BigDecimal average​(short[] self)
    Calculates the average of the shorts in the array.
    static java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
    Averages the items in an Iterable.
    static <T> java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Averages the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable.
    static java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Averages the items in an array.
    static java.lang.Object average​(java.util.Iterator<?> self)
    Averages the items from an Iterator.
    static <T> java.lang.Object average​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Averages the result of applying a closure to each item returned from an iterator.
    static <T> java.lang.Object average​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Averages the result of applying a closure to each item of an array.
    static java.lang.Number bitwiseNegate​(java.lang.Number left)
    Bitwise NEGATE a Number.
    static java.util.BitSet bitwiseNegate​(java.util.BitSet self)
    Bitwise NEGATE a BitSet.
    static <T> BufferedIterator<T> buffered​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it.
    static <T> BufferedIterator<T> bufferedIterator​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it.
    static <T> BufferedIterator<T> bufferedIterator​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it.
    protected static <T> T callClosureForLine​(Closure<T> closure, java.lang.String line, int counter)  
    protected static <T,​ K,​ V> T callClosureForMapEntry​(Closure<T> closure, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry)  
    protected static <T,​ K,​ V> T callClosureForMapEntryAndCounter​(Closure<T> closure, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry, int counter)  
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int... chopSizes)
    Chops the Iterable into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int... chopSizes)
    Chops the iterator items into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(T[] self, int... chopSizes)
    Chops the array into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size)
    Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
    Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, int step)
    Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size stepping through the code step elements for each subList.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
    Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size stepping through the code step elements for each sub-list.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, int step)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size)
    Collates an array.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
    Collates this array into sub-lists.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, int step)
    Collates an array into sub-lists.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
    Collates this array into into sub-lists.
    static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collect​(E[] self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Iterates through this Array transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
    static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(E[] self, Closure<T> transform)
    Iterates through this Array transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values.
    static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collect​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Iterates through this collection transforming each value into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
    static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
    Iterates through this Iterable transforming each entry into a new value using the transform closure returning a list of transformed values.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Iterates through this collection transforming each entry into a new value using Closure.IDENTITY as a transformer, basically returning a list of items copied from the original collection.
    static java.util.Collection collect​(java.lang.Object self)
    Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using Closure.IDENTITY as a transformer, basically returning a list of items copied from the original object.
    static <T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collect​(java.lang.Object self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Object self, Closure<T> transform)
    Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values.
    static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable version instead
    static <E,​ T> java.util.Collection<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.util.Collection<T> collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable version instead
    static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable version instead
    static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collect​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Iterates through this Iterator transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
    static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
    Iterates through this Iterator transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values.
    static <T,​ K,​ V,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
    Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry into a new value using the transform closure returning the collector with all transformed values added to it.
    static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> transform)
    Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry into a new value using the transform closure returning a list of transformed values.
    static java.util.List collectAll​(java.util.Collection self, Closure transform)
    Deprecated.
    Use collectNested instead
    static java.util.Collection collectAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.Collection collector, Closure transform)
    Deprecated.
    Use collectNested instead
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self)
    A variant of collectEntries using the identity closure as the transform.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this array transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
    A variant of collectEntries using the identity closure as the transform.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this array transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterable objects using the identity closure as the transform.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterables using the identity closure as the transform and a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this Iterable transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this Iterable transforming each item using the closure as a transformer into a map entry, returning the supplied map with all the transformed entries added to it.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, Closure<?> transform)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<?> self)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using the identity closure as the transform.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using the identity closure as the transform and a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<?> transform)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterators.
    static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
    A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ X,​ Y> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Map<X,​Y> self, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this Map transforming each entry using the transform closure and returning a map of the transformed entries.
    static <K,​ V,​ X,​ Y> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Map<X,​Y> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
    Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry using the transform closure returning a map of the transformed entries.
    static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collectMany​(E[] self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source array to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list.
    static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(E[] self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source array to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list.
    static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collectMany​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source collection to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into the collector.
    static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source Iterable to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list.
    static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Collection<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectMany instead
    static <T,​ E> java.util.Collection<T> collectMany​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.util.Collection<T> collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectMany instead
    static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collectMany​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source iterator to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list.
    static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source iterator to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list.
    static <T,​ K,​ V,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>>
    C    		 collectMany​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source map to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into the collector.
    static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Projects each item from a source map to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into a collection.
    static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.Collection<T> collectMany$$bridge​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
    Deprecated.
    static <C extends java.util.Collection>
    C    		 collectNested​(java.lang.Iterable self, C collector, Closure transform)
    Recursively iterates through this Iterable transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the transform closure.
    static java.util.List collectNested​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure transform)
    Recursively iterates through this Iterable transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the closure as a transformer.
    static java.util.List collectNested​(java.util.Collection self, Closure transform)
    Recursively iterates through this collection transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the closure as a transformer.
    static java.util.Collection collectNested​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.Collection collector, Closure transform)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of collectNested instead
    static java.util.List combinations​(java.lang.Iterable self)
    Adds GroovyCollections#combinations(Iterable) as a method on Iterables.
    static java.util.List combinations​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure<?> function)
    Adds GroovyCollections#combinations(Iterable, Closure) as a method on collections.
    static java.util.List combinations​(java.util.Collection self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of combinations instead
    static int compareTo​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Compare two Characters.
    static int compareTo​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Compare a Character and a Number.
    static int compareTo​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Compare a Number and a Character.
    static int compareTo​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Compare two Numbers.
    static boolean contains​(boolean[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(byte[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(char[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(double[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(float[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(int[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(long[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(short[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean contains​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object item)
    Returns true if this iterable contains the item.
    static boolean contains​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Checks whether the array contains the given value.
    static boolean containsAll​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object[] items)
    Returns true if this iterable contains all the elements in the specified array.
    static boolean containsAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static java.lang.Number count​(boolean[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(byte[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(char[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(double[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(float[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(int[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(long[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(short[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static <T> java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this Iterable.
    static java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this Iterable.
    static java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array.
    static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Collection self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    use count(Iterable, Closure)
    static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object value)
    Deprecated.
    use count(Iterable, Closure)
    static <T> java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from the items within this Iterator.
    static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Iterator self, java.lang.Object value)
    Counts the number of occurrences of the given value from the items within this Iterator.
    static <K,​ V> java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> closure)
    Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this map.
    static <T> java.lang.Number count​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this array.
    static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(E[] self, Closure<K> closure)
    Sorts all array members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size.
    static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<K> closure)
    Sorts all collection members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size.
    static <K> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Collection self, Closure<K> closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of countBy instead
    static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<K> closure)
    Sorts all iterator items into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size.
    static <K,​ U,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Map<U,​V> self, Closure<K> closure)
    Groups the members of a map into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the frequency of the created groups.
    static boolean disjoint​(java.lang.Iterable left, java.lang.Iterable right)
    Returns true if the intersection of two iterables is empty.
    static boolean disjoint​(java.util.Collection left, java.util.Collection right)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Divide one Character by another.
    static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Divide a Character by a Number.
    static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Divide a Number by a Character.
    static void downto​(double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.lang.Double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.lang.Float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static void downto​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> drop​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the head of this Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> drop​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the head of this iterator if they are available.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> drop​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the head of this List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> drop​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of key/value pairs from the head of this map if they are available.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> drop​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the head of this List.
    static <T> T[] drop​(T[] self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the head of this array if they are available.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> dropRight​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> dropRight​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this Iterator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> dropRight​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this List.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> dropRight​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this SortedSet.
    static <T> T[] dropRight​(T[] self, int num)
    Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this array if they are available.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> dropWhile​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a suffix of this Iterable where elements are dropped from the front while the given closure evaluates to true.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> dropWhile​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure<?> condition)
    Creates an Iterator that returns a suffix of the elements from an original Iterator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> dropWhile​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a suffix of this List where elements are dropped from the front while the given Closure evaluates to true.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> dropWhile​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
    Create a suffix of the given Map by dropping as many entries as possible from the front of the original Map such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped entries (or key/value pairs).
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> dropWhile​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a suffix of this SortedSet where elements are dropped from the front while the given Closure evaluates to true.
    static <T> T[] dropWhile​(T[] self, Closure<?> condition)
    Create a suffix of the given array by dropping as many elements as possible from the front of the original array such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped elements.
    static java.lang.String dump​(java.lang.Object self)
    Generates a detailed dump string of an object showing its class, hashCode and fields.
    static <T> java.lang.Iterable<T> each​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an Iterable, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> each​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a Collection, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> each​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an Iterator, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> each​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a List, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> each​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Allows a Map to be iterated through using a closure.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> each​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a Set, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> each​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a SortedSet, passing each item to the given closure.
    static <T> T[] each​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an array passing each array entry to the given closure.
    static <T> T each​(T self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an aggregate type or data structure, passing each item to the given closure.
    static void eachByte​(byte[] self, Closure closure)
    Traverse through each byte of this byte array.
    static void eachByte​(java.lang.Byte[] self, Closure closure)
    Traverse through each byte of this Byte array.
    static void eachCombination​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure<?> function)
    Applies a function on each combination of the input lists.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<java.util.List<T>> eachPermutation​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates over all permutations of a collection, running a closure for each iteration.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<java.util.List<T>> eachPermutation​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of eachPermutation instead
    static <T> java.lang.Iterable<T> eachWithIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an iterable type, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a Collection, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an iterator type, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a List, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Allows a Map to be iterated through using a closure.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a Set, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through a SortedSet, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> T[] eachWithIndex​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an array, passing each array element and the element's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static <T> T eachWithIndex​(T self, Closure closure)
    Iterates through an aggregate type or data structure, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
    static boolean equals​(int[] left, int[] right)
    Compare the contents of this array to the contents of the given array.
    static boolean equals​(java.lang.Object[] left, java.util.List right)
    Determines if the contents of this array are equal to the contents of the given list, in the same order.
    static boolean equals​(java.util.List left, java.lang.Object[] right)
    Determines if the contents of this list are equal to the contents of the given array in the same order.
    static boolean equals​(java.util.List left, java.util.List right)
    Compare the contents of two Lists.
    static boolean equals​(java.util.Map self, java.util.Map other)
    Compares two Maps treating coerced numerical values as identical.
    static <T> boolean equals​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.util.Set<T> other)
    Compare the contents of two Sets for equality using Groovy's coercion rules.
    static boolean equalsIgnoreZeroSign​(java.lang.Double number, java.lang.Object other)
    Compares this object against the specified object returning the same result as Double.equals(Object) but returning true if this object and the specified object are both zero and negative zero respectively or vice versa.
    static boolean equalsIgnoreZeroSign​(java.lang.Float number, java.lang.Object other)
    Compares this object against the specified object returning the same result as Float.equals(Object) but returning true if this object and the specified object are both zero and negative zero respectively or vice versa.
    static <T> boolean every​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure predicate)
    Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e.
    static boolean every​(java.lang.Object self)
    Iterates over every element of a collection, and checks whether all elements are true according to the Groovy Truth.
    static boolean every​(java.lang.Object self, Closure predicate)
    Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e.
    static <T> boolean every​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure predicate)
    Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e.
    static <K,​ V> boolean every​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure predicate)
    Iterates over the entries of a map, and checks whether a predicate is valid for all entries.
    static <T> boolean every​(T[] self, Closure predicate)
    Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e.
    static java.lang.Object find​(java.lang.Object self)
    Finds the first item matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static java.lang.Object find​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Finds the first value matching the closure condition.
    static <T> T find​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Finds the first item matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static <T> T find​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Finds the first value matching the closure condition.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> find​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> closure)
    Finds the first entry matching the closure condition.
    static <T> T find​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Finds the first element in the array that matches the given closure condition.
    static java.util.List findAll​(java.lang.Object self)
    Finds all items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static java.util.List findAll​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Finds all items matching the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Finds all values matching the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    Finds all values matching the closure condition.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> findAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Finds all entries matching the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> findAll​(java.util.Set<T> self)
    Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> findAll​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
    Finds all values matching the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(T[] self)
    Finds the elements of the array matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).
    static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Finds all elements of the array matching the given Closure condition.
    static java.util.Collection findAll$$bridge​(java.lang.Object self)
    Deprecated.
    static java.util.Collection findAll$$bridge​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll$$bridge​(T[] self)
    Deprecated.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll$$bridge​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Deprecated.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index of the first item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(T[] self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static <T> int findIndexOf​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(T[] self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(T[] self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
    static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 findResult​(java.lang.Iterable<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
    Iterates through the Iterable calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static <T,​ U> T findResult​(java.lang.Iterable<U> self, Closure<T> condition)
    Iterates through the Iterable calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static java.lang.Object findResult​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
    Treats the object as iterable, iterating through the values it represents and returns the first non-null result obtained from calling the closure, otherwise returns null.
    static java.lang.Object findResult​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object defaultResult, Closure condition)
    Treats the object as iterable, iterating through the values it represents and returns the first non-null result obtained from calling the closure, otherwise returns the defaultResult.
    static <S,​ T> T findResult​(java.util.Collection<S> self, Closure<T> condition)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable version instead
    static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 findResult​(java.util.Collection<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable version instead
    static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 findResult​(java.util.Iterator<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
    Iterates through the Iterator calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static <T,​ U> T findResult​(java.util.Iterator<U> self, Closure<T> condition)
    Iterates through the Iterator calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T,​ A,​ B>
    T    		 findResult​(java.util.Map<A,​B> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
    Returns the first non-null closure result found by passing each map entry to the closure, otherwise the defaultResult is returned.
    static <T,​ K,​ V> T findResult​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> condition)
    Returns the first non-null closure result found by passing each map entry to the closure, otherwise null is returned.
    static <S,​ T> T findResult​(S[] self, Closure<T> condition)
    Iterates through the Array calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 findResult​(S[] self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
    Iterates through the Array calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result.
    static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.lang.Iterable<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
    Iterates through the Iterable transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
    static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Collection<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of findResults instead
    static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Iterator<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
    Iterates through the Iterator transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
    static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
    Iterates through the map transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
    static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(U[] self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
    Iterates through the Array transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
    static <T> T first​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns the first item from the Iterable.
    static <T> T first​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns the first item from the List.
    static <T> T first​(T[] self)
    Returns the first item from the array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(boolean[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(byte[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(char[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(double[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(float[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(int[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(long[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(short[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection<?> flatten​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
    Flatten an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> flatten​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<? extends T> flattenUsing)
    Flatten an Iterable.
    static java.util.Collection flatten​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Flatten an array.
    static java.util.Collection<?> flatten​(java.util.Collection<?> self)
    Flatten a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> flatten​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<? extends T> flattenUsing)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of flatten instead
    static java.util.List<?> flatten​(java.util.List<?> self)
    Flatten a List.
    static java.util.Set<?> flatten​(java.util.Set<?> self)
    Flatten a Set.
    static java.util.SortedSet<?> flatten​(java.util.SortedSet<?> self)
    Flatten a SortedSet.
    static <K,​ V> V get​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, K key, V defaultValue)
    Looks up an item in a Map for the given key and returns the value - unless there is no entry for the given key in which case add the default value to the map and return that.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a boolean array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a byte array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a boolean array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a boolean array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a byte array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a byte array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a byte array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a byte array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a char array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a char array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a char array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a char array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a double array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a double array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a double array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a double array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a float array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a float array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a float array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a float array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for an int array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for an int array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for an int array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for an int array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a long array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a long array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a long array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a long array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, IntRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a short array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, ObjectRange range)
    Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a short array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, Range range)
    Support the subscript operator with a range for a short array
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
    Support the subscript operator with a collection for a short array
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, EmptyRange range)
    Support the range subscript operator for an eager or lazy List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, Range range)
    Support the range subscript operator for an eager or lazy List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, java.util.Collection indices)
    Select a List of items from an eager or lazy List using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.
    static <T> T getAt​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int idx)
    Support the subscript operator for an Iterable.
    static java.lang.Object getAt​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String property)
    Allows the subscript operator to be used to lookup dynamic property values.
    static boolean getAt​(java.util.BitSet self, int index)
    Support the subscript operator for a Bitset
    static java.util.BitSet getAt​(java.util.BitSet self, IntRange range)
    Support retrieving a subset of a BitSet using a Range
    static java.util.List getAt​(java.util.Collection coll, java.lang.String property)
    Support the subscript operator for Collection.
    static <T> T getAt​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int idx)
    Support the subscript operator for an Iterator.
    static <T> T getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, int idx)
    Support the subscript operator for a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, EmptyRange range)
    Support the range subscript operator for a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, Range range)
    Support the range subscript operator for a List.
    static <T> T getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number idx)
    Support subscript operator for list access.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Collection indices)
    Select a List of items from a List using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.
    static <K,​ V> V getAt​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.lang.Object key)
    Support the subscript operator for a Map.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, EmptyRange range)  
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, IntRange range)  
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, ObjectRange range)  
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, Range range)
    Support the range subscript operator for an Array
    static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] self, java.util.Collection indices)
    Select a List of items from an array using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.
    static Groovydoc getGroovydoc​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement holder)
    Get runtime groovydoc
    static IntRange getIndices​(boolean[] self)
    Returns indices of the boolean array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(byte[] self)
    Returns indices of the byte array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(char[] self)
    Returns indices of the char array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(double[] self)
    Returns indices of the double array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(float[] self)
    Returns indices of the float array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(int[] self)
    Returns indices of the int array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(long[] self)
    Returns indices of the long array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(short[] self)
    Returns indices of the short array.
    static IntRange getIndices​(java.util.Collection self)
    Returns indices of the collection.
    static <T> IntRange getIndices​(T[] self)
    Returns indices of the array.
    static java.net.URL getLocation​(java.lang.Class self)
    Gets the url of the jar file/source file containing the specified class
    static MetaClass getMetaClass​(GroovyObject obj)
    Obtains a MetaClass for an object either from the registry or in the case of a GroovyObject from the object itself.
    static MetaClass getMetaClass​(java.lang.Class c)
    Adds a "metaClass" property to all class objects so you can use the syntax String.metaClass.myMethod = { println "foo" }
    static MetaClass getMetaClass​(java.lang.Object obj)
    Obtains a MetaClass for an object either from the registry or in the case of a GroovyObject from the object itself.
    static java.util.List<PropertyValue> getMetaPropertyValues​(java.lang.Object self)
    Retrieves the list of MetaProperty objects for 'self' and wraps it in a list of PropertyValue objects that additionally provide the value for each property of 'self'.
    static java.util.Map getProperties​(java.lang.Object self)
    Convenience method that calls getMetaPropertyValues(java.lang.Object)(self) and provides the data in form of simple key/value pairs, i.e.
    static java.lang.ClassLoader getRootLoader​(java.lang.ClassLoader self)
    Iterates through the classloader parents until it finds a loader with a class named "org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader".
    protected static java.util.List getSubList​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice)
    Deprecated.
    static java.util.Collection grep​(java.lang.Object self)
    Iterates over the collection of items which this Object represents and returns each item that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.
    static java.util.Collection grep​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object filter)
    Iterates over the collection of items which this Object represents and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
    Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> grep​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> grep​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
    Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> grep​(java.util.Set<T> self)
    Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> grep​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
    Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(T[] self)
    Iterates over the array returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(T[] self, java.lang.Object filter)
    Iterates over the array of items and returns a collection of items that match the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements.
    protected static <K,​ T> void groupAnswer​(java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> answer, T element, K value)
    Groups the current element according to the value
    static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<K> closure)
    Sorts all Iterable members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure.
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object... closures)
    Sorts all Iterable members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures.
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
    Sorts all Iterable members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures.
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object... closures)
    Sorts all array members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures as per the Iterable variant of this method.
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
    Sorts all array members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures as per the list variant of this method.
    static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<K> closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object... closures)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
    static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
    static <G,​ K,​ V> java.util.Map<G,​java.util.Map<K,​V>> groupBy​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<G> closure)
    Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closure.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,​java.util.Map> groupBy​(java.util.Map self, java.lang.Object... closures)
    Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closures.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,​java.util.Map> groupBy​(java.util.Map self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
    Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closures.
    static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(T[] self, Closure<K> closure)
    Sorts all array members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure.
    static <G,​ K,​ V> java.util.Map<G,​java.util.List<java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V>>> groupEntriesBy​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<G> closure)
    Groups all map entries into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure.
    static MetaProperty hasProperty​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name)
    Returns true of the implementing MetaClass has a property of the given name
    static <T> T head​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns the first item from the Iterable.
    static <T> T head​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns the first item from the List.
    static <T> T head​(T[] self)
    Returns the first item from the Object array.
    static <T,​ U> T identity​(U self, Closure<T> closure)
    Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self.
    static java.lang.Boolean implies​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
    Logical implication of two boolean operators
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Double> indexed​(double[] self)
    Zips a double[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Double> indexed​(double[] self, int offset)
    Zips a double[] with indices in (index, value) order.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Integer> indexed​(int[] self)
    Zips an int[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Integer> indexed​(int[] self, int offset)
    Zips an int[] with indices in (index, value) order.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Long> indexed​(long[] self)
    Zips a long[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
    static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Long> indexed​(long[] self, int offset)
    Zips a long[] with indices in (index, value) order.
    static <E> java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​E> indexed​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self)
    Zips an Iterable with indices in (index, value) order.
    static <E> java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​E> indexed​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, int offset)
    Zips an Iterable with indices in (index, value) order.
    static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<java.lang.Integer,​E>> indexed​(java.util.Iterator<E> self)
    Zips an iterator with indices in (index, value) order.
    static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<java.lang.Integer,​E>> indexed​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, int offset)
    Zips an iterator with indices in (index, value) order.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> init​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns the items from the Iterable excluding the last item.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> init​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Returns an Iterator containing all the items from this iterator except the last one.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> init​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns the items from the List excluding the last item.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> init​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    Returns the items from the SortedSet excluding the last item.
    static <T> T[] init​(T[] self)
    Returns the items from the Object array excluding the last item.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> inits​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Calculates the init values of this Iterable: the first value will be this list of all items from the iterable and the final one will be an empty list, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of init on the items.
    static <E,​ T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(E[] self, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given array as with inject(Object[],initialValue,closure), but using the first element of the array as the initialValue, and then iterating the remaining elements of the array.
    static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(E[] self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given array, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item.
    static <T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.lang.Object self, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given Object, passing in the first value to the closure along with the first item.
    static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.lang.Object self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given Object, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item.
    static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.util.Collection<E> self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given Collection, passing in the initial value to the 2-arg closure along with the first item.
    static <T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<V> closure)
    Performs the same function as the version of inject that takes an initial value, but uses the head of the Collection as the initial value, and iterates over the tail.
    static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
    Iterates through the given Iterator, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item.
    static <K,​ V,​ T,​ U extends T,​ W extends T>
    T    		 inject​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, U initialValue, Closure<W> closure)
    Iterates through the given Map, passing in the initial value to the 2-arg Closure along with the first item (or 3-arg Closure along with the first key and value).
    static java.lang.String inspect​(java.lang.Object self)
    Inspects returns the String that matches what would be typed into a terminal to create this object.
    static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Integer Divide two Characters.
    static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Integer Divide a Character by a Number.
    static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Integer Divide a Number by a Character.
    static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Integer Divide two Numbers.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both iterables.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both iterables.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
    Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both collections.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both collections.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> intersect​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a List composed of the intersection of a List and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> intersect​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Create a List composed of the intersection of a List and an Iterable.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> intersect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> left, java.util.Map<K,​V> right)
    Create a Map composed of the intersection of both maps.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> intersect​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a Set composed of the intersection of a Set and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> intersect​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Create a Set composed of the intersection of a Set and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> intersect​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a SortedSet composed of the intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> intersect​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Create a SortedSet composed of the intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable.
    static java.lang.Object invokeMethod​(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String method, java.lang.Object arguments)
    Provide a dynamic method invocation method which can be overloaded in classes to implement dynamic proxies easily.
    static boolean is​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object other)
    Identity check.
    static java.lang.Boolean isAtLeast​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.lang.String right)
    Compare a BigDecimal to a String representing a number.
    static java.lang.Boolean isAtLeast​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.math.BigDecimal right)
    Compare a BigDecimal to another.
    static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Class caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
    Special 'Case' implementation for Class, which allows testing whether some switch value is assignable from the given case class.
    static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Number caseValue, java.lang.Number switchValue)
    Special 'case' implementation for all numbers, which delegates to the compareTo() method for comparing numbers of different types.
    static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Object caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
    Method for overloading the behavior of the 'case' method in switch statements.
    static boolean isCase​(java.util.Collection caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
    'Case' implementation for collections which tests if the 'switch' operand is contained in any of the 'case' values.
    static boolean isCase​(java.util.Map caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
    'Case' implementation for maps which tests the groovy truth value obtained using the 'switch' operand as key.
    static boolean isDigit​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determines if a character is a digit.
    static boolean isEmpty​(java.lang.Iterable self)
    Check whether an Iterable has elements
    static boolean isLetter​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determines if a character is a letter.
    static boolean isLetterOrDigit​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determines if a character is a letter or digit.
    static boolean isLowerCase​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determine if a Character is lowercase.
    static boolean isUpperCase​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determine if a Character is uppercase.
    static boolean isWhitespace​(java.lang.Character self)
    Determines if a character is a whitespace character.
    static java.util.Iterator iterator​(java.lang.Object o)
    Attempts to create an Iterator for the given object by first converting it to a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(java.util.Enumeration<T> enumeration)
    Allows an Enumeration to behave like an Iterator.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    An identity function for iterators, supporting 'duck-typing' when trying to get an iterator for each object within a collection, some of which may already be iterators.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(T[] a)
    Attempts to create an Iterator for the given object by first converting it to a Collection.
    static java.lang.String join​(boolean[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(byte[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(char[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(double[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(float[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(int[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(long[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(short[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the toString() representation of each item in this Iterable, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static java.lang.String join​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.String separator)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of join instead
    static java.lang.String join​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the toString() representation of each item from the iterator, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static <T> java.lang.String join​(T[] self, java.lang.String separator)
    Concatenates the toString() representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
    static <T> T last​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns the last item from the Iterable.
    static <T> T last​(java.util.Deque<T> self)
    An optimized version of last(List).
    static <T> T last​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns the last item from the List.
    static <T> T last​(T[] self)
    Returns the last item from the array.
    static java.lang.Number leftShift​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
    Implementation of the left shift operator for integral types.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> leftShift​(java.util.Collection<T> self, T value)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue<T> leftShift​(java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue<T> self, T value)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a BlockingQueue.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> leftShift​(java.util.List<T> self, T value)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> leftShift​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append Map.Entry values to a Map.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> leftShift​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> other)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to put one maps entries into another map.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> leftShift​(java.util.Set<T> self, T value)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a Set.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> leftShift​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, T value)
    Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a SortedSet.
    static double max​(double[] self)
    Adds max() method to double arrays.
    static int max​(int[] self)
    Adds max() method to int arrays.
    static long max​(long[] self)
    Adds max() method to long arrays.
    static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Adds max() method to Iterable objects.
    static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Selects the item in the iterable which when passed as a parameter to the supplied closure returns the maximum value.
    static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the maximum value found in the Iterable using the given comparator.
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of max instead
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of max instead
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of max instead
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Adds max() method to Iterator objects.
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Selects the maximum value found from the Iterator using the closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the maximum value found from the Iterator using the given comparator.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> max​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Selects an entry in the map having the maximum calculated value as determined by the supplied closure.
    static <T> T max​(T[] self)
    Adds max() method to Object arrays.
    static <T> T max​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Selects the maximum value found from the Object array using the closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T max​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the maximum value found from the Object array using the given comparator.
    static MetaClass metaClass​(java.lang.Class self, Closure closure)
    Sets/updates the metaclass for a given class to a closure.
    static MetaClass metaClass​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Sets/updates the metaclass for a given object to a closure.
    static double min​(double[] self)
    Adds min() method to double arrays.
    static int min​(int[] self)
    Adds min() method to int arrays.
    static long min​(long[] self)
    Adds min() method to long arrays.
    static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Adds min() method to Collection objects.
    static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Selects the item in the iterable which when passed as a parameter to the supplied closure returns the minimum value.
    static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the minimum value found in the Iterable using the given comparator.
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of min instead
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of min instead
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of min instead
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Adds min() method to Iterator objects.
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Selects the minimum value found from the Iterator using the closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the minimum value found from the Iterator using the given comparator.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> min​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Selects an entry in the map having the minimum calculated value as determined by the supplied closure.
    static <T> T min​(T[] self)
    Adds min() method to Object arrays.
    static <T> T min​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Selects the minimum value found from the Object array using the closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T min​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Selects the minimum value found from the Object array using the given comparator.
    static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Subtract one Character from another.
    static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Subtract a Number from a Character.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
    Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Iterable minus every occurrence of elements of the given Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
    Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Iterable minus every occurrence of the given element to remove.
    static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Subtract a Character from a Number.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
    Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Collection minus every occurrence of elements of the given Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
    Create a new List composed of the elements of the first List minus every occurrence of elements of the given Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
    Create a new List composed of the elements of the first List minus every occurrence of the given element to remove.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
    Create a List composed of the elements of the first list minus every occurrence of elements of the given Collection.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> minus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map removeMe)
    Create a Map composed of the entries of the first map minus the entries of the given map.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
    Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the elements from the given Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
    Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the given element.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
    Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the elements of the given Collection.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
    Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the elements of the given Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
    Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the given element.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
    Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the elements of the given Collection.
    static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Iterable removeMe)
    Create a new array composed of the elements of the first array minus the elements of the given Iterable.
    static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
    Create a new array composed of the elements of the given array minus every occurrence the given object.
    static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Object[] removeMe)
    Create a new array composed of the elements of the first array minus the elements of the given array.
    static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.lang.Class categoryClass)
    Extend class globally with category methods.
    static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.lang.Class[] categoryClass)
    Extend class globally with category methods.
    static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClasses)
    Extend object with category methods.
    static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.lang.Class categoryClass)
    Extend class globally with category methods.
    static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.lang.Class[] categoryClass)
    Extend class globally with category methods.
    static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClasses)
    Extend class globally with category methods.
    static java.lang.Number mod​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Performs a division modulus operation.
    static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Multiply two Characters.
    static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Multiply a Character by a Number.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> multiply​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
    Create a Collection composed of the elements of this Iterable, repeated a certain number of times.
    static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Multiply a Number by a Character.
    static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.lang.Double right)
    Multiply a BigDecimal and a Double.
    static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.math.BigInteger right)
    Multiply a BigDecimal and a BigInteger.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> multiply​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
    Deprecated.
    use the Iterable variant instead
    static <T> java.util.List<T> multiply​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
    Create a List composed of the elements of this Iterable, repeated a certain number of times.
    static <T> T newInstance​(java.lang.Class<T> c)
    Convenience method to dynamically create a new instance of this class.
    static <T> T newInstance​(java.lang.Class<T> c, java.lang.Object[] args)
    Helper to construct a new instance from the given arguments.
    static java.lang.Character next​(java.lang.Character self)
    Increment a Character by one.
    static java.lang.Number next​(java.lang.Number self)
    Increment a Number by one.
    static int numberAwareCompareTo​(java.lang.Comparable self, java.lang.Comparable other)
    Provides a method that compares two comparables using Groovy's default number aware comparator.
    static java.lang.Boolean or​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
    Logical disjunction of two boolean operators
    static java.lang.Number or​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Bitwise OR together two numbers.
    static java.util.BitSet or​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
    Bitwise OR together two BitSets.
    static <T> java.util.Set<java.util.List<T>> permutations​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Finds all permutations of an iterable.
    static <T,​ V> java.util.List<V> permutations​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<V> function)
    Finds all permutations of an iterable, applies a function to each permutation and collects the result into a list.
    static <T,​ V> java.util.List<V> permutations​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<V> function)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of permutations instead
    static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
    Add one Character to another.
    static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
    Add a Character and a Number.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a Collection as a union of two iterables.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, T right)
    Create a collection as a union of an Iterable and an Object.
    static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
    Add a Number and a Character.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a Collection as a union of a Collection and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
    Create a Collection as a union of two collections.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, T right)
    Create a collection as a union of a Collection and an Object.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, java.lang.Iterable<T> additions)
    Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the given Iterable to the elements from this List at the specified index.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, java.util.List<T> additions)
    Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the given additions List to the elements from the original List at the specified index.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, T[] items)
    Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the specified array to the elements from the original List at the specified index.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a List as a union of a List and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
    Create a List as a union of a List and a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, T right)
    Create a List as a union of a List and an Object.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> plus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Collection<? extends java.util.Map.Entry<? extends K,​? extends V>> entries)
    Returns a new Map containing all entries from self and entries, giving precedence to entries.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> plus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> left, java.util.Map<K,​V> right)
    Returns a new Map containing all entries from left and right, giving precedence to right.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a Set as a union of a Set and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
    Create a Set as a union of a Set and a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, T right)
    Create a Set as a union of a Set and an Object.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
    Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and an Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
    Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and a Collection.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, T right)
    Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and an Object.
    static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Iterable<?> right)
    Create an array containing elements from an original array plus those from an Iterable.
    static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Object right)
    Create an array containing elements from an original array plus an additional appended element.
    static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Object[] right)
    Create an array as a union of two arrays.
    static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.util.Collection<?> right)
    Create an array containing elements from an original array plus those from a Collection.
    static <T> T pop​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Removes the initial item from the List.
    static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Integer self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
    Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent.
    static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
    Power of a long to an integer certain exponent.
    static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number exponent)
    Power of a Number to a certain exponent.
    static java.lang.Number power​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
    Power of a BigDecimal to an integer certain exponent.
    static java.lang.Number power​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
    Power of a BigInteger to an integer certain exponent.
    static java.math.BigInteger power​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.math.BigInteger exponent)
    Power of a BigInteger to a BigInteger certain exponent.
    static java.lang.Character previous​(java.lang.Character self)
    Decrement a Character by one.
    static java.lang.Number previous​(java.lang.Number self)
    Decrement a Number by one.
    protected static java.lang.Object primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, int idx)
    Implements the getAt(int) method for primitive type arrays.
    protected static java.util.List primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, Range range)
    Implements the getAt(Range) method for primitive type arrays.
    protected static java.util.List primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, java.util.Collection indices)
    Implements the getAt(Collection) method for primitive type arrays.
    protected static java.lang.Object primitiveArrayPut​(java.lang.Object self, int idx, java.lang.Object newValue)
    Implements the setAt(int idx) method for primitive type arrays.
    static void print​(Closure self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value to the standard output stream.
    static void print​(java.io.PrintStream self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style to the print stream.
    static void print​(java.io.PrintWriter self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style to the print writer.
    static void print​(java.lang.Object self, java.io.PrintWriter out)
    Print to a console in interactive format.
    static void print​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style to self if it is a Writer, otherwise to the standard output stream.
    static void printf​(Closure self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object value)
    Printf a value to the standard output stream using a format string.
    static void printf​(Closure self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
    Printf 0 or more values to the standard output stream using a format string.
    static void printf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object arg)
    Prints a formatted string using the specified format string and arguments.
    static void printf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
    Printf to the standard output stream.
    static void println​(Closure self)
    Print a linebreak to the standard output stream.
    static void println​(Closure self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value (followed by a newline) to the standard output stream.
    static void println​(java.io.PrintStream self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to the print stream.
    static void println​(java.io.PrintWriter self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to the print writer.
    static void println​(java.lang.Object self)
    Print a linebreak to the standard output stream.
    static void println​(java.lang.Object self, java.io.PrintWriter out)
    Print to a console in interactive format.
    static void println​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object value)
    Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to self if it is a Writer, otherwise to the standard output stream.
    static <T> boolean push​(java.util.List<T> self, T value)
    Prepends an item to the start of the List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> putAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Collection<? extends java.util.Map.Entry<? extends K,​? extends V>> entries)
    Provides an easy way to append multiple Map.Entry values to a Map.
    static void putAt​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object newValue)
    Allows the subscript operator to be used to set dynamically named property values.
    static void putAt​(java.util.BitSet self, int index, boolean value)
    Support subscript-style assignment for a BitSet.
    static void putAt​(java.util.BitSet self, IntRange range, boolean value)
    Support assigning a range of values with a single assignment statement.
    static <T> void putAt​(java.util.List<T> self, int idx, T value)
    A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators.
    static <T> void putAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number idx, T value)
    Support subscript operator for list modification.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, EmptyRange range, java.lang.Object value)
    A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, EmptyRange range, java.util.Collection value)
    A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, IntRange range, java.lang.Object value)
    List subscript assignment operator when given a range as the index.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, IntRange range, java.util.Collection col)
    List subscript assignment operator when given a range as the index and the assignment operand is a collection.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice, java.lang.Object value)
    A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators.
    static void putAt​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice, java.util.List values)
    A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators.
    static <K,​ V> V putAt​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, K key, V value)
    A helper method to allow maps to work with subscript operators
    static <T> boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure condition)
    Modifies this collection by removing the elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition.
    static boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
    Modifies this collection by removing its elements that are contained within the specified object array.
    static <K,​ V> boolean removeAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
    Modifies this map by removing the elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition.
    static <E> E removeAt​(java.util.List<E> self, int index)
    Modifies this list by removing the element at the specified position in this list.
    static <E> boolean removeElement​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.lang.Object o)
    Modifies this collection by removing a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present.
    static <T> T removeLast​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Removes the last item from the List.
    static java.util.List<MetaMethod> respondsTo​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name)
    Returns an object satisfying Groovy truth if the implementing MetaClass responds to a method with the given name regardless of the arguments.
    static java.util.List<MetaMethod> respondsTo​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] argTypes)
    Returns an object satisfying Groovy truth if the implementing MetaClass responds to a method with the given name and arguments types.
    static <T> boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure condition)
    Modifies this collection so that it retains only its elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition.
    static boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
    Modifies this collection so that it retains only its elements that are contained in the specified array.
    static <K,​ V> boolean retainAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
    Modifies this map so that it retains only its elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> reverse​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Reverses the iterator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> reverse​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Creates a new List with the identical contents to this list but in reverse order.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> reverse​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate)
    Reverses the elements in a list.
    static <T> T[] reverse​(T[] self)
    Creates a new array containing items which are the same as this array but in reverse order.
    static <T> T[] reverse​(T[] self, boolean mutate)
    Reverse the items in an array.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> reverseEach​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    Iterate over each element of the list in the reverse order.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> reverseEach​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Allows a Map to be iterated through in reverse order using a closure.
    static <T> T[] reverseEach​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Iterate over each element of the array in the reverse order.
    static java.lang.Number rightShift​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
    Implementation of the right shift operator for integral types.
    static java.lang.Number rightShiftUnsigned​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
    Implementation of the right shift (unsigned) operator for integral types.
    static long round​(java.lang.Double number)
    Round the value
    static double round​(java.lang.Double number, int precision)
    Round the value
    static int round​(java.lang.Float number)
    Round the value
    static float round​(java.lang.Float number, int precision)
    Round the value
    static java.math.BigDecimal round​(java.math.BigDecimal number)
    Round the value
    static java.math.BigDecimal round​(java.math.BigDecimal number, int precision)
    Round the value
    static java.util.TimerTask runAfter​(java.util.Timer timer, int delay, Closure closure)
    Allows a simple syntax for using timers.
    static void setMetaClass​(GroovyObject self, MetaClass metaClass)
    Set the metaclass for a GroovyObject.
    static void setMetaClass​(java.lang.Class self, MetaClass metaClass)
    Sets the metaclass for a given class.
    static void setMetaClass​(java.lang.Object self, MetaClass metaClass)
    Set the metaclass for an object.
    static void shuffle​(java.util.List<?> self)
    Randomly reorders the elements of the specified list.
    static void shuffle​(java.util.List<?> self, java.util.Random rnd)
    Randomly reorders the elements of the specified list using the specified random instance as the source of randomness.
    static <T> void shuffle​(T[] self)
    Randomly reorders the elements of the specified array.
    static <T> void shuffle​(T[] self, java.util.Random rnd)
    Randomly reorders the elements of the specified array using the specified random instance as the source of randomness.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> shuffled​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Creates a new list containing the elements of the specified list but in a random order.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> shuffled​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Random rnd)
    Creates a new list containing the elements of the specified list but in a random order using the specified random instance as the source of randomness.
    static <T> T[] shuffled​(T[] self)
    Creates a new array containing the elements of the specified array but in a random order.
    static <T> T[] shuffled​(T[] self, java.util.Random rnd)
    Creates a new array containing the elements of the specified array but in a random order using the specified random instance as the source of randomness.
    static int size​(boolean[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(byte[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(char[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(double[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(float[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(int[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(long[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(short[] array)
    Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
    static int size​(java.lang.Iterable self)
    Provide the standard Groovy size() method for Iterable.
    static int size​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Provide the standard Groovy size() method for an array.
    static int size​(java.util.Iterator self)
    Provide the standard Groovy size() method for Iterator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Sorts the Collection.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate)
    Sorts the Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
    Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
    Sorts the Iterable using the given Comparator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
    Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the comparator.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered Map using the natural ordering of the keys to determine the ordering.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the closure as a comparator to determine the ordering.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Comparator<? super K> comparator)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered Map using the specified key comparator to determine the ordering.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> sort​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
    Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted map (i.e.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> sort​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted set (i.e.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self)
    Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate)
    Sorts the given array into sorted order.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
    Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
    Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order as determined by the given comparator.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Sorts the elements from this array into a newly created array using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
    Sorts the given array into sorted order using the given comparator.
    static java.util.Collection split​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
    Splits all items into two lists based on the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> split​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> split​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.Set<T>> split​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
    Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> split​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition.
    static SpreadMap spread​(java.util.Map self)
    Synonym for toSpreadMap(java.util.Map).
    static java.lang.String sprintf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object arg)
    Returns a formatted string using the specified format string and arguments.
    static java.lang.String sprintf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
    Sprintf to a string.
    static void step​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, java.lang.Number stepNumber, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number using a step increment.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> subMap​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, java.util.Collection<K> keys)
    Creates a sub-Map containing the given keys.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> subMap​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, K[] keys)
    Creates a sub-Map containing the given keys.
    static <T> java.util.Set<java.util.List<T>> subsequences​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Finds all non-null subsequences of a list.
    static byte sum​(byte[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static byte sum​(byte[] self, byte initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static char sum​(char[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static char sum​(char[] self, char initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static double sum​(double[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static double sum​(double[] self, double initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static float sum​(float[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static float sum​(float[] self, float initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static int sum​(int[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static int sum​(int[] self, int initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static long sum​(long[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static long sum​(long[] self, long initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static short sum​(short[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static short sum​(short[] self, short initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
    Sums the items in an Iterable.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
    Sums the items in an Iterable, adding the result to some initial value.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable to some initial value.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Sums the items in an array.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
    Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of sum instead
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of sum instead
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of sum instead
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of sum instead
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
    Sums the items from an Iterator, adding the result to some initial value.
    static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<java.lang.Object> self)
    Sums the items from an Iterator.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item returned from an iterator.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterator to some initial value.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an array.
    static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(T[] self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
    Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an array to some initial value.
    static boolean[] swap​(boolean[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static byte[] swap​(byte[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static char[] swap​(char[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static double[] swap​(double[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static float[] swap​(float[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static int[] swap​(int[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static long[] swap​(long[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static short[] swap​(short[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> swap​(java.util.List<T> self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static <T> T[] swap​(T[] self, int i, int j)
    Swaps two elements at the specified positions.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> tail​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns the items from the Iterable excluding the first item.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> tail​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Returns the original iterator after throwing away the first element.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> tail​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns the items from the List excluding the first item.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> tail​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    Returns the items from the SortedSet excluding the first item.
    static <T> T[] tail​(T[] self)
    Returns the items from the array excluding the first item.
    static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> tails​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Calculates the tail values of this Iterable: the first value will be this list of all items from the iterable and the final one will be an empty list, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of tail on the items.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> take​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
    Returns the first num elements from the head of this Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> take​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
    Returns an iterator of up to the first num elements from this iterator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> take​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
    Returns the first num elements from the head of this List.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> take​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, int num)
    Returns a new map containing the first num elements from the head of this map.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> take​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
    Returns the first num elements from the head of this SortedSet.
    static <T> T[] take​(T[] self, int num)
    Returns the first num elements from the head of this array.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> takeRight​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
    Returns the last num elements from the tail of this Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> takeRight​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
    Returns the last num elements from the tail of this List.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> takeRight​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
    Returns the last num elements from the tail of this SortedSet.
    static <T> T[] takeRight​(T[] self, int num)
    Returns the last num elements from the tail of this array.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> takeWhile​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a Collection containing the longest prefix of the elements from this Iterable where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> takeWhile​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns the longest prefix of elements in this iterator where each element passed to the given condition closure evaluates to true.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> takeWhile​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns the longest prefix of this list where each element passed to the given closure condition evaluates to true.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> takeWhile​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
    Returns the longest prefix of this Map where each entry (or key/value pair) when passed to the given closure evaluates to true.
    static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> takeWhile​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns the longest prefix of this SortedSet where each element passed to the given closure condition evaluates to true.
    static <T> T[] takeWhile​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Returns the longest prefix of this array where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true.
    static <T,​ U> U tap​(U self, Closure<T> closure)
    Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self (similar to with and always returns self.
    static void times​(java.lang.Number self, Closure closure)
    Executes the closure this many times, starting from zero.
    static java.lang.String toArrayString​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.math.BigDecimal toBigDecimal​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform a Number into a BigDecimal
    static java.math.BigInteger toBigInteger​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform this Number into a BigInteger.
    static java.lang.Boolean toBoolean​(java.lang.Boolean self)
    Identity conversion which returns Boolean.TRUE for a true Boolean and Boolean.FALSE for a false Boolean.
    static java.lang.Double toDouble​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform a Number into a Double
    static java.lang.Float toFloat​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform a Number into a Float
    static java.lang.Integer toInteger​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform a Number into an Integer
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> toList​(boolean[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> toList​(byte[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> toList​(char[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> toList​(double[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> toList​(float[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> toList​(int[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> toList​(long[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> toList​(short[] array)
    Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Convert an Iterable to a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Deprecated.
    Use the Iterable version of toList instead
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Enumeration<T> self)
    Convert an enumeration to a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Convert an iterator to a List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(T[] array)
    Allows conversion of arrays into a mutable List.
    static java.lang.String toListString​(java.util.Collection self)
    Returns the string representation of the given list.
    static java.lang.String toListString​(java.util.Collection self, int maxSize)
    Returns the string representation of the given list.
    static java.lang.Long toLong​(java.lang.Number self)
    Transform a Number into a Long
    static char toLowerCase​(java.lang.Character self)
    Converts the character to lowercase.
    static java.lang.String toMapString​(java.util.Map self)
    Returns the string representation of this map.
    static java.lang.String toMapString​(java.util.Map self, int maxSize)
    Returns the string representation of this map.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Boolean> toSet​(boolean[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Byte> toSet​(byte[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Character> toSet​(char[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Double> toSet​(double[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Float> toSet​(float[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Integer> toSet​(int[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Long> toSet​(long[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static java.util.Set<java.lang.Short> toSet​(short[] array)
    Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Convert an Iterable to a Set.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Convert a Collection to a Set.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Enumeration<T> self)
    Convert an enumeration to a Set.
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Convert an iterator to a Set.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Sorts the Iterable.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Sorts the Iterable using the given Comparator.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Sorts the Iterator.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
    Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Sorts the given iterator items using the comparator.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using a NumberAwareComparator on map entry values to determine the resulting order.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the supplied Closure condition as a comparator to determine the ordering.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Comparator<java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V>> comparator)
    Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the supplied comparator to determine the ordering.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
    Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted map
    static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSorted​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
    Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted set
    static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self)
    Returns a sorted version of the given array using the supplied comparator.
    static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self, Closure closure)
    Sorts the elements from this array into a newly created array using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.
    static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns a sorted version of the given array using the supplied comparator to determine the resulting order.
    static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.lang.Iterable self)
    Creates a spreadable map from this iterable.
    static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Creates a spreadable map from this array.
    static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.util.List self)
    Creates a spreadable map from this list.
    static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.util.Map self)
    Returns a new SpreadMap from this map.
    static java.lang.String toString​(boolean[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(byte[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(char[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(double[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(float[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(int[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(long[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(short[] self)
    Returns the string representation of the given array.
    static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object value)
    Create a String representation of this object.
    static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] self)
    Returns the string representation of this array's contents.
    static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.AbstractCollection self)
    Returns the string representation of the given collection.
    static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.AbstractMap self)
    Returns the string representation of the given map.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
    Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items to determine uniqueness.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the natural ordering of the items.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator but with all duplicated items removed where duplicate (equal) items are deduced by calling the supplied Closure condition.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the supplied comparator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items to determine uniqueness.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed.
    static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self)
    Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items in the array.
    static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self, Closure condition)
    Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed with the supplied comparator determining which items are unique.
    static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed with the supplied comparator determining which items are unique.
    static char toUpperCase​(java.lang.Character self)
    Converts the character to uppercase.
    static double[][] transpose​(double[][] self)
    A transpose method for 2D double arrays.
    static int[][] transpose​(int[][] self)
    A transpose method for 2D int arrays.
    static long[][] transpose​(long[][] self)
    A transpose method for 2D long arrays.
    static java.util.List transpose​(java.util.List self)
    Adds GroovyCollections#transpose(List) as a method on lists.
    static double trunc​(java.lang.Double number)
    Truncate the value
    static double trunc​(java.lang.Double number, int precision)
    Truncate the value
    static float trunc​(java.lang.Float number)
    Truncate the value
    static float trunc​(java.lang.Float number, int precision)
    Truncate the value
    static java.math.BigDecimal trunc​(java.math.BigDecimal number)
    Truncate the value
    static java.math.BigDecimal trunc​(java.math.BigDecimal number, int precision)
    Truncate the value
    static java.lang.Number unaryMinus​(java.lang.Number left)
    Negates the number.
    static java.lang.Number unaryPlus​(java.lang.Number left)
    Returns the number, effectively being a noop for numbers.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
    Modifies this collection to remove all duplicated items, using Groovy's default number-aware comparator.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate)
    Remove all duplicates from a given Collection using Groovy's default number-aware comparator.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
    A convenience method for making a collection unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Remove all duplicates from a given Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
    A convenience method for making a collection unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.
    static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Remove all duplicates from a given Collection.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using Groovy's default number-aware comparator.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator but with all duplicated items removed by using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.
    static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the supplied comparator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self)
    Modifies this List to remove all duplicated items, using Groovy's default number-aware comparator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate)
    Remove all duplicates from a given List using Groovy's default number-aware comparator.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
    A convenience method for making a List unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Remove all duplicates from a given List.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
    A convenience method for making a List unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
    Remove all duplicates from a given List.
    static void upto​(double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.lang.Double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.lang.Float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static void upto​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
    Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
    static <T> T use​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Class categoryClass, Closure<T> closure)
    Scoped use method
    static java.lang.Object use​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object[] array)
    Allows you to use a list of categories, specifying the list as varargs.
    static <T> T use​(java.lang.Object self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClassList, Closure<T> closure)
    Scoped use method with list of categories.
    static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T>
    T    		 with​(U self, boolean returning, Closure<T> closure)
    Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self.
    static <T,​ U> T with​(U self, Closure<T> closure)
    Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self.
    static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    An alias for withLazyDefault which decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with index values outside the normal list bounds.
    static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> withDefault​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<V> init)
    Wraps a map using the decorator pattern with a wrapper that intercepts all calls to get(key).
    static <T> java.util.List<T> withDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    Deprecated.
    static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withEagerDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    Decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with a non-existent index value.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> withEagerDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    Deprecated.
    static <E> java.util.List<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self)
    Zips an Iterable with indices in (value, index) order.
    static <E> java.util.List<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, int offset)
    Zips an Iterable with indices in (value, index) order.
    static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.util.Iterator<E> self)
    Zips an iterator with indices in (value, index) order.
    static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, int offset)
    Zips an iterator with indices in (value, index) order.
    static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withLazyDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    Decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with a non-existent index value.
    static <T> java.util.List<T> withLazyDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
    Deprecated.
    static java.lang.Object withTraits​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Class<?>... traits)
    Dynamically wraps an instance into something which implements the supplied trait classes.
    static java.lang.Boolean xor​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
    Exclusive disjunction of two boolean operators
    static java.lang.Number xor​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
    Bitwise XOR together two Numbers.
    static java.util.BitSet xor​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
    Bitwise XOR together two BitSets.

    Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

    cloneSimilarCollection, cloneSimilarMap, closeQuietly, closeWithWarning, createSimilarArray, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarList, createSimilarMap, createSimilarOrDefaultCollection, createSimilarQueue, createSimilarSet, normaliseIndex, sameType, subListBorders, subListBorders, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Field Details

    • DGM_LIKE_CLASSES

      public static final java.lang.Class[] DGM_LIKE_CLASSES

    • ADDITIONAL_CLASSES

      public static final java.lang.Class[] ADDITIONAL_CLASSES

  • Constructor Details

    • DefaultGroovyMethods

      public DefaultGroovyMethods()

  • Method Details

    • is

      public static boolean is​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object other)
      Identity check. Since == is overridden in Groovy with the meaning of equality we need some fallback to check for object identity. Invoke using the 'is' method, like so: def same = this.is(that)
      Parameters:
      self - an object
      other - an object to compare identity with
      Returns:
      true if self and other are both references to the same instance, false otherwise
      Since:
      1.0

    • identity

      public static <T,​ U> T identity​(U self, @DelegatesTo(value=Target.class,target="self",strategy=1) Closure<T> closure)
      Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self. Synonym for 'with()'.
      Parameters:
      self - the object to have a closure act upon
      closure - the closure to call on the object
      Returns:
      result of calling the closure
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      with(Object, Closure)

    • with

      public static <T,​ U> T with​(U self, @DelegatesTo(value=Target.class,target="self",strategy=1) Closure<T> closure)
      Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self.

      Any method invoked inside the closure will first be invoked on the self reference. For instance, the following method calls to the append() method are invoked on the StringBuilder instance: 

       def b = new StringBuilder().with {
   append('foo')
   append('bar')
   return it
 }
 assert b.toString() == 'foobar'
      This is commonly used to simplify object creation, such as this example: 
       def p = new Person().with {
   firstName = 'John'
   lastName = 'Doe'
   return it
 }
      The other typical usage, uses the self object while creating some value: 
       def fullName = person.with{ "$firstName $lastName" }
      Parameters:
      self - the object to have a closure act upon
      closure - the closure to call on the object
      Returns:
      result of calling the closure
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      with(Object, boolean, Closure), tap(Object, Closure)

    • with

      public static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T with​(U self, boolean returning, @DelegatesTo(value=Target.class,target="self",strategy=1) Closure<T> closure)
      Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self.

      Any method invoked inside the closure will first be invoked on the self reference. For example, the following method calls to the append() method are invoked on the StringBuilder instance and then, because 'returning' is true, the self instance is returned: 

       def b = new StringBuilder().with(true) {
   append('foo')
   append('bar')
 }
 assert b.toString() == 'foobar'
      The returning parameter is commonly set to true when using with to simplify object creation, such as this example: 
       def p = new Person().with(true) {
   firstName = 'John'
   lastName = 'Doe'
 }
      Alternatively, 'tap' is an alias for 'with(true)', so that method can be used instead. The other main use case for with is when returning a value calculated using self as shown here: 
       def fullName = person.with(false){ "$firstName $lastName" }
      Alternatively, 'with' is an alias for 'with(false)', so the boolean parameter can be omitted instead.
      Parameters:
      self - the object to have a closure act upon
      returning - if true, return the self object; otherwise, the result of calling the closure
      closure - the closure to call on the object
      Returns:
      the self object or the result of calling the closure depending on 'returning'
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      with(Object, Closure), tap(Object, Closure)

    • tap

      public static <T,​ U> U tap​(U self, @DelegatesTo(value=Target.class,target="self",strategy=1) Closure<T> closure)
      Allows the closure to be called for the object reference self (similar to with and always returns self.

      Any method invoked inside the closure will first be invoked on the self reference. For instance, the following method calls to the append() method are invoked on the StringBuilder instance: 

       def b = new StringBuilder().tap {
   append('foo')
   append('bar')
 }
 assert b.toString() == 'foobar'
      This is commonly used to simplify object creation, such as this example: 
       def p = new Person().tap {
   firstName = 'John'
   lastName = 'Doe'
 }
      Parameters:
      self - the object to have a closure act upon
      closure - the closure to call on the object
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      with(Object, boolean, Closure), with(Object, Closure)

    • getAt

      public static java.lang.Object getAt​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String property)
      Allows the subscript operator to be used to lookup dynamic property values. bean[somePropertyNameExpression]. The normal property notation of groovy is neater and more concise but only works with compile-time known property names.
      Parameters:
      self - the object to act upon
      property - the property name of interest
      Returns:
      the property value
      Since:
      1.0

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object newValue)
      Allows the subscript operator to be used to set dynamically named property values. bean[somePropertyNameExpression] = foo. The normal property notation of groovy is neater and more concise but only works with property names which are known at compile time.
      Parameters:
      self - the object to act upon
      property - the name of the property to set
      newValue - the value to set
      Since:
      1.0

    • dump

      public static java.lang.String dump​(java.lang.Object self)
      Generates a detailed dump string of an object showing its class, hashCode and fields.
      Parameters:
      self - an object
      Returns:
      the dump representation
      Since:
      1.0

    • getMetaPropertyValues

      public static java.util.List<PropertyValue> getMetaPropertyValues​(java.lang.Object self)
      Retrieves the list of MetaProperty objects for 'self' and wraps it in a list of PropertyValue objects that additionally provide the value for each property of 'self'.
      Parameters:
      self - the receiver object
      Returns:
      list of PropertyValue objects
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Expando.getMetaPropertyValues()

    • getProperties

      public static java.util.Map getProperties​(java.lang.Object self)
      Convenience method that calls getMetaPropertyValues(java.lang.Object)(self) and provides the data in form of simple key/value pairs, i.e. without type() information.
      Parameters:
      self - the receiver object
      Returns:
      meta properties as Map of key/value pairs
      Since:
      1.0

    • use

      public static <T> T use​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Class categoryClass, Closure<T> closure)
      Scoped use method
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      categoryClass - a category class to use
      closure - the closure to invoke with the category in place
      Returns:
      the value returned from the closure
      Since:
      1.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClasses)
      Extend object with category methods. All methods for given class and all super classes will be added to the object.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClasses - a category classes to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClasses)
      Extend class globally with category methods. All methods for given class and all super classes will be added to the class.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClasses - a category classes to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.lang.Class categoryClass)
      Extend class globally with category methods.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClass - a category class to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(java.lang.Class self, java.lang.Class[] categoryClass)
      Extend class globally with category methods.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClass - a category class to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.lang.Class categoryClass)
      Extend class globally with category methods.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClass - a category class to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • mixin

      public static void mixin​(MetaClass self, java.lang.Class[] categoryClass)
      Extend class globally with category methods.
      Parameters:
      self - any Class
      categoryClass - a category class to use
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getLocation

      public static java.net.URL getLocation​(java.lang.Class self)
      Gets the url of the jar file/source file containing the specified class
      Parameters:
      self - the class
      Returns:
      the url of the jar, null if the specified class is from JDK
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • use

      public static <T> T use​(java.lang.Object self, java.util.List<java.lang.Class> categoryClassList, Closure<T> closure)
      Scoped use method with list of categories.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      categoryClassList - a list of category classes
      closure - the closure to invoke with the categories in place
      Returns:
      the value returned from the closure
      Since:
      1.0

    • addShutdownHook

      public static void addShutdownHook​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
      Allows the usage of addShutdownHook without getting the runtime first.
      Parameters:
      self - the object the method is called on (ignored)
      closure - the shutdown hook action
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • use

      public static java.lang.Object use​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object[] array)
      Allows you to use a list of categories, specifying the list as varargs. use(CategoryClass1, CategoryClass2) { ... } This method saves having to wrap the category classes in a list.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      array - a list of category classes and a Closure
      Returns:
      the value returned from the closure
      Since:
      1.0

    • print

      public static void print​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style to self if it is a Writer, otherwise to the standard output stream.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • print

      public static void print​(java.io.PrintWriter self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style to the print writer.
      Parameters:
      self - a PrintWriter
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • print

      public static void print​(java.io.PrintStream self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style to the print stream.
      Parameters:
      self - a PrintStream
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • print

      public static void print​(Closure self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value to the standard output stream. This method delegates to the owner to execute the method.
      Parameters:
      self - a generated closure
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(java.lang.Object self)
      Print a linebreak to the standard output stream.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(Closure self)
      Print a linebreak to the standard output stream. This method delegates to the owner to execute the method.
      Parameters:
      self - a closure
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to self if it is a Writer, otherwise to the standard output stream.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(java.io.PrintWriter self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to the print writer.
      Parameters:
      self - a PrintWriter
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(java.io.PrintStream self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value formatted Groovy style (followed by a newline) to the print stream.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • println

      public static void println​(Closure self, java.lang.Object value)
      Print a value (followed by a newline) to the standard output stream. This method delegates to the owner to execute the method.
      Parameters:
      self - a closure
      value - the value to print
      Since:
      1.0

    • printf

      public static void printf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
      Printf to the standard output stream.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      format - a format string
      values - values referenced by the format specifiers in the format string
      Since:
      1.0

    • printf

      public static void printf​(Closure self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
      Printf 0 or more values to the standard output stream using a format string. This method delegates to the owner to execute the method.
      Parameters:
      self - a generated closure
      format - a format string
      values - values referenced by the format specifiers in the format string
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • printf

      public static void printf​(Closure self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object value)
      Printf a value to the standard output stream using a format string. This method delegates to the owner to execute the method.
      Parameters:
      self - a generated closure
      format - a format string
      value - value referenced by the format specifier in the format string
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • sprintf

      public static java.lang.String sprintf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object[] values)
      Sprintf to a string.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      format - a format string
      values - values referenced by the format specifiers in the format string
      Returns:
      the resulting formatted string
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • printf

      public static void printf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object arg)
      Prints a formatted string using the specified format string and arguments.

      Examples: 

           printf ( "Hello, %s!\n" , [ "world" ] as String[] )
     printf ( "Hello, %s!\n" , [ "Groovy" ])
     printf ( "%d + %d = %d\n" , [ 1 , 2 , 1+2 ] as Integer[] )
     printf ( "%d + %d = %d\n" , [ 3 , 3 , 3+3 ])

     ( 1..5 ).each { printf ( "-- %d\n" , [ it ] as Integer[] ) }
     ( 1..5 ).each { printf ( "-- %d\n" , [ it ] as int[] ) }
     ( 0x41..0x45 ).each { printf ( "-- %c\n" , [ it ] as char[] ) }
     ( 07..011 ).each { printf ( "-- %d\n" , [ it ] as byte[] ) }
     ( 7..11 ).each { printf ( "-- %d\n" , [ it ] as short[] ) }
     ( 7..11 ).each { printf ( "-- %d\n" , [ it ] as long[] ) }
     ( 7..11 ).each { printf ( "-- %5.2f\n" , [ it ] as float[] ) }
     ( 7..11 ).each { printf ( "-- %5.2g\n" , [ it ] as double[] ) }
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      format - A format string
      arg - Argument which is referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. The type of arg should be one of Object[], List, int[], short[], byte[], char[], boolean[], long[], float[], or double[].
      Since:
      1.0

    • sprintf

      public static java.lang.String sprintf​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String format, java.lang.Object arg)
      Returns a formatted string using the specified format string and arguments.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      format - A format string
      arg - Argument which is referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. The type of arg should be one of Object[], List, int[], short[], byte[], char[], boolean[], long[], float[], or double[].
      Returns:
      the resulting printf'd string
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • inspect

      public static java.lang.String inspect​(java.lang.Object self)
      Inspects returns the String that matches what would be typed into a terminal to create this object.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      Returns:
      a String that matches what would be typed into a terminal to create this object. e.g. [1, 'hello'].inspect() -> [1, "hello"]
      Since:
      1.0

    • print

      public static void print​(java.lang.Object self, java.io.PrintWriter out)
      Print to a console in interactive format.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      out - the PrintWriter used for printing
      Since:
      1.0

    • println

      public static void println​(java.lang.Object self, java.io.PrintWriter out)
      Print to a console in interactive format.
      Parameters:
      self - any Object
      out - the PrintWriter used for printing
      Since:
      1.0

    • invokeMethod

      public static java.lang.Object invokeMethod​(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String method, java.lang.Object arguments)
      Provide a dynamic method invocation method which can be overloaded in classes to implement dynamic proxies easily.
      Parameters:
      object - any Object
      method - the name of the method to call
      arguments - the arguments to use
      Returns:
      the result of the method call
      Since:
      1.0

    • isCase

      public static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Object caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
      Method for overloading the behavior of the 'case' method in switch statements. The default implementation handles arrays types but otherwise simply delegates to Object#equals, but this may be overridden for other types. In this example: 
       switch( a ) {
   case b: //some code
 }
      "some code" is called when b.isCase( a ) returns true.
      Parameters:
      caseValue - the case value
      switchValue - the switch value
      Returns:
      true if the switchValue is deemed to be equal to the caseValue
      Since:
      1.0

    • isCase

      public static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Class caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
      Special 'Case' implementation for Class, which allows testing whether some switch value is assignable from the given case class. If the switch value is an object, isCase will return true if the switch value is assignment compatible with the class (case value), i.e. is an instanceof the class, for example: 
       def someList = []
 switch (someList) {
   case List:
     assert true : 'is a list'
     break
   case Map:
     assert false : 'is not a Map'
     break
   default:
     assert false : 'should never get here'
     break
 }
      If the switch value is a class, isCase will return true if the switch value is assignable from the given class (case value), i.e. the case class is the same as, or a superclass, or a super-interface of the switch class, for example: 
       switch (ArrayList) {
   case List:
     assert true : 'is a list'
     break
   case Map:
     assert false : 'is not a Map'
     break
   default:
     assert false : 'should never get here'
     break
 }
      Parameters:
      caseValue - the case value
      switchValue - the switch value
      Returns:
      true if the switchValue is deemed to be assignable from the given class
      Since:
      1.0

    • isCase

      public static boolean isCase​(java.util.Collection caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
      'Case' implementation for collections which tests if the 'switch' operand is contained in any of the 'case' values. For example: 
      switch( 3 ) {
   case [1,3,5]:
     assert true
     break
   default:
     assert false
 }
      Parameters:
      caseValue - the case value
      switchValue - the switch value
      Returns:
      true if the caseValue is deemed to contain the switchValue
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collection.contains(java.lang.Object)

    • isCase

      public static boolean isCase​(java.util.Map caseValue, java.lang.Object switchValue)
      'Case' implementation for maps which tests the groovy truth value obtained using the 'switch' operand as key. For example: 
      switch( 'foo' ) {
   case [foo:true, bar:false]:
     assert true
     break
   default:
     assert false
 }
      Parameters:
      caseValue - the case value
      switchValue - the switch value
      Returns:
      the groovy truth value from caseValue corresponding to the switchValue key
      Since:
      1.7.6

    • isCase

      public static boolean isCase​(java.lang.Number caseValue, java.lang.Number switchValue)
      Special 'case' implementation for all numbers, which delegates to the compareTo() method for comparing numbers of different types.
      Parameters:
      caseValue - the case value
      switchValue - the switch value
      Returns:
      true if the numbers are deemed equal
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using Groovy's default number-aware comparator. The original iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the unique values. A new iterator for the unique values will be returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      a new Iterator of the unique items from the original iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Modifies this collection to remove all duplicated items, using Groovy's default number-aware comparator. 
      assert [1,3] == [1,3,3].unique()
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      Returns:
      the now modified collection
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      unique(Collection, boolean)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Modifies this List to remove all duplicated items, using Groovy's default number-aware comparator. 
      assert [1,3] == [1,3,3].unique()
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the now modified List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      unique(Collection, boolean)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate)
      Remove all duplicates from a given Collection using Groovy's default number-aware comparator. If mutate is true, it works by modifying the original object (and also returning it). If mutate is false, a new collection is returned leaving the original unchanged. 
       assert [1,3] == [1,3,3].unique()
 
       def orig = [1, 3, 2, 3]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false)
 assert orig == [1, 3, 2, 3]
 assert uniq == [1, 3, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      mutate - false will return a new collection containing the unique items from the collection, true will mutate collections in place and return the original collection
      Returns:
      a collection with unique elements
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate)
      Remove all duplicates from a given List using Groovy's default number-aware comparator. If mutate is true, it works by modifying the original object (and also returning it). If mutate is false, a new collection is returned leaving the original unchanged. 
       assert [1,3] == [1,3,3].unique()
 
       def orig = [1, 3, 2, 3]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false)
 assert orig == [1, 3, 2, 3]
 assert uniq == [1, 3, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      mutate - false will cause a new List containing unique items from the List to be created, true will mutate List in place
      Returns:
      the now modified List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • numberAwareCompareTo

      public static int numberAwareCompareTo​(java.lang.Comparable self, java.lang.Comparable other)
      Provides a method that compares two comparables using Groovy's default number aware comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - a Comparable
      other - another Comparable
      Returns:
      a -ve number, 0 or a +ve number according to Groovy's compareTo contract
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator but with all duplicated items removed by using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items. The original iterator will be fully processed after the call.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, the argument passed will be each element, and the closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the Iterator will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique).

      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - a Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      the modified Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      A convenience method for making a collection unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, the argument passed will be each element, and the closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the collection will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

      assert [1,4] == [1,3,4,5].unique { it % 2 }
      assert [2,3,4] == [2,3,3,4].unique { a, b -> a <=> b }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      self without any duplicates
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      unique(Collection, boolean, Closure)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      A convenience method for making a List unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, the argument passed will be each element, and the closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the List will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

      assert [1,4] == [1,3,4,5].unique { it % 2 }
      assert [2,3,4] == [2,3,3,4].unique { a, b -> a <=> b }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      self without any duplicates
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      unique(Collection, boolean, Closure)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
      A convenience method for making a collection unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items. If mutate is true, it works on the receiver object and returns it. If mutate is false, a new collection is returned.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, each element from the Collection will be passed to the closure. The closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the collection will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

       def orig = [1, 3, 4, 5]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false) { it % 2 }
 assert orig == [1, 3, 4, 5]
 assert uniq == [1, 4]
 
       def orig = [2, 3, 3, 4]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false) { a, b -> a <=> b }
 assert orig == [2, 3, 3, 4]
 assert uniq == [2, 3, 4]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      mutate - false will always cause a new list to be created, true will mutate lists in place
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      self without any duplicates
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
      A convenience method for making a List unique using a Closure to determine duplicate (equal) items. If mutate is true, it works on the receiver object and returns it. If mutate is false, a new collection is returned.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, each element from the List will be passed to the closure. The closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the collection will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

       def orig = [1, 3, 4, 5]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false) { it % 2 }
 assert orig == [1, 3, 4, 5]
 assert uniq == [1, 4]
 
       def orig = [2, 3, 3, 4]
 def uniq = orig.unique(false) { a, b -> a <=> b }
 assert orig == [2, 3, 3, 4]
 assert uniq == [2, 3, 4]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      mutate - false will always cause a new list to be created, true will mutate lists in place
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      self without any duplicates
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> unique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the supplied comparator. The original iterator will be exhausted upon returning.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the modified Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Remove all duplicates from a given Collection. Works on the original object (and also returns it). The order of members in the Collection are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned by the given Collection's iterator is retained, but all other ones are removed. The given Collection's original order is preserved. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.unique(new PersonComparator())
 assert( list2 == list && list == [a, b, c] )
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      self the now modified collection without duplicates
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      unique(java.util.Collection, boolean, java.util.Comparator)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Remove all duplicates from a given List. Works on the original object (and also returns it). The order of members in the List are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned by the given List's iterator is retained, but all other ones are removed. The given List's original order is preserved. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.unique(new PersonComparator())
 assert( list2 == list && list == [a, b, c] )
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      self the now modified List without duplicates
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      unique(java.util.Collection, boolean, java.util.Comparator)

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> unique​(java.util.Collection<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Remove all duplicates from a given Collection. If mutate is true, it works on the original object (and also returns it). If mutate is false, a new collection is returned. The order of members in the Collection are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned by the given Collection's iterator is retained, but all other ones are removed. The given Collection's original order is preserved. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.unique(false, new PersonComparator())
 assert( list2 != list && list2 == [a, b, c] )
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      mutate - false will always cause a new collection to be created, true will mutate collections in place
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      self the collection without duplicates
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • unique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> unique​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Remove all duplicates from a given List. If mutate is true, it works on the original object (and also returns it). If mutate is false, a new List is returned. The order of members in the List are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned by the given List's iterator is retained, but all other ones are removed. The given List's original order is preserved. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.unique(false, new PersonComparator())
 assert( list2 != list && list2 == [a, b, c] )
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      mutate - false will always cause a new List to be created, true will mutate List in place
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      self the List without duplicates
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator but with all duplicated items removed where duplicate (equal) items are deduced by calling the supplied Closure condition.

      If the supplied Closure takes a single parameter, the argument passed will be each element, and the closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the Iterator will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

       def items = "Hello".toList() + [null, null] + "there".toList()
 def toLower = { it == null ? null : it.toLowerCase() }
 def noDups = items.iterator().toUnique(toLower).toList()
 assert noDups == ['H', 'e', 'l', 'o', null, 't', 'r']
 
      assert [1,4] == [1,3,4,5].toUnique { it % 2 }
      assert [2,3,4] == [2,3,3,4].toUnique { a, b -> a <=> b }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - a Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      an Iterator with no duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the supplied comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      comparator - a Comparator used to determine unique (equal) items If null, the Comparable natural ordering of the elements will be used.
      Returns:
      an Iterator with no duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toUnique​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Returns an iterator equivalent to this iterator with all duplicated items removed by using the natural ordering of the items.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      an Iterator with no duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed. The items in the Iterable are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned from the Iterable is retained, but all other ones are removed. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.toUnique(new PersonComparator())
 assert list2 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator used to determine unique (equal) items If null, the Comparable natural ordering of the elements will be used.
      Returns:
      the Collection of non-duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed. The items in the List are compared by the given Comparator. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned from the List is retained, but all other ones are removed. 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 class PersonComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
         Person p1 = (Person) o1
         Person p2 = (Person) o2
         if (p1.lname != p2.lname)
             return p1.lname.compareTo(p2.lname)
         else
             return p1.fname.compareTo(p2.fname)
     }

     boolean equals(Object obj) {
         return this.equals(obj)
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 List list2 = list.toUnique(new PersonComparator())
 assert list2 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      comparator - a Comparator used to determine unique (equal) items If null, the Comparable natural ordering of the elements will be used.
      Returns:
      the List of non-duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items to determine uniqueness. 

       String[] letters = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'a', 't', 'h', 'a', 't']
 String[] expected = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'h']
 assert letters.toUnique() == expected
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the Collection of non-duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items to determine uniqueness. 

       def letters = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'a', 't', 'h', 'a', 't']
 def expected = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'h']
 assert letters.toUnique() == expected
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the List of non-duplicate items
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> toUnique​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a Collection containing the items from the Iterable but with duplicates removed. The items in the Iterable are compared by the given Closure condition. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned from the Iterable is retained, but all other ones are removed.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, each element from the Iterable will be passed to the closure. The closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the Iterable will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 def list2 = list.toUnique{ p1, p2 -> p1.lname != p2.lname ? p1.lname <=> p2.lname : p1.fname <=> p2.fname }
 assert( list2 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d] )
 def list3 = list.toUnique{ it.toString() }
 assert( list3 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d] )
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - a Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      a new Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toUnique(Iterable, Comparator)

    • toUnique

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toUnique​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a List containing the items from the List but with duplicates removed. The items in the List are compared by the given Closure condition. For each duplicate, the first member which is returned from the Iterable is retained, but all other ones are removed.

      If the closure takes a single parameter, each element from the Iterable will be passed to the closure. The closure should return a value used for comparison (either using Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object) or Object.equals(java.lang.Object)). If the closure takes two parameters, two items from the Iterable will be passed as arguments, and the closure should return an int value (with 0 indicating the items are not unique). 

       class Person {
     def fname, lname
     String toString() {
         return fname + " " + lname
     }
 }

 Person a = new Person(fname:"John", lname:"Taylor")
 Person b = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")
 Person c = new Person(fname:"Tom", lname:"Cruz")
 Person d = new Person(fname:"Clark", lname:"Taylor")

 def list = [a, b, c, d]
 def list2 = list.toUnique{ p1, p2 -> p1.lname != p2.lname ? p1.lname <=> p2.lname : p1.fname <=> p2.fname }
 assert( list2 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d] )
 def list3 = list.toUnique{ it.toString() }
 assert( list3 == [a, b, c] && list == [a, b, c, d] )
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      condition - a Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      a new List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toUnique(Iterable, Comparator)

    • toUnique

      public static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed with the supplied comparator determining which items are unique. 

       String[] letters = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'A', 't', 'h', 'a', 'T']
 String[] lower = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'h']
 class LowerComparator implements Comparator {
     int compare(let1, let2) { let1.toLowerCase() <=> let2.toLowerCase() }
 }
 assert letters.toUnique(new LowerComparator()) == lower
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      comparator - a Comparator used to determine unique (equal) items If null, the Comparable natural ordering of the elements will be used.
      Returns:
      the unique items from the array

    • toUnique

      public static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self)
      Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed using the natural ordering of the items in the array. 

       String[] letters = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'a', 't', 'h', 'a', 't']
 String[] expected = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'h']
 def result = letters.toUnique()
 assert result == expected
 assert result.class.componentType == String
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the unique items from the array

    • toUnique

      public static <T> T[] toUnique​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Returns a new Array containing the items from the original Array but with duplicates removed with the supplied comparator determining which items are unique. 

       String[] letters = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'A', 't', 'h', 'a', 'T']
 String[] expected = ['c', 'a', 't', 's', 'h']
 assert letters.toUnique{ p1, p2 -> p1.toLowerCase() <=> p2.toLowerCase() } == expected
 assert letters.toUnique{ it.toLowerCase() } == expected
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      condition - a Closure used to determine unique items
      Returns:
      the unique items from the array

    • each

      public static <T> T[] each​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an array passing each array entry to the given closure. 
       String[] letters = ['a', 'b', 'c']
 String result = ''
 letters.each{ result += it }
 assert result == 'abc'
      Parameters:
      self - the array over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each array entry
      Returns:
      the self array
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • each

      public static <T> T each​(T self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an aggregate type or data structure, passing each item to the given closure. Custom types may utilize this method by simply providing an "iterator()" method. The items returned from the resulting iterator will be passed to the closure. 
       String result = ''
 ['a', 'b', 'c'].each{ result += it }
 assert result == 'abc'
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self Object
      Since:
      1.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> T[] eachWithIndex​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an array, passing each array element and the element's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure. 
       String[] letters = ['a', 'b', 'c']
 String result = ''
 letters.eachWithIndex{ letter, index -> result += "$index:$letter" }
 assert result == '0:a1:b2:c'
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      closure - a Closure to operate on each array entry
      Returns:
      the self array
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> T eachWithIndex​(T self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an aggregate type or data structure, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure. 
       String result = ''
 ['a', 'b', 'c'].eachWithIndex{ letter, index -> result += "$index:$letter" }
 assert result == '0:a1:b2:c'
      Parameters:
      self - an Object
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Object
      Since:
      1.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.lang.Iterable<T> eachWithIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an iterable type, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Iterable
      Since:
      2.3.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an iterator type, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Iterator (now exhausted)
      Since:
      2.3.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a Collection, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a List, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a Set, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> eachWithIndex​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a SortedSet, passing each item and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      closure - a Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <T> java.lang.Iterable<T> each​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an Iterable, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self Iterable

    • each

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> each​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through an Iterator, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self Iterator
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> each​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a Collection, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the Collection over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> each​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a List, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the List over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> each​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a Set, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the Set over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self Set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> each​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates through a SortedSet, passing each item to the given closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the SortedSet over which we iterate
      closure - the closure applied on each element found
      Returns:
      the self SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • each

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> each​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Allows a Map to be iterated through using a closure. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry otherwise if the closure takes two parameters then it will be passed the key and the value. 
      def result = ""
 [a:1, b:3].each { key, value -> result += "$key$value" }
 assert result == "a1b3"
      def result = ""
 [a:1, b:3].each { entry -> result += entry }
 assert result == "a=1b=3"
      In general, the order in which the map contents are processed cannot be guaranteed. In practise, specialized forms of Map, e.g. a TreeMap will have its contents processed according to the natural ordering of the map.
      Parameters:
      self - the map over which we iterate
      closure - the 1 or 2 arg closure applied on each entry of the map
      Returns:
      returns the self parameter
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • reverseEach

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> reverseEach​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Allows a Map to be iterated through in reverse order using a closure. In general, the order in which the map contents are processed cannot be guaranteed. In practise, specialized forms of Map, e.g. a TreeMap will have its contents processed according to the reverse of the natural ordering of the map.
      Parameters:
      self - the map over which we iterate
      closure - the 1 or 2 arg closure applied on each entry of the map
      Returns:
      returns the self parameter
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      each(Map, Closure)

    • eachWithIndex

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> eachWithIndex​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Allows a Map to be iterated through using a closure. If the closure takes two parameters then it will be passed the Map.Entry and the item's index (a counter starting at zero) otherwise if the closure takes three parameters then it will be passed the key, the value, and the index. 
      def result = ""
 [a:1, b:3].eachWithIndex { key, value, index -> result += "$index($key$value)" }
 assert result == "0(a1)1(b3)"
      def result = ""
 [a:1, b:3].eachWithIndex { entry, index -> result += "$index($entry)" }
 assert result == "0(a=1)1(b=3)"
      Parameters:
      self - the map over which we iterate
      closure - a 2 or 3 arg Closure to operate on each item
      Returns:
      the self Object
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • reverseEach

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> reverseEach​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterate over each element of the list in the reverse order. 
      def result = []
 [1,2,3].reverseEach { result << it }
 assert result == [3,2,1]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      closure - a closure to which each item is passed.
      Returns:
      the original list
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • reverseEach

      public static <T> T[] reverseEach​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Iterate over each element of the array in the reverse order.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      closure - a closure to which each item is passed
      Returns:
      the original array
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • every

      public static boolean every​(java.lang.Object self, Closure predicate)
      Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e. returns true for all items in this data structure). A simple example for a list: 
      def list = [3,4,5]
 def greaterThanTwo = list.every { it > 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if every iteration of the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.0

    • every

      public static <T> boolean every​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure predicate)
      Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e. returns true for all items in this iterator). A simple example for a list: 
      def list = [3,4,5]
 def greaterThanTwo = list.iterator().every { it > 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - the iterator over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if every iteration of the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      2.3.0

    • every

      public static <T> boolean every​(T[] self, Closure predicate)
      Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e. returns true for all items in this Array).
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if every element of the Array matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • every

      public static <T> boolean every​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure predicate)
      Used to determine if the given predicate closure is valid (i.e. returns true for all items in this iterable). A simple example for a list: 
      def list = [3,4,5]
 def greaterThanTwo = list.every { it > 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - the iterable over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if every iteration of the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      2.3.0

    • every

      public static <K,​ V> boolean every​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure predicate)
      Iterates over the entries of a map, and checks whether a predicate is valid for all entries. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry otherwise if the closure takes two parameters then it will be passed the key and the value. 
      def map = [a:1, b:2.0, c:2L]
 assert !map.every { key, value -> value instanceof Integer }
 assert map.every { entry -> entry.value instanceof Number }
      Parameters:
      self - the map over which we iterate
      predicate - the 1 or 2 arg Closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if every entry of the map matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • every

      public static boolean every​(java.lang.Object self)
      Iterates over every element of a collection, and checks whether all elements are true according to the Groovy Truth. Equivalent to self.every({element -> element}) 
       assert [true, true].every()
 assert [1, 1].every()
 assert ![1, 0].every()
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      Returns:
      true if every item in the collection matches satisfies Groovy truth
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • any

      public static boolean any​(java.lang.Object self, Closure predicate)
      Iterates over the contents of an object or collection, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element. 
       assert [1, 2, 3].any { it == 2 }
 assert ![1, 2, 3].any { it > 3 }
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if any iteration for the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.0

    • any

      public static <T> boolean any​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure predicate)
      Iterates over the contents of an iterator, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element. 
       assert [1, 2, 3].iterator().any { it == 2 }
 assert ![1, 2, 3].iterator().any { it > 3 }
      Parameters:
      self - the iterator over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if any iteration for the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.0

    • any

      public static <T> boolean any​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure predicate)
      Iterates over the contents of an iterable, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element. 
       assert [1, 2, 3].any { it == 2 }
 assert ![1, 2, 3].any { it > 3 }
      Parameters:
      self - the iterable over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if any iteration for the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.0

    • any

      public static <T> boolean any​(T[] self, Closure predicate)
      Iterates over the contents of an Array, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one element.
      Parameters:
      self - the array over which we iterate
      predicate - the closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if any iteration for the object matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • any

      public static <K,​ V> boolean any​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> predicate)
      Iterates over the entries of a map, and checks whether a predicate is valid for at least one entry. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry otherwise if the closure takes two parameters then it will be passed the key and the value. 
       assert [2:3, 4:5, 5:10].any { key, value -> key * 2 == value }
 assert ![2:3, 4:5, 5:10].any { entry -> entry.key == entry.value * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - the map over which we iterate
      predicate - the 1 or 2 arg closure predicate used for matching
      Returns:
      true if any entry in the map matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • any

      public static boolean any​(java.lang.Object self)
      Iterates over the elements of a collection, and checks whether at least one element is true according to the Groovy Truth. Equivalent to self.any({element -> element}) 
       assert [false, true].any()
 assert [0, 1].any()
 assert ![0, 0].any()
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      Returns:
      true if any item in the collection matches the closure predicate
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • grep

      public static java.util.Collection grep​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object filter)
      Iterates over the collection of items which this Object represents and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Example: 
       def list = ['a', 'b', 'aa', 'bc', 3, 4.5]
 assert list.grep( ~/a+/ )  == ['a', 'aa']
 assert list.grep( ~/../ )  == ['aa', 'bc']
 assert list.grep( Number ) == [ 3, 4.5 ]
 assert list.grep{ it.toString().size() == 1 } == [ 'a', 'b', 3 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      filter - the filter to perform on the object (using the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
      Returns:
      a collection of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      1.5.6

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
      Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements. method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Example: 
       def list = ['a', 'b', 'aa', 'bc', 3, 4.5]
 assert list.grep( ~/a+/ )  == ['a', 'aa']
 assert list.grep( ~/../ )  == ['aa', 'bc']
 assert list.grep( Number ) == [ 3, 4.5 ]
 assert list.grep{ it.toString().size() == 1 } == [ 'a', 'b', 3 ]
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      filter - the filter to perform on each element of the collection (using the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
      Returns:
      a collection of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      2.0

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> grep​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
      Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Example: 
       def list = ['a', 'b', 'aa', 'bc', 3, 4.5]
 assert list.grep( ~/a+/ )  == ['a', 'aa']
 assert list.grep( ~/../ )  == ['aa', 'bc']
 assert list.grep( Number ) == [ 3, 4.5 ]
 assert list.grep{ it.toString().size() == 1 } == [ 'a', 'b', 3 ]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      filter - the filter to perform on each element of the collection (using the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
      Returns:
      a List of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> grep​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Object filter)
      Iterates over the collection of items and returns each item that matches the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Example: 
       def set = ['a', 'b', 'aa', 'bc', 3, 4.5] as Set
 assert set.grep( ~/a+/ )  == ['a', 'aa'] as Set
 assert set.grep( ~/../ )  == ['aa', 'bc'] as Set
 assert set.grep( Number ) == [ 3, 4.5 ] as Set
 assert set.grep{ it.toString().size() == 1 } == [ 'a', 'b', 3 ] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      filter - the filter to perform on each element of the collection (using the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
      Returns:
      a Set of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(T[] self, java.lang.Object filter)
      Iterates over the array of items and returns a collection of items that match the given filter - calling the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method used by switch statements. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Example: 
       def items = ['a', 'b', 'aa', 'bc', 3, 4.5] as Object[]
 assert items.grep( ~/a+/ )  == ['a', 'aa']
 assert items.grep( ~/../ )  == ['aa', 'bc']
 assert items.grep( Number ) == [ 3, 4.5 ]
 assert items.grep{ it.toString().size() == 1 } == [ 'a', 'b', 3 ]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      filter - the filter to perform on each element of the array (using the isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
      Returns:
      a collection of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      2.0

    • grep

      public static java.util.Collection grep​(java.lang.Object self)
      Iterates over the collection of items which this Object represents and returns each item that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.grep() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - the object over which we iterate
      Returns:
      a collection of objects which match the filter
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.grep() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      a collection of elements satisfy Groovy truth
      Since:
      2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> grep​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.grep() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a List of elements satisfy Groovy truth
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> grep​(java.util.Set<T> self)
      Iterates over the collection returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null] as Set
 assert items.grep() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      Returns:
      a Set of elements satisfy Groovy truth
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • grep

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> grep​(T[] self)
      Iterates over the array returning each element that matches using the IDENTITY Closure as a filter - effectively returning all elements which satisfy Groovy truth.

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null] as Object[]
 assert items.grep() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      a collection of elements which satisfy Groovy truth
      Since:
      2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Iterator self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value from the items within this Iterator. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ). The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the count value.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator from which we count the number of matching occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • count

      public static <T> java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from the items within this Iterator. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the count value.

      Example usage: 

      assert [2,4,2,1,3,5,2,4,3].toSet().iterator().count{ it % 2 == 0 } == 2
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator from which we count the number of matching occurrences
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • count

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object value)
      Deprecated.
      use count(Iterable, Closure)
      Since:
      1.0

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this Iterable. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).

      Example usage: 

      assert [2,4,2,1,3,5,2,4,3].count(4) == 2
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • count

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Collection self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      use count(Iterable, Closure)
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • count

      public static <T> java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this Iterable.

      Example usage: 

      assert [2,4,2,1,3,5,2,4,3].count{ it % 2 == 0 } == 5
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable within which we count the number of occurrences
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • count

      public static <K,​ V> java.lang.Number count​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> closure)
      Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this map. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry. Otherwise, the closure should take two parameters and will be passed the key and value.

      Example usage: 

      assert [a:1, b:1, c:2, d:2].count{ k,v -> k == 'a' || v == 2 } == 3
      Parameters:
      self - the map within which we count the number of occurrences
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure condition applying on the entries
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static <T> java.lang.Number count​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Counts the number of occurrences which satisfy the given closure from inside this array.
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(int[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(long[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(short[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(char[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(boolean[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(double[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(float[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • count

      public static java.lang.Number count​(byte[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Counts the number of occurrences of the given value inside this array. Comparison is done using Groovy's == operator (using compareTo(value) == 0 or equals(value) ).
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • toList

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of toList instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      toList(Iterable)

    • toList

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Convert an iterator to a List. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after making this conversion.
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      Returns:
      a List
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • toList

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Convert an Iterable to a List. The Iterable's iterator will become exhausted of elements after making this conversion.

      Example usage: 

      def x = [1,2,3] as HashSet
 assert x.class == HashSet
 assert x.toList() instanceof List
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a List
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • toList

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(java.util.Enumeration<T> self)
      Convert an enumeration to a List.
      Parameters:
      self - an enumeration
      Returns:
      a List
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size)
      Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size. Example: 
      def list = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
 def coll = list.collate( 3 )
 assert coll == [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 4, 5, 6 ], [ 7 ] ]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      Returns:
      a List containing the data collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size)
      Collates an array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      Returns:
      a List containing the array values collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int)

    • collate

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.8.6
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int)

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, int step)
      Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size stepping through the code step elements for each subList. Example: 
      def list = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
 def coll = list.collate( 3, 1 )
 assert coll == [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 4 ], [ 3, 4 ], [ 4 ] ]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      step - the number of elements to step through for each sub-list
      Returns:
      a List containing the data collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, int step)
      Collates an array into sub-lists.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      step - the number of elements to step through for each sub-list
      Returns:
      a List containing the array elements collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int, int)

    • collate

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, int step)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.8.6
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int, int)

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
      Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size. Any remaining elements in the iterable after the subdivision will be dropped if keepRemainder is false. Example: 
      def list = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
 def coll = list.collate( 3, false )
 assert coll == [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 4, 5, 6 ] ]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      keepRemainder - if true, any remaining elements are returned as sub-lists. Otherwise they are discarded
      Returns:
      a List containing the data collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
      Collates this array into sub-lists.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      keepRemainder - if true, any remaining elements are returned as sub-lists. Otherwise they are discarded
      Returns:
      a List containing the array elements collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int, boolean)

    • collate

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, boolean keepRemainder)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.8.6
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int, boolean)

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
      Collates this iterable into sub-lists of length size stepping through the code step elements for each sub-list. Any remaining elements in the iterable after the subdivision will be dropped if keepRemainder is false. Example: 
       def list = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
 assert list.collate( 2, 2, true  ) == [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
 assert list.collate( 3, 1, true  ) == [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 4 ], [ 3, 4 ], [ 4 ] ]
 assert list.collate( 3, 1, false ) == [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 2, 3, 4 ] ]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      step - the number of elements to step through for each sub-list
      keepRemainder - if true, any remaining elements are returned as sub-lists. Otherwise they are discarded
      Returns:
      a List containing the data collated into sub-lists
      Throws:
      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the step is zero.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • collate

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(T[] self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
      Collates this array into into sub-lists.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      size - the length of each sub-list in the returned list
      step - the number of elements to step through for each sub-list
      keepRemainder - if true, any remaining elements are returned as sub-lists. Otherwise they are discarded
      Returns:
      a List containing the array elements collated into sub-lists
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collate

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> collate​(java.util.List<T> self, int size, int step, boolean keepRemainder)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.8.6
      See Also:
      collate(Iterable, int, int, boolean)

    • collect

      public static java.util.Collection collect​(java.lang.Object self)
      Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using Closure.IDENTITY as a transformer, basically returning a list of items copied from the original object. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2,3].iterator().collect()
      Parameters:
      self - an aggregate Object with an Iterator returning its items
      Returns:
      a Collection of the transformed values
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • collect

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Object self, Closure<T> transform)
      Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values. Example: 
      def list = [1, 'a', 1.23, true ]
 def types = list.collect { it.class }
 assert types == [Integer, String, BigDecimal, Boolean]
      Parameters:
      self - an aggregate Object with an Iterator returning its items
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the aggregate object
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      1.0

    • collect

      public static <T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collect​(java.lang.Object self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Iterates through this aggregate Object transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
      Parameters:
      self - an aggregate Object with an Iterator returning its items
      collector - the Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the aggregate object
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.0

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(E[] self, Closure<T> transform)
      Iterates through this Array transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the Array
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collect​(E[] self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Iterates through this Array transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector. 
       Integer[] nums = [1,2,3]
 List answer = []
 nums.collect(answer) { it * 2 }
 assert [2,4,6] == answer
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      collector - the Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each item
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
      Iterates through this Iterator transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure, returning a list of transformed values.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      transform - the closure used to transform each item
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collect​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Iterates through this Iterator transforming each item into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      collector - the Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each item
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collect

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable version instead
      Iterates through this collection transforming each entry into a new value using Closure.IDENTITY as a transformer, basically returning a list of items copied from the original collection. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2,3].collect()
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • collect

      @Deprecated public static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable version instead
      Iterates through this collection transforming each entry into a new value using the transform closure returning a list of transformed values.
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the collection
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      1.0

    • collect

      @Deprecated public static <E,​ T> java.util.Collection<T> collect​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.util.Collection<T> collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable version instead
      Iterates through this collection transforming each value into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector. 
      assert [1,2,3] as HashSet == [2,4,5,6].collect(new HashSet()) { (int)(it / 2) }
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      collector - the Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the collection
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.0

    • collect

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Iterates through this collection transforming each entry into a new value using Closure.IDENTITY as a transformer, basically returning a list of items copied from the original collection. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2,3].collect()
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<T> transform)
      Iterates through this Iterable transforming each entry into a new value using the transform closure returning a list of transformed values. 
      assert [2,4,6] == [1,2,3].collect { it * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the collection
      Returns:
      a List of the transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collect

      public static <E,​ T,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collect​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Iterates through this collection transforming each value into a new value using the transform closure and adding it to the supplied collector. 
      assert [1,2,3] as HashSet == [2,4,5,6].collect(new HashSet()) { (int)(it / 2) }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      collector - the Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each item
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • collectAll

      @Deprecated public static java.util.List collectAll​(java.util.Collection self, Closure transform)
      Deprecated.
      Use collectNested instead
      Deprecated alias for collectNested
      See Also:
      collectNested(Collection, Closure)

    • collectNested

      public static java.util.List collectNested​(java.util.Collection self, Closure transform)
      Recursively iterates through this collection transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the closure as a transformer. Returns a potentially nested list of transformed values. 
       assert [2,[4,6],[8],[]] == [1,[2,3],[4],[]].collectNested { it * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the collection
      Returns:
      the resultant collection
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • collectNested

      public static java.util.List collectNested​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure transform)
      Recursively iterates through this Iterable transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the closure as a transformer. Returns a potentially nested list of transformed values. 
       assert [2,[4,6],[8],[]] == [1,[2,3],[4],[]].collectNested { it * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      transform - the closure used to transform each item of the Iterable
      Returns:
      the resultant list
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • collectAll

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Collection collectAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.Collection collector, Closure transform)
      Deprecated.
      Use collectNested instead
      Deprecated alias for collectNested
      See Also:
      collectNested(Iterable, Collection, Closure)

    • collectNested

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Collection collectNested​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.Collection collector, Closure transform)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectNested instead
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      collectNested(Iterable, Collection, Closure)

    • collectNested

      public static <C extends java.util.Collection> C collectNested​(java.lang.Iterable self, C collector, Closure transform)
      Recursively iterates through this Iterable transforming each non-Collection value into a new value using the transform closure. Returns a potentially nested collection of transformed values. 
       def x = [1,[2,3],[4],[]].collectNested(new Vector()) { it * 2 }
 assert x == [2,[4,6],[8],[]]
 assert x instanceof Vector
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      collector - an initial Collection to which the transformed values are added
      transform - the closure used to transform each element of the Iterable
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • collectMany

      @Deprecated public static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Collection<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectMany instead
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      collectMany(Iterable, Closure)

    • collectMany

      @Deprecated public static <T,​ E> java.util.Collection<T> collectMany​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.util.Collection<T> collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectMany instead
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      collectMany(Iterable, Collection, Closure)

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source Iterable to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list. 

       def nums = 1..10
 def squaresAndCubesOfEvens = nums.collectMany{ it % 2 ? [] : [it**2, it**3] }
 assert squaresAndCubesOfEvens == [4, 8, 16, 64, 36, 216, 64, 512, 100, 1000]

 def animals = ['CAT', 'DOG', 'ELEPHANT'] as Set
 def smallAnimals = animals.collectMany{ it.size() > 3 ? [] : [it.toLowerCase()] }
 assert smallAnimals == ['cat', 'dog']

 def orig = nums as Set
 def origPlusIncrements = orig.collectMany{ [it, it+1] }
 assert origPlusIncrements.size() == orig.size() * 2
 assert origPlusIncrements.unique().size() == orig.size() + 1
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      a list created from the projected collections concatenated (flattened) together
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      sum(java.lang.Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collectMany​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source collection to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into the collector. 

       def animals = ['CAT', 'DOG', 'ELEPHANT']
 def smallAnimals = animals.collectMany(['ant', 'bee']){ it.size() > 3 ? [] : [it.toLowerCase()] }
 assert smallAnimals == ['ant', 'bee', 'cat', 'dog']

 def nums = 1..5
 def origPlusIncrements = nums.collectMany([] as Set){ [it, it+1] }
 assert origPlusIncrements.size() == nums.size() + 1

 @groovy.transform.TypeChecked void test() {
   LinkedHashSet<String> lhs = ['abc','def'].collectMany(new LinkedHashSet<>()){ it.iterator().collect() }
   assert lhs == ['a','b','c','d','e','f'] as Set<String>
 }
 test()
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      collector - an initial collection to add the projected items to
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      the collector with the projected collections concatenated (flattened) into it
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ K,​ V,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collectMany​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source map to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into the collector. 

       def map = [bread:3, milk:5, butter:2]
 def result = map.collectMany(['x']){ k, v -> if (k.startsWith('b')) k.toList() }
 assert result == ['x', 'b', 'r', 'e', 'a', 'd', 'b', 'u', 't', 't', 'e', 'r']
      Parameters:
      self - a map
      collector - an initial collection to add the projected items to
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      the collector with the projected collections concatenated (flattened) to it
      Since:
      1.8.8

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source map to a result collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections adding them into a collection. 

       def map = [bread:3, milk:5, butter:2]
 def result = map.collectMany{ k, v -> k.startsWith('b') ? k.toList() : [] }
 assert result == ['b', 'r', 'e', 'a', 'd', 'b', 'u', 't', 't', 'e', 'r']
      Parameters:
      self - a map
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      a list created from the projected collections concatenated (flattened) together
      Since:
      1.8.8

    • collectMany$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.Collection<T> collectMany$$bridge​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Deprecated.

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(E[] self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source array to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list. 

       def nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] as Object[]
 def squaresAndCubesOfEvens = nums.collectMany{ it % 2 ? [] : [it**2, it**3] }
 assert squaresAndCubesOfEvens == [4, 8, 16, 64, 36, 216]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      a list created from the projected collections concatenated (flattened) together
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      sum(Object[], groovy.lang.Closure)

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collectMany​(E[] self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source array to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list. 

       def nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] as Object[]
 def squaresAndCubesOfEvens = nums.collectMany{ it % 2 ? [] : [it**2, it**3] }
 assert squaresAndCubesOfEvens == [4, 8, 16, 64, 36, 216]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      collector - an initial collection to add the projected items to
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      the collector with the projected collections concatenated (flattened) to it
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      sum(Object[], groovy.lang.Closure)

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collectMany​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, C collector, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source iterator to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list. 

       def numsIter = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].iterator()
 def squaresAndCubesOfEvens = numsIter.collectMany{ if (it % 2 == 0) [it**2, it**3] }
 assert squaresAndCubesOfEvens == [4, 8, 16, 64, 36, 216]
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      collector - an initial collection to add the projected items to
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      the collector with the projected collections concatenated (flattened) to it
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      sum(Iterator, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • collectMany

      public static <T,​ E> java.util.List<T> collectMany​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<? extends java.util.Collection<? extends T>> projection)
      Projects each item from a source iterator to a collection and concatenates (flattens) the resulting collections into a single list. 

       def numsIter = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].iterator()
 def squaresAndCubesOfEvens = numsIter.collectMany{ it % 2 ? [] : [it**2, it**3] }
 assert squaresAndCubesOfEvens == [4, 8, 16, 64, 36, 216]
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      projection - a projecting Closure returning a collection of items
      Returns:
      a list created from the projected collections concatenated (flattened) together
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      collectMany(Iterator, Collection, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • collect

      public static <T,​ K,​ V,​ C extends java.util.Collection<T>> C collect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, C collector, Closure<? extends T> transform)
      Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry into a new value using the transform closure returning the collector with all transformed values added to it. 
      assert [a:1, b:2].collect( [] as HashSet ) { key, value -> key*value } == ["a", "bb"] as Set
 assert [3:20, 2:30].collect( [] as HashSet ) { entry -> entry.key * entry.value } == [60] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      collector - the Collection to which transformed values are added
      transform - the transformation closure which can take one (Map.Entry) or two (key, value) parameters
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.0

    • collect

      public static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.List<T> collect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> transform)
      Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry into a new value using the transform closure returning a list of transformed values. 
      assert [a:1, b:2].collect { key, value -> key*value } == ["a", "bb"]
 assert [3:20, 2:30].collect { entry -> entry.key * entry.value } == [60, 60]
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      transform - the transformation closure which can take one (Map.Entry) or two (key, value) parameters
      Returns:
      the resultant list of transformed values
      Since:
      1.0

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ X,​ Y> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Map<X,​Y> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this Map transforming each map entry using the transform closure returning a map of the transformed entries. 
       assert [a:1, b:2].collectEntries( [:] ) { k, v -> [v, k] } == [1:'a', 2:'b']
 assert [a:1, b:2].collectEntries( [30:'C'] ) { key, value ->
     [(value*10): key.toUpperCase()] } == [10:'A', 20:'B', 30:'C']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list. If your collector Map doesn't support null keys or values, you might get a runtime error, e.g. NullPointerException or IllegalArgumentException.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which can take one (Map.Entry) or two (key, value) parameters and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collect(Map, Collection, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ X,​ Y> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Map<X,​Y> self, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this Map transforming each entry using the transform closure and returning a map of the transformed entries. 
       assert [a:1, b:2].collectEntries { key, value -> [value, key] } == [1:'a', 2:'b']
 assert [a:1, b:2].collectEntries { key, value ->
     [(value*10): key.toUpperCase()] } == [10:'A', 20:'B']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list. If your Map doesn't support null keys or values, you might get a runtime error, e.g. NullPointerException or IllegalArgumentException.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which can take one (Map.Entry) or two (key, value) parameters and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collect(Map, Collection, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      @Deprecated public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, Closure<?> transform)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<?> transform)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterators.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this Iterable transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries. 
       def letters = "abc"
 // collect letters with index using list style
 assert (0..2).collectEntries { index -> [index, letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
 // collect letters with index using map style
 assert (0..2).collectEntries { index -> [(index): letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterator, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      @Deprecated public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<?> self)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using the identity closure as the transform.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterable objects using the identity closure as the transform. The source Iterable should contain a list of [key, value] tuples or Map.Entry objects. 
       def nums = [1, 10, 100, 1000]
 def tuples = nums.collect{ [it, it.toString().size()] }
 assert tuples == [[1, 1], [10, 2], [100, 3], [1000, 4]]
 def map = tuples.collectEntries()
 assert map == [1:1, 10:2, 100:3, 1000:4]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterator)

    • collectEntries

      @Deprecated public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable, Map, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this Iterable transforming each item using the closure as a transformer into a map entry, returning the supplied map with all the transformed entries added to it. 
       def letters = "abc"
 // collect letters with index
 assert (0..2).collectEntries( [:] ) { index -> [index, letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
 assert (0..2).collectEntries( [4:'d'] ) { index ->
     [(index+1): letters[index]] } == [1:'a', 2:'b', 3:'c', 4:'d']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list. If your collector Map doesn't support null keys or values, you might get a runtime error, e.g. NullPointerException or IllegalArgumentException.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterator, Map, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      @Deprecated public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Collection<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of collectEntries instead
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable, Map)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterators using the identity closure as the transform and a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterable, Map)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
      A variant of collectEntries for Iterables using the identity closure as the transform and a supplied map as the destination of transformed entries.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterator, Map)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this array transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries. 
       def letters = "abc"
 def nums = [0, 1, 2] as Integer[]
 // collect letters with index
 assert nums.collectEntries( [:] ) { index -> [index, letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
 assert nums.collectEntries( [4:'d'] ) { index ->
     [(index+1): letters[index]] } == [1:'a', 2:'b', 3:'c', 4:'d']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list. If your collector Map doesn't support null keys or values, you might get a runtime error, e.g. NullPointerException or IllegalArgumentException.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collect(Map, Collection, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, java.util.Map<K,​V> collector)
      A variant of collectEntries using the identity closure as the transform.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      collector - the Map into which the transformed entries are put
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Object[], Map, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self, Closure<?> transform)
      Iterates through this array transforming each item using the transform closure and returning a map of the resulting transformed entries. 
       def letters = "abc"
 def nums = [0, 1, 2] as Integer[]
 // collect letters with index using list style
 assert nums.collectEntries { index -> [index, letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
 // collect letters with index using map style
 assert nums.collectEntries { index -> [(index): letters[index]] } == [0:'a', 1:'b', 2:'c']
      Note: When using the list-style of result, the behavior is 'def (key, value) = listResultFromClosure'. While we strongly discourage using a list of size other than 2, Groovy's normal semantics apply in this case; throwing away elements after the second one and using null for the key or value for the case of a shortened list.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      transform - the closure used for transforming, which has an item from self as the parameter and should return a Map.Entry, a Map or a two-element list containing the resulting key and value
      Returns:
      a Map of the transformed entries
      Since:
      1.7.9
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Iterator, Map, Closure)

    • collectEntries

      public static <K,​ V,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​V> collectEntries​(E[] self)
      A variant of collectEntries using the identity closure as the transform.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the collector with all transformed values added to it
      Since:
      1.8.5
      See Also:
      collectEntries(Object[], Closure)

    • find

      public static java.lang.Object find​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
      Finds the first value matching the closure condition. 
       def numbers = [1, 2, 3]
 def result = numbers.find { it > 1}
 assert result == 2
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an iterator returning its values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the first Object found or null if none was found
      Since:
      1.0

    • find

      public static java.lang.Object find​(java.lang.Object self)
      Finds the first item matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [null, 0, 0.0, false, '', [], 42, 43]
 assert items.find() == 42
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an Iterator returning its values
      Returns:
      the first Object found or null if none was found
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • find

      public static <T> T find​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Finds the first value matching the closure condition. Example: 
      def list = [1,2,3]
 assert 2 == list.find { it > 1 }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the first Object found, in the order of the collections iterator, or null if no element matches
      Since:
      1.0

    • find

      public static <T> T find​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Finds the first element in the array that matches the given closure condition. Example: 
       def list = [1,2,3] as Integer[]
 assert 2 == list.find { it > 1 }
 assert null == list.find { it > 5 }
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      condition - a closure condition
      Returns:
      the first element from the array that matches the condition or null if no element matches
      Since:
      2.0

    • find

      public static <T> T find​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Finds the first item matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [null, 0, 0.0, false, '', [], 42, 43]
 assert items.find() == 42
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      the first Object found or null if none was found
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findResult

      public static java.lang.Object findResult​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
      Treats the object as iterable, iterating through the values it represents and returns the first non-null result obtained from calling the closure, otherwise returns null. 

       int[] numbers = [1, 2, 3]
 assert numbers.findResult { if(it > 1) return it } == 2
 assert numbers.findResult { if(it > 4) return it } == null
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an iterator returning its values
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result of the closure
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResult

      public static java.lang.Object findResult​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Object defaultResult, Closure condition)
      Treats the object as iterable, iterating through the values it represents and returns the first non-null result obtained from calling the closure, otherwise returns the defaultResult. 

       int[] numbers = [1, 2, 3]
 assert numbers.findResult(5) { if(it > 1) return it } == 2
 assert numbers.findResult(5) { if(it > 4) return it } == 5
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an iterator returning its values
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result of the closure, otherwise the default value
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResult

      @Deprecated public static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T findResult​(java.util.Collection<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable version instead
      Iterates through the collection calling the given closure for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all are null, the defaultResult is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or the defaultValue
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResult

      @Deprecated public static <S,​ T> T findResult​(java.util.Collection<S> self, Closure<T> condition)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable version instead
      Iterates through the collection calling the given closure for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all results are null, null is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or null
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResult

      public static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T findResult​(java.util.Iterator<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
      Iterates through the Iterator calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all are null, the defaultResult is returned.

      Examples: 

       def iter = [1,2,3].iterator()
 assert "Found 2" == iter.findResult("default") { it > 1 ? "Found $it" : null }
 assert "default" == iter.findResult("default") { it > 3 ? "Found $it" : null }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or the defaultValue
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <T,​ U> T findResult​(java.util.Iterator<U> self, Closure<T> condition)
      Iterates through the Iterator calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all results are null, null is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or null
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T findResult​(java.lang.Iterable<S> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
      Iterates through the Iterable calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all are null, the defaultResult is returned.

      Examples: 

       def list = [1,2,3]
 assert "Found 2" == list.findResult("default") { it > 1 ? "Found $it" : null }
 assert "default" == list.findResult("default") { it > 3 ? "Found $it" : null }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or the defaultValue
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <T,​ U> T findResult​(java.lang.Iterable<U> self, Closure<T> condition)
      Iterates through the Iterable calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all results are null, null is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or null
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <S,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T findResult​(S[] self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
      Iterates through the Array calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all are null, the defaultResult is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or the defaultValue
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <S,​ T> T findResult​(S[] self, Closure<T> condition)
      Iterates through the Array calling the given closure condition for each item but stopping once the first non-null result is found and returning that result. If all results are null, null is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      condition - a closure that returns a non-null value to indicate that processing should stop and the value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result from calling the closure, or null
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResult

      public static <T,​ K,​ V> T findResult​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> condition)
      Returns the first non-null closure result found by passing each map entry to the closure, otherwise null is returned. If the closure takes two parameters, the entry key and value are passed. If the closure takes one parameter, the Map.Entry object is passed. 
       assert "Found b:3" == [a:1, b:3].findResult { if (it.value == 3) return "Found ${it.key}:${it.value}" }
 assert null == [a:1, b:3].findResult { if (it.value == 9) return "Found ${it.key}:${it.value}" }
 assert "Found a:1" == [a:1, b:3].findResult { k, v -> if (k.size() + v == 2) return "Found $k:$v" }
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      condition - a 1 or 2 arg Closure that returns a non-null value when processing should stop and a value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result collected by calling the closure, or null if no such result was found
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResult

      public static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T,​ A,​ B> T findResult​(java.util.Map<A,​B> self, U defaultResult, Closure<V> condition)
      Returns the first non-null closure result found by passing each map entry to the closure, otherwise the defaultResult is returned. If the closure takes two parameters, the entry key and value are passed. If the closure takes one parameter, the Map.Entry object is passed. 
       assert "Found b:3" == [a:1, b:3].findResult("default") { if (it.value == 3) return "Found ${it.key}:${it.value}" }
 assert "default" == [a:1, b:3].findResult("default") { if (it.value == 9) return "Found ${it.key}:${it.value}" }
 assert "Found a:1" == [a:1, b:3].findResult("default") { k, v -> if (k.size() + v == 2) return "Found $k:$v" }
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      defaultResult - an Object that should be returned if all closure results are null
      condition - a 1 or 2 arg Closure that returns a non-null value when processing should stop and a value should be returned
      Returns:
      the first non-null result collected by calling the closure, or the defaultResult if no such result was found
      Since:
      1.7.5

    • findResults

      @Deprecated public static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Collection<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of findResults instead
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      findResults(Iterable, Closure)

    • findResults

      public static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.lang.Iterable<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
      Iterates through the Iterable transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.

      Example: 

       def list = [1,2,3]
 def result = list.findResults { it > 1 ? "Found $it" : null }
 assert result == ["Found 2", "Found 3"]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      filteringTransform - a Closure that should return either a non-null transformed value or null for items which should be discarded
      Returns:
      the list of non-null transformed values
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • findResults

      public static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Iterator<U> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
      Iterates through the Iterator transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      filteringTransform - a Closure that should return either a non-null transformed value or null for items which should be discarded
      Returns:
      the list of non-null transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResults

      public static <T,​ U> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(U[] self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
      Iterates through the Array transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      filteringTransform - a Closure that should return either a non-null transformed value or null for items which should be discarded
      Returns:
      the list of non-null transformed values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findResults

      public static <T,​ K,​ V> java.util.Collection<T> findResults​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<T> filteringTransform)
      Iterates through the map transforming items using the supplied closure and collecting any non-null results. If the closure takes two parameters, the entry key and value are passed. If the closure takes one parameter, the Map.Entry object is passed.

      Example: 

       def map = [a:1, b:2, hi:2, cat:3, dog:2]
 def result = map.findResults { k, v -> k.size() == v ? "Found $k:$v" : null }
 assert result == ["Found a:1", "Found hi:2", "Found cat:3"]
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      filteringTransform - a 1 or 2 arg Closure that should return either a non-null transformed value or null for items which should be discarded
      Returns:
      the list of non-null transformed values
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • find

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> find​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<?> closure)
      Finds the first entry matching the closure condition. If the closure takes two parameters, the entry key and value are passed. If the closure takes one parameter, the Map.Entry object is passed. 
      assert [a:1, b:3].find { it.value == 3 }.key == "b"
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure condition
      Returns:
      the first Object found
      Since:
      1.0

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> findAll​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
      Finds all values matching the closure condition. 
      assert ([2,4] as Set) == ([1,2,3,4] as Set).findAll { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a Set of matching values
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      Finds all values matching the closure condition. 
      assert [2,4] == [1,2,3,4].findAll { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List of matching values
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Finds all values matching the closure condition. 
      assert [2,4] == [1,2,3,4].findAll { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a Collection of matching values
      Since:
      1.5.6

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Finds all elements of the array matching the given Closure condition. 
       def items = [1,2,3,4] as Integer[]
 assert [2,4] == items.findAll { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      condition - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List of matching values
      Since:
      2.0

    • findAll$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll$$bridge​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Deprecated.

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> findAll​(java.util.Set<T> self)
      Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null] as Set
 assert items.findAll() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      Returns:
      a Set of the truthy values
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.findAll() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a List of the truthy values
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Finds the items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.findAll() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      a Collection of the truthy values
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findAll

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> findAll​(T[] self)
      Finds the elements of the array matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null] as Object[]
 assert items.findAll() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      a List of the truthy values
      Since:
      2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findAll$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> findAll$$bridge​(T[] self)
      Deprecated.

    • findAll

      public static java.util.List findAll​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
      Finds all items matching the closure condition.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an Iterator returning its values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List of the values found
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • findAll$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Collection findAll$$bridge​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.

    • findAll

      public static java.util.List findAll​(java.lang.Object self)
      Finds all items matching the IDENTITY Closure (i.e. matching Groovy truth).

      Example: 

       def items = [1, 2, 0, false, true, '', 'foo', [], [4, 5], null]
 assert items.findAll() == [1, 2, true, 'foo', [4, 5]]
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an Iterator returning its values
      Returns:
      a List of the truthy values
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • findAll$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Collection findAll$$bridge​(java.lang.Object self)
      Deprecated.

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object item)
      Returns true if this iterable contains the item.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to be checked for containment
      item - an Object to be checked for containment in this iterable
      Returns:
      true if this iterable contains the item
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Collection.contains(Object)

    • containsAll

      public static boolean containsAll​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object[] items)
      Returns true if this iterable contains all the elements in the specified array.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to be checked for containment
      items - array to be checked for containment in this iterable
      Returns:
      true if this collection contains all the elements in the specified array
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Collection.containsAll(Collection)

    • containsAll

      @Deprecated public static boolean containsAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      containsAll(Iterable, Object[])

    • removeAll

      public static boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
      Modifies this collection by removing its elements that are contained within the specified object array. See also findAll and grep when wanting to produce a new list containing items which don't match some criteria while leaving the original collection unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to be modified
      items - array containing elements to be removed from this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      Collection.removeAll(Collection)

    • retainAll

      public static boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object[] items)
      Modifies this collection so that it retains only its elements that are contained in the specified array. In other words, removes from this collection all of its elements that are not contained in the specified array. See also grep and findAll when wanting to produce a new list containing items which match some specified items but leaving the original collection unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to be modified
      items - array containing elements to be retained from this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      Collection.retainAll(Collection)

    • retainAll

      public static <T> boolean retainAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure condition)
      Modifies this collection so that it retains only its elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition. In other words, removes from this collection all of its elements that don't match. 
      def list = ['a', 'b']
 list.retainAll { it == 'b' }
 assert list == ['b']
      See also findAll and grep when wanting to produce a new list containing items which match some criteria but leaving the original collection unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to be modified
      condition - a closure condition
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      Iterator.remove()

    • retainAll

      public static <K,​ V> boolean retainAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
      Modifies this map so that it retains only its elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition. In other words, removes from this map all of its elements that don't match. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry. Otherwise the closure should take two parameters, which will be the key and the value. 
      def map = [a:1, b:2]
 map.retainAll { k,v -> k == 'b' }
 assert map == [b:2]
      See also findAll when wanting to produce a new map containing items which match some criteria but leaving the original map unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map to be modified
      condition - a 1 or 2 arg Closure condition applying on the entries
      Returns:
      true if this map changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • removeAll

      public static <T> boolean removeAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure condition)
      Modifies this collection by removing the elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition. 
      def list = ['a', 'b']
 list.removeAll { it == 'b' }
 assert list == ['a']
      See also findAll and grep when wanting to produce a new list containing items which match some criteria but leaving the original collection unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to be modified
      condition - a closure condition
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      Iterator.remove()

    • removeAll

      public static <K,​ V> boolean removeAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
      Modifies this map by removing the elements that are matched according to the specified closure condition. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry. Otherwise the closure should take two parameters, which will be the key and the value. 
      def map = [a:1, b:2]
 map.removeAll { k,v -> k == 'b' }
 assert map == [a:1]
      See also findAll when wanting to produce a new map containing items which match some criteria but leaving the original map unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map to be modified
      condition - a 1 or 2 arg Closure condition applying on the entries
      Returns:
      true if this map changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • addAll

      public static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, T[] items)
      Modifies the collection by adding all the elements in the specified array to the collection. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified array is modified while the operation is in progress. See also plus or the '+' operator if wanting to produce a new collection containing additional items but while leaving the original collection unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to be modified
      items - array containing elements to be added to this collection
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      Collection.addAll(Collection)

    • addAll

      public static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, T[] items)
      Modifies this list by inserting all the elements in the specified array into the list at the specified position. Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (increases their indices). The new elements will appear in this list in the order that they occur in the array. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified array is modified while the operation is in progress. See also plus for similar functionality with copy semantics, i.e. which produces a new list after adding the additional items at the specified position but leaves the original list unchanged.
      Parameters:
      self - a list to be modified
      items - array containing elements to be added to this collection
      index - index at which to insert the first element from the specified array
      Returns:
      true if this collection changed as a result of the call
      Since:
      1.7.2
      See Also:
      List.addAll(int, Collection)

    • split

      public static java.util.Collection split​(java.lang.Object self, Closure closure)
      Splits all items into two lists based on the closure condition. The first list contains all items matching the closure expression. The second list all those that don't.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object with an Iterator returning its values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List whose first item is the accepted values and whose second item is the rejected values
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • split

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> split​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition. The first list contains all items which match the closure expression. The second list all those that don't.

      Example usage: 

      assert [[2,4],[1,3]] == [1,2,3,4].split { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection of values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List whose first item is the accepted values and whose second item is the rejected values
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • split

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<java.util.Collection<T>> split​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition. The first list contains all items which match the closure expression. The second list all those that don't.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List whose first item is the accepted values and whose second item is the rejected values
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • split

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> split​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure closure)
      Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition. The first list contains all items which match the closure expression. The second list all those that don't.

      Example usage: 

      assert [[2,4],[1,3]] == [1,2,3,4].split { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a List of values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List whose first item is the accepted values and whose second item is the rejected values
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • split

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.Set<T>> split​(java.util.Set<T> self, Closure closure)
      Splits all items into two collections based on the closure condition. The first list contains all items which match the closure expression. The second list all those that don't.

      Example usage: 

      assert [[2,4] as Set, [1,3] as Set] == ([1,2,3,4] as Set).split { it % 2 == 0 }
      Parameters:
      self - a Set of values
      closure - a closure condition
      Returns:
      a List whose first item is the accepted values and whose second item is the rejected values
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • combinations

      @Deprecated public static java.util.List combinations​(java.util.Collection self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of combinations instead
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      combinations(Iterable)

    • combinations

      public static java.util.List combinations​(java.lang.Iterable self)
      Adds GroovyCollections#combinations(Iterable) as a method on Iterables.

      Example usage: 

       assert [['a', 'b'],[1, 2, 3]].combinations() == [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['a', 2], ['b', 2], ['a', 3], ['b', 3]]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable of collections
      Returns:
      a List of the combinations found
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      GroovyCollections.combinations(java.lang.Iterable)

    • combinations

      public static java.util.List combinations​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure<?> function)
      Adds GroovyCollections#combinations(Iterable, Closure) as a method on collections.

      Example usage: 

      assert [[2, 3],[4, 5, 6]].combinations {x,y -> x*y } == [8, 12, 10, 15, 12, 18]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection of lists
      function - a closure to be called on each combination
      Returns:
      a List of the results of applying the closure to each combination found
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      GroovyCollections.combinations(Iterable)

    • eachCombination

      public static void eachCombination​(java.lang.Iterable self, Closure<?> function)
      Applies a function on each combination of the input lists.

      Example usage: 

      [[2, 3],[4, 5, 6]].eachCombination { println "Found $it" }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection of lists
      function - a closure to be called on each combination
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      GroovyCollections.combinations(Iterable)

    • subsequences

      public static <T> java.util.Set<java.util.List<T>> subsequences​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Finds all non-null subsequences of a list.

      Example usage: 

      def result = [1, 2, 3].subsequences()
 assert result == [[1, 2, 3], [1, 3], [2, 3], [1, 2], [1], [2], [3]] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - the List of items
      Returns:
      the subsequences from the list
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • permutations

      public static <T> java.util.Set<java.util.List<T>> permutations​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Finds all permutations of an iterable.

      Example usage: 

      def result = [1, 2, 3].permutations()
 assert result == [[3, 2, 1], [3, 1, 2], [1, 3, 2], [2, 3, 1], [2, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3]] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable of items
      Returns:
      the permutations from the list
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • permutations

      public static <T,​ V> java.util.List<V> permutations​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<V> function)
      Finds all permutations of an iterable, applies a function to each permutation and collects the result into a list.

      Example usage: 

      Set result = [1, 2, 3].permutations { it.collect { v -> 2*v }}
 assert result == [[6, 4, 2], [6, 2, 4], [2, 6, 4], [4, 6, 2], [4, 2, 6], [2, 4, 6]] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable of items
      function - the function to apply on each permutation
      Returns:
      the list of results of the application of the function on each permutation
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • permutations

      @Deprecated public static <T,​ V> java.util.List<V> permutations​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<V> function)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of permutations instead
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      permutations(Iterable, Closure)

    • eachPermutation

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.Iterator<java.util.List<T>> eachPermutation​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of eachPermutation instead
      Since:
      1.7.0
      See Also:
      eachPermutation(Iterable, Closure)

    • eachPermutation

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<java.util.List<T>> eachPermutation​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Iterates over all permutations of a collection, running a closure for each iteration.

      Example usage: 

      def permutations = []
 [1, 2, 3].eachPermutation{ permutations << it }
 assert permutations == [[1, 2, 3], [1, 3, 2], [2, 1, 3], [2, 3, 1], [3, 1, 2], [3, 2, 1]]
      Parameters:
      self - the Collection of items
      closure - the closure to call for each permutation
      Returns:
      the permutations from the list
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • transpose

      public static java.util.List transpose​(java.util.List self)
      Adds GroovyCollections#transpose(List) as a method on lists. A Transpose Function takes a collection of columns and returns a collection of rows. The first row consists of the first element from each column. Successive rows are constructed similarly.

      Example usage: 

       def result = [['a', 'b'], [1, 2]].transpose()
 assert result == [['a', 1], ['b', 2]]
 
       def result = [['a', 'b'], [1, 2], [3, 4]].transpose()
 assert result == [['a', 1, 3], ['b', 2, 4]]
      Parameters:
      self - a List of lists
      Returns:
      a List of the transposed lists
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      GroovyCollections.transpose(java.util.List)

    • transpose

      public static int[][] transpose​(int[][] self)
      A transpose method for 2D int arrays.

      Example usage: 

       int[][] nums = [[10, 15, 20], [30, 35, 40]]
 int[][] expected = [[10, 30], [15, 35], [20, 40]]
 assert nums.transpose() == expected
      Parameters:
      self - a 2D int array
      Returns:
      the transposed 2D int array
      Since:
      3.0.8

    • transpose

      public static long[][] transpose​(long[][] self)
      A transpose method for 2D long arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - a 2D long array
      Returns:
      the transposed 2D long array
      Since:
      3.0.8

    • transpose

      public static double[][] transpose​(double[][] self)
      A transpose method for 2D double arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - a 2D double array
      Returns:
      the transposed 2D double array
      Since:
      3.0.8

    • findAll

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> findAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Finds all entries matching the closure condition. If the closure takes one parameter then it will be passed the Map.Entry. Otherwise if the closure should take two parameters, which will be the key and the value.

      If the self map is one of TreeMap, LinkedHashMap, Hashtable or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a HashMap will be returned.

      Example usage: 

       def result = [a:1, b:2, c:4, d:5].findAll { it.value % 2 == 0 }
 assert result.every { it instanceof Map.Entry }
 assert result*.key == ["b", "c"]
 assert result*.value == [2, 4]
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure condition applying on the entries
      Returns:
      a new subMap
      Since:
      1.0

    • groupBy

      @Deprecated public static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<K> closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      groupBy(Iterable, Closure)

    • groupBy

      public static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<K> closure)
      Sorts all Iterable members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure. The closure should return the key that this item should be grouped by. The returned LinkedHashMap will have an entry for each distinct key returned from the closure, with each value being a list of items for that group.

      Example usage: 

       assert [0:[2,4,6], 1:[1,3,5]] == [1,2,3,4,5,6].groupBy { it % 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - a collection to group
      closure - a closure mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • groupBy

      public static <K,​ T> java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> groupBy​(T[] self, Closure<K> closure)
      Sorts all array members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure. The closure should return the key that this item should be grouped by. The returned LinkedHashMap will have an entry for each distinct key returned from the closure, with each value being a list of items for that group.

      Example usage: 

       Integer[] items = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
 assert [0:[2,4,6], 1:[1,3,5]] == items.groupBy { it % 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - an array to group
      closure - a closure mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      groupBy(Iterable, Closure)

    • groupBy

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object... closures)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      groupBy(Iterable, Object...)

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.lang.Object... closures)
      Sorts all Iterable members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures. Each closure should return the key that this item should be grouped by. The returned LinkedHashMap will have an entry for each distinct 'key path' returned from the closures, with each value being a list of items for that 'group path'. Example usage: 
      def result = [1,2,3,4,5,6].groupBy({ it % 2 }, { it < 4 })
 assert result == [1:[(true):[1, 3], (false):[5]], 0:[(true):[2], (false):[4, 6]]]
      Another example: 
      def sql = groovy.sql.Sql.newInstance(/* ... */)
 def data = sql.rows("SELECT * FROM a_table").groupBy({ it.column1 }, { it.column2 }, { it.column3 })
 if (data.val1.val2.val3) {
     // there exists a record where:
     //   a_table.column1 == val1
     //   a_table.column2 == val2, and
     //   a_table.column3 == val3
 } else {
     // there is no such record
 }
      If an empty array of closures is supplied the IDENTITY Closure will be used.
      Parameters:
      self - a collection to group
      closures - an array of closures, each mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object... closures)
      Sorts all array members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures as per the Iterable variant of this method.
      Parameters:
      self - an array to group
      closures - an array of closures, each mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      groupBy(Iterable, Object...), Closure.IDENTITY

    • groupBy

      @Deprecated public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.util.Collection self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of groupBy instead
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      groupBy(Iterable, List)

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Iterable self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
      Sorts all Iterable members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures. Each closure should return the key that this item should be grouped by. The returned LinkedHashMap will have an entry for each distinct 'key path' returned from the closures, with each value being a list of items for that 'group path'. Example usage: 
       def result = [1,2,3,4,5,6].groupBy([{ it % 2 }, { it < 4 }])
 assert result == [1:[(true):[1, 3], (false):[5]], 0:[(true):[2], (false):[4, 6]]]
      Another example: 
       def sql = groovy.sql.Sql.newInstance(/* ... */)
 def data = sql.rows("SELECT * FROM a_table").groupBy([{ it.column1 }, { it.column2 }, { it.column3 }])
 if (data.val1.val2.val3) {
     // there exists a record where:
     //   a_table.column1 == val1
     //   a_table.column2 == val2, and
     //   a_table.column3 == val3
 } else {
     // there is no such record
 }
      If an empty list of closures is supplied the IDENTITY Closure will be used.
      Parameters:
      self - a collection to group
      closures - a list of closures, each mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map groupBy​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
      Sorts all array members into (sub)groups determined by the supplied mapping closures as per the list variant of this method.
      Parameters:
      self - an array to group
      closures - a list of closures, each mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY, groupBy(Iterable, List)

    • countBy

      @Deprecated public static <K> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Collection self, Closure<K> closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of countBy instead
      Since:
      1.8.0
      See Also:
      countBy(Iterable, Closure)

    • countBy

      public static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, Closure<K> closure)
      Sorts all collection members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size. The closure should return the key that each item should be grouped by. The returned Map will have an entry for each distinct key returned from the closure, with each value being the frequency of items occurring for that group.

      Example usage: 

      assert [0:2, 1:3] == [1,2,3,4,5].countBy { it % 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - a collection to group and count
      closure - a closure mapping items to the frequency keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys with frequency counts
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • countBy

      public static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(E[] self, Closure<K> closure)
      Sorts all array members into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size. The closure should return the key that each item should be grouped by. The returned Map will have an entry for each distinct key returned from the closure, with each value being the frequency of items occurring for that group.

      Example usage: 

      assert ([1,2,2,2,3] as Object[]).countBy{ it % 2 } == [1:2, 0:3]
      Parameters:
      self - an array to group and count
      closure - a closure mapping items to the frequency keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys with frequency counts
      Since:
      1.8.0
      See Also:
      countBy(Iterator, Closure)

    • countBy

      public static <K,​ E> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, Closure<K> closure)
      Sorts all iterator items into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the group size. The closure should return the key that each item should be grouped by. The returned Map will have an entry for each distinct key returned from the closure, with each value being the frequency of items occurring for that group.

      Example usage: 

      assert [1,2,2,2,3].toSet().iterator().countBy{ it % 2 } == [1:2, 0:1]
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator to group and count
      closure - a closure mapping items to the frequency keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys with frequency counts
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • groupEntriesBy

      public static <G,​ K,​ V> java.util.Map<G,​java.util.List<java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V>>> groupEntriesBy​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<G> closure)
      Groups all map entries into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure. The closure will be passed a Map.Entry or key and value (depending on the number of parameters the closure accepts) and should return the key that each item should be grouped under. The resulting map will have an entry for each 'group' key returned by the closure, with values being the list of map entries that belong to each group. (If instead of a list of map entries, you want an actual map use {code}groupBy{code}.) 
      def result = [a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5,f:6].groupEntriesBy { it.value % 2 }
 assert result[0]*.key == ["b", "d", "f"]
 assert result[1]*.value == [1, 3, 5]
      Parameters:
      self - a map to group
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • groupBy

      public static <G,​ K,​ V> java.util.Map<G,​java.util.Map<K,​V>> groupBy​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<G> closure)
      Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closure. The closure will be passed a Map.Entry or key and value (depending on the number of parameters the closure accepts) and should return the key that each item should be grouped under. The resulting map will have an entry for each 'group' key returned by the closure, with values being the map members from the original map that belong to each group. (If instead of a map, you want a list of map entries use {code}groupEntriesBy{code}.)

      If the self map is one of TreeMap, Hashtable or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a LinkedHashMap will be returned. 

      def result = [a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5,f:6].groupBy { it.value % 2 }
 assert result == [0:[b:2, d:4, f:6], 1:[a:1, c:3, e:5]]
      Parameters:
      self - a map to group
      closure - a closure mapping entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys
      Since:
      1.0

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,​java.util.Map> groupBy​(java.util.Map self, java.lang.Object... closures)
      Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closures. Each closure will be passed a Map.Entry or key and value (depending on the number of parameters the closure accepts) and should return the key that each item should be grouped under. The resulting map will have an entry for each 'group path' returned by all closures, with values being the map members from the original map that belong to each such 'group path'. If the self map is one of TreeMap, Hashtable, or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a LinkedHashMap will be returned. 
      def result = [a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5,f:6].groupBy({ it.value % 2 }, { it.key.next() })
 assert result == [1:[b:[a:1], d:[c:3], f:[e:5]], 0:[c:[b:2], e:[d:4], g:[f:6]]]
      If an empty array of closures is supplied the IDENTITY Closure will be used.
      Parameters:
      self - a map to group
      closures - an array of closures that map entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • groupBy

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,​java.util.Map> groupBy​(java.util.Map self, java.util.List<Closure> closures)
      Groups the members of a map into sub maps determined by the supplied mapping closures. Each closure will be passed a Map.Entry or key and value (depending on the number of parameters the closure accepts) and should return the key that each item should be grouped under. The resulting map will have an entry for each 'group path' returned by all closures, with values being the map members from the original map that belong to each such 'group path'. If the self map is one of TreeMap, Hashtable, or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a LinkedHashMap will be returned. 
      def result = [a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5,f:6].groupBy([{ it.value % 2 }, { it.key.next() }])
 assert result == [1:[b:[a:1], d:[c:3], f:[e:5]], 0:[c:[b:2], e:[d:4], g:[f:6]]]
      If an empty list of closures is supplied the IDENTITY Closure will be used.
      Parameters:
      self - a map to group
      closures - a list of closures that map entries on keys
      Returns:
      a new map grouped by keys on each criterion
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      Closure.IDENTITY

    • countBy

      public static <K,​ U,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​java.lang.Integer> countBy​(java.util.Map<U,​V> self, Closure<K> closure)
      Groups the members of a map into groups determined by the supplied mapping closure and counts the frequency of the created groups. The closure will be passed a Map.Entry or key and value (depending on the number of parameters the closure accepts) and should return the key that each item should be grouped under. The resulting map will have an entry for each 'group' key returned by the closure, with values being the frequency counts for that 'group'. 

      def result = [a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5].countBy { it.value % 2 }
 assert result == [0:2, 1:3]
      Parameters:
      self - a map to group and count
      closure - a closure mapping entries to frequency count keys
      Returns:
      a new Map grouped by keys with frequency counts
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • groupAnswer

      protected static <K,​ T> void groupAnswer​(java.util.Map<K,​java.util.List<T>> answer, T element, K value)
      Groups the current element according to the value
      Parameters:
      answer - the map containing the results
      element - the element to be placed
      value - the value according to which the element will be placed
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • callClosureForMapEntry

      protected static <T,​ K,​ V> T callClosureForMapEntry​(Closure<T> closure, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry)

    • callClosureForLine

      protected static <T> T callClosureForLine​(Closure<T> closure, java.lang.String line, int counter)

    • callClosureForMapEntryAndCounter

      protected static <T,​ K,​ V> T callClosureForMapEntryAndCounter​(Closure<T> closure, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry, int counter)

    • inject

      public static <T,​ V extends T> T inject​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<V> closure)
      Performs the same function as the version of inject that takes an initial value, but uses the head of the Collection as the initial value, and iterates over the tail. 
       assert 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 == [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ].inject { acc, val -> acc * val }
 assert ['b'] == [['a','b'], ['b','c'], ['d','b']].inject { acc, val -> acc.intersect( val ) }
 LinkedHashSet set = [ 't', 'i', 'm' ]
 assert 'tim' == set.inject { a, b -> a + b }
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the collection is empty.
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      inject(Collection, Object, Closure)

    • inject

      public static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T inject​(java.util.Collection<E> self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given Collection, passing in the initial value to the 2-arg closure along with the first item. The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until the entire collection has been used. Also known as foldLeft or reduce in functional parlance. Examples: 
       assert 1*1*2*3*4 == [1,2,3,4].inject(1) { acc, val -> acc * val }

 assert 0+1+2+3+4 == [1,2,3,4].inject(0) { acc, val -> acc + val }

 assert 'The quick brown fox' ==
     ['quick', 'brown', 'fox'].inject('The') { acc, val -> acc + ' ' + val }

 assert 'bat' ==
     ['rat', 'bat', 'cat'].inject('zzz') { min, next -> next < min ? next : min }

 def max = { a, b -> [a, b].max() }
 def animals = ['bat', 'rat', 'cat']
 assert 'rat' == animals.inject('aaa', max)
      Visual representation of the last example above: 
          initVal  animals[0]
       v        v
 max('aaa',   'bat')  =>  'bat'  animals[1]
                            v       v
                      max('bat',  'rat')  =>  'rat'  animals[2]
                                                v       v
                                          max('rat',  'cat')  =>  'rat'
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      initialValue - some initial value
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Since:
      1.0

    • inject

      public static <K,​ V,​ T,​ U extends T,​ W extends T> T inject​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, U initialValue, Closure<W> closure)
      Iterates through the given Map, passing in the initial value to the 2-arg Closure along with the first item (or 3-arg Closure along with the first key and value). The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until the entire collection has been used. Also known as foldLeft or reduce in functional parlance. Examples: 
       def map = [a:1, b:2, c:3]
 assert map.inject([]) { list, k, v ->
   list + [k] * v
 } == ['a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c', 'c']
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      initialValue - some initial value
      closure - a 2 or 3 arg Closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • inject

      public static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T inject​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given Iterator, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item. The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until the Iterator has been expired of values. Also known as foldLeft in functional parlance.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      initialValue - some initial value
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      inject(Collection, Object, Closure)

    • inject

      public static <T,​ V extends T> T inject​(java.lang.Object self, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given Object, passing in the first value to the closure along with the first item. The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until further iteration of the object is not possible. Also known as foldLeft in functional parlance.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the collection is empty.
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      inject(Collection, Object, Closure)

    • inject

      public static <T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T inject​(java.lang.Object self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given Object, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item. The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until further iteration of the object is not possible. Also known as foldLeft in functional parlance.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object
      initialValue - some initial value
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      inject(Collection, Object, Closure)

    • inject

      public static <E,​ T,​ V extends T> T inject​(E[] self, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given array as with inject(Object[],initialValue,closure), but using the first element of the array as the initialValue, and then iterating the remaining elements of the array.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object[]
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty.
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      inject(Object[], Object, Closure)

    • inject

      public static <E,​ T,​ U extends T,​ V extends T> T inject​(E[] self, U initialValue, Closure<V> closure)
      Iterates through the given array, passing in the initial value to the closure along with the first item. The result is passed back (injected) into the closure along with the second item. The new result is injected back into the closure along with the third item and so on until all elements of the array have been used. Also known as foldLeft in functional parlance.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object[]
      initialValue - some initial value
      closure - a closure
      Returns:
      the result of the last closure call
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      inject(Collection, Object, Closure)

    • sum

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of sum instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterable)

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
      Sums the items in an Iterable. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items in the Iterable. 
      assert 1+2+3+4 == [1,2,3,4].sum()
      Parameters:
      self - Iterable of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterator)

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items in the array.
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      1.7.1
      See Also:
      sum(java.util.Iterator)

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<java.lang.Object> self)
      Sums the items from an Iterator. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items from the Iterator. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the sum value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator for the values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sum

      public static byte sum​(byte[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as byte) == ([1,2,3,4] as byte[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static short sum​(short[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as short) == ([1,2,3,4] as short[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static int sum​(int[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert 1+2+3+4 == ([1,2,3,4] as int[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static long sum​(long[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as long) == ([1,2,3,4] as long[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static char sum​(char[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as char) == ([1,2,3,4] as char[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static float sum​(float[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as float) == ([1,2,3,4] as float[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static double sum​(double[] self)
      Sums the items in an array. 
      assert (1+2+3+4 as double) == ([1,2,3,4] as double[]).sum()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to add together
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of sum instead
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterable, Object)

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
      Sums the items in an Iterable, adding the result to some initial value. 
       assert 5+1+2+3+4 == [1,2,3,4].sum(5)
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the collection will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterator, Object)

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • sum

      public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.lang.Object initialValue)
      Sums the items from an Iterator, adding the result to some initial value. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items from the Iterator. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the sum value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator for the values to add together
      initialValue - the items in the collection will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sum

      public static byte sum​(byte[] self, byte initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as byte) == ([1,2,3,4] as byte[]).sum(5 as byte)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static short sum​(short[] self, short initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as short) == ([1,2,3,4] as short[]).sum(5 as short)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static int sum​(int[] self, int initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert 5+1+2+3+4 == ([1,2,3,4] as int[]).sum(5)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static long sum​(long[] self, long initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as long) == ([1,2,3,4] as long[]).sum(5)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static char sum​(char[] self, char initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as char) == ([1,2,3,4] as char[]).sum(5 as char)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static float sum​(float[] self, float initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as float) == ([1,2,3,4] as float[]).sum(5)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all of the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      public static double sum​(double[] self, double initialValue)
      Sums the items in an array, adding the result to some initial value. 
      assert (5+1+2+3+4 as double) == ([1,2,3,4] as double[]).sum(5)
      Parameters:
      self - an array of values to sum
      initialValue - the items in the array will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of all of the items.
      Since:
      2.4.2

    • sum

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of sum instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterable, Closure)

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable. coll.sum(closure) is equivalent to: coll.collect(closure).sum(). 
      assert 4+6+10+12 == [2,3,5,6].sum { it * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the Iterable.
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an array. array.sum(closure) is equivalent to: array.collect(closure).sum().
      Parameters:
      self - An array
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the array.
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item returned from an iterator. iter.sum(closure) is equivalent to: iter.collect(closure).sum(). The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the sum value.
      Parameters:
      self - An Iterator
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item from the Iterator.
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • sum

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of sum instead
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      sum(Iterable, Object, Closure)

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable to some initial value. iter.sum(initVal, closure) is equivalent to: iter.collect(closure).sum(initVal). 
      assert 50+4+6+10+12 == [2,3,5,6].sum(50) { it * 2 }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      initialValue - the closure results will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the collection.
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(T[] self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an array to some initial value. array.sum(initVal, closure) is equivalent to: array.collect(closure).sum(initVal).
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      initialValue - the closure results will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the array.
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • sum

      public static <T> java.lang.Object sum​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.lang.Object initialValue, Closure closure)
      Sums the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterator to some initial value. iter.sum(initVal, closure) is equivalent to: iter.collect(closure).sum(initVal). The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the sum value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      initialValue - the closure results will be summed to this initial value
      Returns:
      The sum of the values returned by applying the closure to each item from the Iterator.
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • average

      public static java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
      Averages the items in an Iterable. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items in the Iterable and then dividing by the total count using the "div" method for the resulting sum. 
       assert 3 == [1, 2, 6].average()
      Parameters:
      self - Iterable of values to average
      Returns:
      The average of all the items
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      average(Iterator)

    • average

      public static java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Averages the items in an array. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items in the array and then dividing by the total count using the "div" method for the resulting sum. 
       assert 3 == ([1, 2, 6] as Integer[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to average
      Returns:
      The average of all the items
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      sum(java.lang.Object[])

    • average

      public static java.lang.Object average​(java.util.Iterator<?> self)
      Averages the items from an Iterator. This is equivalent to invoking the "plus" method on all items in the array and then dividing by the total count using the "div" method for the resulting sum. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the average value. While most frequently used with aggregates of numbers, average will work with any class supporting plus and div, e.g.: 
       class Stars {
     int numStars = 0
     String toString() {
         '*' * numStars
     }
     Stars plus(Stars other) {
         new Stars(numStars: numStars + other.numStars)
     }
     Stars div(Number divisor) {
         int newSize = numStars.intdiv(divisor)
         new Stars(numStars: newSize)
     }
 }

 def stars = [new Stars(numStars: 1), new Stars(numStars: 3)]
 assert stars*.toString() == ['*', '***']
 assert stars.average().toString() == '**'
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator for the values to average
      Returns:
      The average of all the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static java.math.BigDecimal average​(byte[] self)
      Calculates the average of the bytes in the array. 
      assert 5.0G == ([2,4,6,8] as byte[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static java.math.BigDecimal average​(short[] self)
      Calculates the average of the shorts in the array. 
      assert 5.0G == ([2,4,6,8] as short[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static java.math.BigDecimal average​(int[] self)
      Calculates the average of the ints in the array. 
      assert 5.0G == ([2,4,6,8] as int[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static java.math.BigDecimal average​(long[] self)
      Calculates the average of the longs in the array. 
      assert 5.0G == ([2,4,6,8] as long[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static double average​(float[] self)
      Calculates the average of the floats in the array. 
      assert 5.0d == ([2,4,6,8] as float[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static double average​(double[] self)
      Calculates the average of the doubles in the array. 
      assert 5.0d == ([2,4,6,8] as double[]).average()
      Parameters:
      self - The array of values to calculate the average of
      Returns:
      The average of the items
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static <T> java.lang.Object average​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Averages the result of applying a closure to each item of an Iterable. iter.average(closure) is equivalent to: iter.collect(closure).average(). 
       assert 20 == [1, 3].average { it * 10 }
 assert 3 == ['to', 'from'].average { it.size() }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The average of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the Iterable.
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static <T> java.lang.Object average​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Averages the result of applying a closure to each item of an array. array.average(closure) is equivalent to: array.collect(closure).average(). 
       def (nums, strings) = [[1, 3] as Integer[], ['to', 'from'] as String[]]
 assert 20 == nums.average { it * 10 }
 assert 3 == strings.average { it.size() }
 assert 3 == strings.average (String::size)
      Parameters:
      self - An array
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The average of the values returned by applying the closure to each item of the array.
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • average

      public static <T> java.lang.Object average​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Averages the result of applying a closure to each item returned from an iterator. iter.average(closure) is equivalent to: iter.collect(closure).average(). The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the average value.
      Parameters:
      self - An Iterator
      closure - a single parameter closure that returns a (typically) numeric value.
      Returns:
      The average of the values returned by applying the closure to each item from the Iterator.
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • join

      @Deprecated public static java.lang.String join​(java.util.Collection self, java.lang.String separator)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of join instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      join(Iterable, String)

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(java.util.Iterator<?> self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the toString() representation of each item from the iterator, with the given String as a separator between each item. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the resulting conjoined value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator of items
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the toString() representation of each item in this Iterable, with the given String as a separator between each item. 
      assert "1, 2, 3" == [1,2,3].join(", ")
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable of objects
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      1.0

    • join

      public static <T> java.lang.String join​(T[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the toString() representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of Object
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      1.0

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(boolean[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of boolean
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(byte[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of byte
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(char[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of char
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(double[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of double
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(float[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of float
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(int[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of int
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(long[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of long
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • join

      public static java.lang.String join​(short[] self, java.lang.String separator)
      Concatenates the string representation of each item in this array, with the given String as a separator between each item.
      Parameters:
      self - an array of short
      separator - a String separator
      Returns:
      the joined String
      Since:
      2.4.1

    • min

      @Deprecated public static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of min instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterable)

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Adds min() method to Collection objects. 
      assert 2 == [4,2,5].min()
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterator)

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Adds min() method to Iterator objects. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the minimum value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      min(Iterable)

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(T[] self)
      Adds min() method to Object arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      min(Iterator)

    • min

      @Deprecated public static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of min instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterable, Comparator)

    • min

      public static int min​(int[] self)
      Adds min() method to int arrays.

      Example usage: 

       int[] nums = [10, 20, 30]
 assert 10 == nums.min()
      Parameters:
      self - an int array
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      min(Object[])

    • min

      public static long min​(long[] self)
      Adds min() method to long arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - a long array
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      min(Object[])

    • min

      public static double min​(double[] self)
      Adds min() method to double arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - a double array
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      min(Object[])

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the minimum value found in the Iterable using the given comparator. 
      assert "hi" == ["hello","hi","hey"].min( { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() } as Comparator )
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the minimum value or null for an empty Iterable
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterator, java.util.Comparator)

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the minimum value found from the Iterator using the given comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the minimum value found from the Object array using the given comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      min(Iterator, java.util.Comparator)

    • min

      @Deprecated public static <T> T min​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of min instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterable, Closure)

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Selects the item in the iterable which when passed as a parameter to the supplied closure returns the minimum value. A null return value represents the least possible return value. If more than one item has the minimum value, an arbitrary choice is made between the items having the minimum value.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

       assert "hi" == ["hello","hi","hey"].min { it.length() }
 
       def lastDigit = { a, b -> a % 10 <=> b % 10 }
 assert [19, 55, 91].min(lastDigit) == 91
 
       def pets = ['dog', 'cat', 'anaconda']
 def shortestName = pets.min{ it.size() } // one of 'dog' or 'cat'
 assert shortestName.size() == 3
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      an item from the Iterable having the minimum value returned by calling the supplied closure with that item as parameter or null for an empty Iterable
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      min(Iterator)

    • min

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> min​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Selects an entry in the map having the minimum calculated value as determined by the supplied closure. If more than one entry has the minimum value, an arbitrary choice is made between the entries having the minimum value.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

       def zoo = [monkeys:6, lions:5, tigers:7]
 def leastCommonEntry = zoo.min{ it.value }
 assert leastCommonEntry.value == 5
 def mostCommonEntry = zoo.min{ a, b -> b.value <=> a.value } // double negative!
 assert mostCommonEntry.value == 7
      Edge case for multiple min values: 
       def zoo = [monkeys:6, lions:5, tigers:7]
 def lastCharOfName = { e -> e.key[-1] }
 def ans = zoo.min(lastCharOfName) // some random entry
 assert lastCharOfName(ans) == 's'
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the Map.Entry having the minimum value as determined by the closure
      Since:
      1.7.6

    • max

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> max​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Selects an entry in the map having the maximum calculated value as determined by the supplied closure. If more than one entry has the maximum value, an arbitrary choice is made between the entries having the maximum value.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. An example: 

       def zoo = [monkeys:6, lions:5, tigers:7]
 def mostCommonEntry = zoo.max{ it.value }
 assert mostCommonEntry.value == 7
 def leastCommonEntry = zoo.max{ a, b -> b.value <=> a.value } // double negative!
 assert leastCommonEntry.value == 5
      Edge case for multiple max values: 
       def zoo = [monkeys:6, lions:5, tigers:7]
 def lengthOfNamePlusNumber = { e -> e.key.size() + e.value }
 def ans = zoo.max(lengthOfNamePlusNumber) // one of [monkeys:6, tigers:7]
 assert lengthOfNamePlusNumber(ans) == 13
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the Map.Entry having the maximum value as determined by the closure
      Since:
      1.7.6

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Selects the minimum value found from the Iterator using the closure to determine the correct ordering. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after this operation.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • min

      public static <T> T min​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Selects the minimum value found from the Object array using the closure to determine the correct ordering.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - an array
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the minimum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      min(Iterator, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • max

      @Deprecated public static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of max instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      max(Iterable)

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Adds max() method to Iterable objects. 
       assert 5 == [2,3,1,5,4].max()
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      max(Iterator)

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Adds max() method to Iterator objects. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the maximum value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(T[] self)
      Adds max() method to Object arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      max(Iterator)

    • max

      @Deprecated public static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure closure)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of max instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      max(Iterable, Closure)

    • max

      public static int max​(int[] self)
      Adds max() method to int arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an int array
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      max(Object[])

    • max

      public static long max​(long[] self)
      Adds max() method to long arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - a long array
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      max(Object[])

    • max

      public static double max​(double[] self)
      Adds max() method to double arrays.

      Example usage: 

       double[] nums = [1.1d, 2.2d, 3.3d]
 assert 3.3d == nums.max()
      Parameters:
      self - a double array
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      max(Object[])

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Selects the item in the iterable which when passed as a parameter to the supplied closure returns the maximum value. A null return value represents the least possible return value, so any item for which the supplied closure returns null, won't be selected (unless all items return null). If more than one item has the maximum value, an arbitrary choice is made between the items having the maximum value.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

      assert "hello" == ["hello","hi","hey"].max { it.length() }
      assert "hello" == ["hello","hi","hey"].max { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() }
       def pets = ['dog', 'elephant', 'anaconda']
 def longestName = pets.max{ it.size() } // one of 'elephant' or 'anaconda'
 assert longestName.size() == 8
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      an item from the Iterable having the maximum value returned by calling the supplied closure with that item as parameter or null for an empty Iterable
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Selects the maximum value found from the Iterator using the closure to determine the correct ordering. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after this operation.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Selects the maximum value found from the Object array using the closure to determine the correct ordering.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - an array
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      max(Iterator, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • max

      @Deprecated public static <T> T max​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of max instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      max(Iterable, Comparator)

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the maximum value found in the Iterable using the given comparator. 
       assert "hello" == ["hello","hi","hey"].max( { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() } as Comparator )
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the maximum value or null for an empty Iterable
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      max(Iterator, Comparator)

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the maximum value found from the Iterator using the given comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • max

      public static <T> T max​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Selects the maximum value found from the Object array using the given comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the maximum value
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      max(Iterator, Comparator)

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(java.util.Collection self)
      Returns indices of the collection.

      Example: 

       assert 0..2 == [5, 6, 7].indices
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      Returns:
      an index range
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • getIndices

      public static <T> IntRange getIndices​(T[] self)
      Returns indices of the array.

      Example: 

       String[] letters = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
 assert 0..<4 == letters.indices
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      an index range
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(boolean[] self)
      Returns indices of the boolean array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(byte[] self)
      Returns indices of the byte array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(char[] self)
      Returns indices of the char array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(double[] self)
      Returns indices of the double array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(float[] self)
      Returns indices of the float array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(int[] self)
      Returns indices of the int array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(long[] self)
      Returns indices of the long array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • getIndices

      public static IntRange getIndices​(short[] self)
      Returns indices of the short array.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      getIndices(Object[])

    • size

      public static int size​(java.util.Iterator self)
      Provide the standard Groovy size() method for Iterator. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the size value.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      the length of the Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • size

      public static int size​(java.lang.Iterable self)
      Provide the standard Groovy size() method for Iterable. 
       def items = [1, 2, 3]
 def iterable = { [ hasNext:{ !items.isEmpty() }, next:{ items.pop() } ] as Iterator } as Iterable
 assert iterable.size() == 3
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the length of the Iterable
      Since:
      2.3.8

    • size

      public static int size​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Provide the standard Groovy size() method for an array.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array of objects
      Returns:
      the size (length) of the Array
      Since:
      1.0

    • isEmpty

      public static boolean isEmpty​(java.lang.Iterable self)
      Check whether an Iterable has elements 
       def items = [1]
 def iterable = { [ hasNext:{ !items.isEmpty() }, next:{ items.pop() } ] as Iterator } as Iterable
 assert !iterable.isEmpty()
 iterable.iterator().next()
 assert iterable.isEmpty()
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      true if the iterable has no elements, false otherwise
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, Range range)
      Support the range subscript operator for a List. 
      def list = [1, "a", 4.5, true]
 assert list[1..2] == ["a", 4.5]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - a Range indicating the items to get
      Returns:
      a new list instance based on range borders
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, java.util.Collection indices)
      Select a List of items from an eager or lazy List using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected. 
      def list = [].withDefault { 42 }
 assert list[1,0,2] == [42, 42, 42]
      Parameters:
      self - a ListWithDefault
      indices - a Collection of indices
      Returns:
      a new eager or lazy list of the values at the given indices

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, Range range)
      Support the range subscript operator for an eager or lazy List. 
      def list = [].withDefault { 42 }
 assert list[1..2] == [null, 42]
      Parameters:
      self - a ListWithDefault
      range - a Range indicating the items to get
      Returns:
      a new eager or lazy list instance based on range borders

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(ListWithDefault<T> self, EmptyRange range)
      Support the range subscript operator for an eager or lazy List. 
       def list = [true, 1, 3.4].withDefault{ 42 }
 assert list[0..<0] == []
      Parameters:
      self - a ListWithDefault
      range - a Range indicating the items to get
      Returns:
      a new list instance based on range borders

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, EmptyRange range)
      Support the range subscript operator for a List. 
       def list = [true, 1, 3.4]
 assert list[0..<0] == []
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - a Range indicating the items to get
      Returns:
      a new list instance based on range borders
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Collection indices)
      Select a List of items from a List using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected. 
      def list = [true, 1, 3.4, false]
 assert list[1,0,2] == [1, true, 3.4]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      indices - a Collection of indices
      Returns:
      a new list of the values at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] self, java.util.Collection indices)
      Select a List of items from an array using a Collection to identify the indices to be selected.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      indices - a Collection of indices
      Returns:
      a new list of the values at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • subMap

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> subMap​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, java.util.Collection<K> keys)
      Creates a sub-Map containing the given keys. This method is similar to List.subList() but uses keys rather than index ranges. 
      assert [1:10, 2:20, 4:40].subMap( [2, 4] ) == [2:20, 4:40]
      Parameters:
      map - a Map
      keys - a Collection of keys
      Returns:
      a new Map containing the given keys
      Since:
      1.0

    • subMap

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> subMap​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, K[] keys)
      Creates a sub-Map containing the given keys. This method is similar to List.subList() but uses keys rather than index ranges. The original map is unaltered. 
       def orig = [1:10, 2:20, 3:30, 4:40]
 assert orig.subMap([1, 3] as int[]) == [1:10, 3:30]
 assert orig.subMap([2, 4] as Integer[]) == [2:20, 4:40]
 assert orig.size() == 4
      Parameters:
      map - a Map
      keys - an array of keys
      Returns:
      a new Map containing the given keys
      Since:
      2.1.0

    • get

      public static <K,​ V> V get​(java.util.Map<K,​V> map, K key, V defaultValue)
      Looks up an item in a Map for the given key and returns the value - unless there is no entry for the given key in which case add the default value to the map and return that. 
      def map=[:]
 map.get("a", []) << 5
 assert map == [a:[5]]
      Parameters:
      map - a Map
      key - the key to lookup the value of
      defaultValue - the value to return and add to the map for this key if there is no entry for the given key
      Returns:
      the value of the given key or the default value, added to the map if the key did not exist
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, Range range)
      Support the range subscript operator for an Array
      Parameters:
      array - an Array of Objects
      range - a Range
      Returns:
      a range of a list from the range's from index up to but not including the range's to value
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, IntRange range)
      Parameters:
      array - an Array of Objects
      range - an IntRange
      Returns:
      a range of a list from the range's from index up to but not including the range's to value
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, EmptyRange range)
      Parameters:
      array - an Array of Objects
      range - an EmptyRange
      Returns:
      an empty Range
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> getAt​(T[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Parameters:
      array - an Array of Objects
      range - an ObjectRange
      Returns:
      a range of a list from the range's from index up to but not including the range's to value
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toList​(T[] array)
      Allows conversion of arrays into a mutable List.
      Parameters:
      array - an Array of Objects
      Returns:
      the array as a List
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> T getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, int idx)
      Support the subscript operator for a List. 
      def list = [2, "a", 5.3]
 assert list[1] == "a"
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      idx - an index
      Returns:
      the value at the given index
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static <T> T getAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number idx)
      Support subscript operator for list access.

    • getAt

      public static <T> T getAt​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int idx)
      Support the subscript operator for an Iterator. The iterator will be partially exhausted up until the idx entry after returning if a +ve or 0 idx is used, or fully exhausted if a -ve idx is used or no corresponding entry was found. Typical usage: 
       def iter = [2, "a", 5.3].iterator()
 assert iter[1] == "a"
      A more elaborate example: 
       def items = [2, "a", 5.3]
 def iter = items.iterator()
 assert iter[-1] == 5.3
 // iter exhausted, so reset
 iter = items.iterator()
 assert iter[1] == "a"
 // iter partially exhausted so now idx starts after "a"
 assert iter[0] == 5.3
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      idx - an index value (-self.size() <= idx < self.size())
      Returns:
      the value at the given index (after normalisation) or null if no corresponding value was found
      Since:
      1.7.2

    • getAt

      public static <T> T getAt​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int idx)
      Support the subscript operator for an Iterable. Typical usage: 
       // custom Iterable example:
 class MyIterable implements Iterable {
   Iterator iterator() { [1, 2, 3].iterator() }
 }
 def myIterable = new MyIterable()
 assert myIterable[1] == 2

 // Set example:
 def set = [1,2,3] as LinkedHashSet
 assert set[1] == 2
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      idx - an index value (-self.size() <= idx < self.size()) but using -ve index values will be inefficient
      Returns:
      the value at the given index (after normalisation) or null if no corresponding value was found
      Since:
      2.1.0

    • putAt

      public static <T> void putAt​(java.util.List<T> self, int idx, T value)
      A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators. 
      def list = [2, 3]
 list[0] = 1
 assert list == [1, 3]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      idx - an index
      value - the value to put at the given index
      Since:
      1.0

    • putAt

      public static <T> void putAt​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number idx, T value)
      Support subscript operator for list modification.

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, EmptyRange range, java.lang.Object value)
      A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators. 
       def list = ["a", true]
 list[1..<1] = 5
 assert list == ["a", 5, true]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - the (in this case empty) subset of the list to set
      value - the values to put at the given sublist or a Collection of values
      Since:
      1.0

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, EmptyRange range, java.util.Collection value)
      A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators. 
       def list = ["a", true]
 list[1..<1] = [4, 3, 2]
 assert list == ["a", 4, 3, 2, true]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - the (in this case empty) subset of the list to set
      value - the Collection of values
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      putAt(java.util.List, groovy.lang.EmptyRange, java.lang.Object)

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, IntRange range, java.util.Collection col)
      List subscript assignment operator when given a range as the index and the assignment operand is a collection. Example: 
      def myList = [4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 8, 10]
 myList[3..5] = ["a", true]
 assert myList == [4, 3, 5, "a", true, 10]
      Items in the given range are replaced with items from the collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - the subset of the list to set
      col - the collection of values to put at the given sublist
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, IntRange range, java.lang.Object value)
      List subscript assignment operator when given a range as the index. Example: 
      def myList = [4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 8, 10]
 myList[3..5] = "b"
 assert myList == [4, 3, 5, "b", 10]
      Items in the given range are replaced with the operand. The value operand is always treated as a single value.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      range - the subset of the list to set
      value - the value to put at the given sublist
      Since:
      1.0

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice, java.util.List values)
      A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators. 
      def list = ["a", true, 42, 9.4]
 list[1, 4] = ["x", false]
 assert list == ["a", "x", 42, 9.4, false]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      splice - the subset of the list to set
      values - the value to put at the given sublist
      Since:
      1.0

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice, java.lang.Object value)
      A helper method to allow lists to work with subscript operators. 
      def list = ["a", true, 42, 9.4]
 list[1, 3] = 5
 assert list == ["a", 5, 42, 5]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      splice - the subset of the list to set
      value - the value to put at the given sublist
      Since:
      1.0

    • getSubList

      @Deprecated protected static java.util.List getSubList​(java.util.List self, java.util.List splice)
      Deprecated.

    • getAt

      public static <K,​ V> V getAt​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.lang.Object key)
      Support the subscript operator for a Map. 
      def map = [a:10]
 assert map["a"] == 10
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      key - an Object as a key for the map
      Returns:
      the value corresponding to the given key
      Since:
      1.0

    • plus

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> plus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> left, java.util.Map<K,​V> right)
      Returns a new Map containing all entries from left and right, giving precedence to right. Any keys appearing in both Maps will appear in the resultant map with values from the right operand. If the left map is one of TreeMap, LinkedHashMap, Hashtable or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a HashMap will be returned.

      Roughly equivalent to Map m = new HashMap(); m.putAll(left); m.putAll(right); return m; but with some additional logic to preserve the left Map type for common cases as described above. 

       assert [a:10, b:20] + [a:5, c:7] == [a:5, b:20, c:7]
      Parameters:
      left - a Map
      right - a Map
      Returns:
      a new Map containing all entries from left and right
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • putAt

      public static <K,​ V> V putAt​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, K key, V value)
      A helper method to allow maps to work with subscript operators
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      key - an Object as a key for the map
      value - the value to put into the map
      Returns:
      the value corresponding to the given key
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List getAt​(java.util.Collection coll, java.lang.String property)
      Support the subscript operator for Collection. 
       assert [String, Long, Integer] == ["a",5L,2]["class"]
      Parameters:
      coll - a Collection
      property - a String
      Returns:
      a List
      Since:
      1.0

    • asImmutable

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asImmutable​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable Map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asImmutable(java.util.List), asUnmodifiable(java.util.Map)

    • asImmutable

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asImmutable​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable SortedMap.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedMap
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asImmutable(java.util.List), asUnmodifiable(java.util.SortedMap)

    • asImmutable

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> asImmutable​(java.util.List<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable List. 
       def mutable = [1,2,3]
 def immutable = mutable.asImmutable()
 try {
     immutable << 4
     assert false
 } catch (UnsupportedOperationException) {
     assert true
 }
 mutable << 4
 assert mutable.size() == 4
 assert immutable.size() == 3
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asImmutable

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> asImmutable​(java.util.Set<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable Set.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asImmutable(java.util.List), asUnmodifiable(java.util.Set)

    • asImmutable

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asImmutable​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable SortedSet.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asImmutable(java.util.List), asUnmodifiable(java.util.SortedSet)

    • asImmutable

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asImmutable​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating an immutable Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of a copy of the original, i.e. an effectively immutable copy
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      asImmutable(java.util.List), asUnmodifiable(java.util.Collection)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a Map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the Map
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableMap(java.util.Map), asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a SortedMap.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedMap
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the SortedMap
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableSortedMap(java.util.SortedMap), asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a List. 
       def mutable = [1,2,3]
 def unmodifiable = mutable.asUnmodifiable()
 try {
     unmodifiable << 4
     assert false
 } catch (UnsupportedOperationException) {
     assert true
 }
 mutable << 4
 assert unmodifiable.size() == 4
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the List
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableList(java.util.List)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Set<T> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a Set.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the Set
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableSet(java.util.Set), asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a SortedSet.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the SortedSet
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableSortedSet(java.util.SortedSet), asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asUnmodifiable

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asUnmodifiable​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Creates an unmodifiable view of a Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      an unmodifiable view of the Collection
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      Collections.unmodifiableCollection(java.util.Collection), asUnmodifiable(java.util.List)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> asSynchronized​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized Map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      Returns:
      a synchronized Map
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedMap(java.util.Map)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> asSynchronized​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized SortedMap.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedMap
      Returns:
      a synchronized SortedMap
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedSortedMap(java.util.SortedMap)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      a synchronized Collection
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedCollection(java.util.Collection)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.List<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized List.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a synchronized List
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedList(java.util.List)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.Set<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized Set.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      Returns:
      a synchronized Set
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedSet(java.util.Set)

    • asSynchronized

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> asSynchronized​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      A convenience method for creating a synchronized SortedSet.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      Returns:
      a synchronized SortedSet
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Collections.synchronizedSortedSet(java.util.SortedSet)

    • spread

      public static SpreadMap spread​(java.util.Map self)
      Synonym for toSpreadMap(java.util.Map).
      Parameters:
      self - a map
      Returns:
      a newly created SpreadMap
      Since:
      1.0

    • toSpreadMap

      public static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.util.Map self)
      Returns a new SpreadMap from this map.

      The example below shows the various possible use cases: 

       def fn(Map m) { return m.a + m.b + m.c + m.d }

 assert fn(a:1, b:2, c:3, d:4) == 10
 assert fn(a:1, *:[b:2, c:3], d:4) == 10
 assert fn([a:1, b:2, c:3, d:4].toSpreadMap()) == 10
 assert fn((['a', 1, 'b', 2, 'c', 3, 'd', 4] as Object[]).toSpreadMap()) == 10
 assert fn(['a', 1, 'b', 2, 'c', 3, 'd', 4].toSpreadMap()) == 10
 assert fn(['abcd'.toList(), 1..4].transpose().flatten().toSpreadMap()) == 10
      Note that toSpreadMap() is not normally used explicitly but under the covers by Groovy.
      Parameters:
      self - a map to be converted into a SpreadMap
      Returns:
      a newly created SpreadMap if this map is not null and its size is positive.
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      SpreadMap(java.util.Map)

    • toSpreadMap

      public static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Creates a spreadable map from this array.

      Parameters:
      self - an object array
      Returns:
      a newly created SpreadMap
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      SpreadMap(java.lang.Object[]), toSpreadMap(java.util.Map)

    • toSpreadMap

      public static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.util.List self)
      Creates a spreadable map from this list.

      Parameters:
      self - a list
      Returns:
      a newly created SpreadMap
      Since:
      1.8.0
      See Also:
      SpreadMap(java.util.List), toSpreadMap(java.util.Map)

    • toSpreadMap

      public static SpreadMap toSpreadMap​(java.lang.Iterable self)
      Creates a spreadable map from this iterable.

      Parameters:
      self - an iterable
      Returns:
      a newly created SpreadMap
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      SpreadMap(java.util.List), toSpreadMap(java.util.Map)

    • withDefault

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> withDefault​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure<V> init)
      Wraps a map using the decorator pattern with a wrapper that intercepts all calls to get(key). If an unknown key is found, a default value will be stored into the Map before being returned. The default value stored will be the result of calling the supplied Closure with the key as the parameter to the Closure. Example usage: 
       def map = [a:1, b:2].withDefault{ k -> k.toCharacter().isLowerCase() ? 10 : -10 }
 def expected = [a:1, b:2, c:10, D:-10]
 assert expected.every{ e -> e.value == map[e.key] }

 def constMap = [:].withDefault{ 42 }
 assert constMap.foo == 42
 assert constMap.size() == 1
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      init - a Closure which is passed the unknown key
      Returns:
      the wrapped Map
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • withDefault

      public static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      An alias for withLazyDefault which decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with index values outside the normal list bounds.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      init - a Closure with the target index as parameter which generates the default value
      Returns:
      the decorated List
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      withLazyDefault(java.util.List, groovy.lang.Closure), withEagerDefault(java.util.List, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • withDefault$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> withDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      Deprecated.

    • withLazyDefault

      public static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withLazyDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      Decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with a non-existent index value. When called with such values, the list is grown in size and a default value is placed in the list by calling a supplied init Closure. Subsequent retrieval operations if finding a null value in the list assume it was set as null from an earlier growing operation and again call the init Closure to populate the retrieved value; consequently the list can't be used to store null values.

      How it works: The decorated list intercepts all calls to getAt(index) and get(index). If an index greater than or equal to the current size() is used, the list will grow automatically up to the specified index. Gaps will be filled by null. If a default value should also be used to fill gaps instead of null, use withEagerDefault. If getAt(index) or get(index) are called and a null value is found, it is assumed that the null value was a consequence of an earlier grow list operation and the init Closure is called to populate the value.

      Example usage: 

       def list = [0, 1].withLazyDefault{ 42 }
 assert list[0] == 0
 assert list[1] == 1
 assert list[3] == 42   // default value
 assert list == [0, 1, null, 42] // gap filled with null

 // illustrate using the index when generating default values
 def list2 = [5].withLazyDefault{ index -> index * index }
 assert list2[3] == 9
 assert list2 == [5, null, null, 9]
 assert list2[2] == 4
 assert list2 == [5, null, 4, 9]

 // illustrate what happens with null values
 list2[2] = null
 assert list2[2] == 4
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      init - a Closure with the target index as parameter which generates the default value
      Returns:
      the decorated List
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • withLazyDefault$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> withLazyDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      Deprecated.

    • withEagerDefault

      public static <T> ListWithDefault<T> withEagerDefault​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      Decorates a list allowing it to grow when called with a non-existent index value. When called with such values, the list is grown in size and a default value is placed in the list by calling a supplied init Closure. Null values can be stored in the list.

      How it works: The decorated list intercepts all calls to getAt(index) and get(index). If an index greater than or equal to the current size() is used, the list will grow automatically up to the specified index. Gaps will be filled by calling the init Closure. If generating a default value is a costly operation consider using withLazyDefault.

      Example usage: 

       def list = [0, 1].withEagerDefault{ 42 }
 assert list[0] == 0
 assert list[1] == 1
 assert list[3] == 42   // default value
 assert list == [0, 1, 42, 42]   // gap filled with default value

 // illustrate using the index when generating default values
 def list2 = [5].withEagerDefault{ index -> index * index }
 assert list2[3] == 9
 assert list2 == [5, 1, 4, 9]

 // illustrate what happens with null values
 list2[2] = null
 assert list2[2] == null
 assert list2 == [5, 1, null, 9]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      init - a Closure with the target index as parameter which generates the default value
      Returns:
      the wrapped List
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • withEagerDefault$$bridge

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> withEagerDefault$$bridge​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure<T> init)
      Deprecated.

    • withIndex

      public static <E> java.util.List<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self)
      Zips an Iterable with indices in (value, index) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [["a", 0], ["b", 1]] == ["a", "b"].withIndex()
 assert ["0: a", "1: b"] == ["a", "b"].withIndex().collect { str, idx -> "$idx: $str" }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a zipped list with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterable)

    • indexed

      public static <E> java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​E> indexed​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self)
      Zips an Iterable with indices in (index, value) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [0: "a", 1: "b"] == ["a", "b"].indexed()
 assert ["0: a", "1: b"] == ["a", "b"].indexed().collect { idx, str -> "$idx: $str" }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a zipped map with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      withIndex(Iterable)

    • withIndex

      public static <E> java.util.List<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, int offset)
      Zips an Iterable with indices in (value, index) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [["a", 5], ["b", 6]] == ["a", "b"].withIndex(5)
 assert ["1: a", "2: b"] == ["a", "b"].withIndex(1).collect { str, idx -> "$idx: $str" }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a zipped list with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterable, int)

    • indexed

      public static <E> java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​E> indexed​(java.lang.Iterable<E> self, int offset)
      Zips an Iterable with indices in (index, value) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [5: "a", 6: "b"] == ["a", "b"].indexed(5)
 assert ["1: a", "2: b"] == ["a", "b"].indexed(1).collect { idx, str -> "$idx: $str" }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a Map (since the keys/indices are unique) containing the elements from the iterable zipped with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      withIndex(Iterable, int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Integer> indexed​(int[] self)
      Zips an int[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(int[], int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Integer> indexed​(int[] self, int offset)
      Zips an int[] with indices in (index, value) order.

      Example usage: 

       int[] nums = [10, 20, 30]
 assert [5: 10, 6: 20, 7: 30] == nums.indexed(5)
 assert ["1: 10", "2: 20", "3: 30"] == nums.indexed(1).collect { idx, str -> "$idx: $str" }
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a Map (since the keys/indices are unique) containing the elements from the iterable zipped with indices
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterable, int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Long> indexed​(long[] self)
      Zips a long[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(long[], int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Long> indexed​(long[] self, int offset)
      Zips a long[] with indices in (index, value) order.
      Parameters:
      self - a long[]
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a Map (since the keys/indices are unique) containing the elements from the iterable zipped with indices
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterable, int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Double> indexed​(double[] self)
      Zips a double[] with indices in (index, value) order starting from index 0.
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(double[], int)

    • indexed

      public static java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,​java.lang.Double> indexed​(double[] self, int offset)
      Zips a double[] with indices in (index, value) order.
      Parameters:
      self - a double[]
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a Map (since the keys/indices are unique) containing the elements from the iterable zipped with indices
      Since:
      3.0.8
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterable, int)

    • withIndex

      public static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.util.Iterator<E> self)
      Zips an iterator with indices in (value, index) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [["a", 0], ["b", 1]] == ["a", "b"].iterator().withIndex().toList()
 assert ["0: a", "1: b"] == ["a", "b"].iterator().withIndex().collect { str, idx -> "$idx: $str" }.toList()
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      Returns:
      a zipped iterator with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterator)

    • indexed

      public static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<java.lang.Integer,​E>> indexed​(java.util.Iterator<E> self)
      Zips an iterator with indices in (index, value) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [[0, "a"], [1, "b"]] == ["a", "b"].iterator().indexed().collect{ tuple -> [tuple.first, tuple.second] }
 assert ["0: a", "1: b"] == ["a", "b"].iterator().indexed().collect { idx, str -> "$idx: $str" }.toList()
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      Returns:
      a zipped iterator with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      withIndex(Iterator)

    • withIndex

      public static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<E,​java.lang.Integer>> withIndex​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, int offset)
      Zips an iterator with indices in (value, index) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [["a", 5], ["b", 6]] == ["a", "b"].iterator().withIndex(5).toList()
 assert ["1: a", "2: b"] == ["a", "b"].iterator().withIndex(1).collect { str, idx -> "$idx: $str" }.toList()
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a zipped iterator with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      indexed(Iterator, int)

    • indexed

      public static <E> java.util.Iterator<Tuple2<java.lang.Integer,​E>> indexed​(java.util.Iterator<E> self, int offset)
      Zips an iterator with indices in (index, value) order.

      Example usage: 

       assert [[5, "a"], [6, "b"]] == ["a", "b"].iterator().indexed(5).toList()
 assert ["a: 1", "b: 2"] == ["a", "b"].iterator().indexed(1).collect { idx, str -> "$str: $idx" }.toList()
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      offset - an index to start from
      Returns:
      a zipped iterator with indices
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      withIndex(Iterator, int)

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Sorts the Collection. Assumes that the collection items are comparable and uses their natural ordering to determine the resulting order. If the Collection is a List, it is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, the elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Collection unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [3,1,2].sort()
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted Iterable as a List
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      sort(Iterable, boolean)

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate)
      Sorts the Iterable. Assumes that the Iterable items are comparable and uses their natural ordering to determine the resulting order. If the Iterable is a List and mutate is true, it is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, the elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [3,1,2].sort()
       def orig = [1, 3, 2]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false)
 assert orig == [1, 3, 2]
 assert sorted == [1, 2, 3]
      Parameters:
      self - the iterable to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new list to be created, true will mutate lists in place
      Returns:
      the sorted iterable as a List
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • sort

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure closure)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the closure as a comparator to determine the ordering. The original map is unchanged. 
      def map = [a:5, b:3, c:6, d:4].sort { a, b -> a.value <=> b.value }
 assert map == [b:3, d:4, a:5, c:6]
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      closure - a Closure used as a comparator
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • sort

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Comparator<? super K> comparator)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered Map using the specified key comparator to determine the ordering. The original map is unchanged. 
      def map = [ba:3, cz:6, ab:5].sort({ a, b -> a[-1] <=> b[-1] } as Comparator)
 assert map*.value == [3, 5, 6]
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      1.7.2

    • sort

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> sort​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered Map using the natural ordering of the keys to determine the ordering. The original map is unchanged. 
      map = [ba:3, cz:6, ab:5].sort()
 assert map*.value == [5, 3, 6]
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      1.7.2

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self)
      Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order. The array items are assumed to be comparable.
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate)
      Sorts the given array into sorted order. The array items are assumed to be comparable. If mutate is true, the array is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, a new sorted array is returned and the original array remains unchanged. 
       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false)
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 assert sorted == ["Hey","hello","hi"] as String[]
 orig.sort(true)
 assert orig == ["Hey","hello","hi"] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new array to be created, true will mutate the array in place
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator. The items are assumed to be comparable. The original iterator will become exhausted of elements after completing this method call. A new iterator is produced that traverses the items in sorted order.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
      Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the comparator. The original iterator will become exhausted of elements after completing this method call. A new iterator is produced that traverses the items in sorted order.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      comparator - a Comparator used for comparing items
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
      Sorts the Iterable using the given Comparator. If the Iterable is a List and mutate is true, it is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, the elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged. 
       assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort(false, { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() } as Comparator )
 
       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER)
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 assert sorted == ["hello","Hey","hi"]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new list to be created, true will mutate lists in place
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      a sorted List
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
      Sorts the given array into sorted order using the given comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate, java.util.Comparator<? super T> comparator)
      Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order as determined by the given comparator. If mutate is true, the array is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, a new sorted array is returned and the original array remains unchanged. 
       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER)
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 assert sorted == ["hello","Hey","hi"] as String[]
 orig.sort(true, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER)
 assert orig == ["hello","Hey","hi"] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the array containing elements to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new array to be created, true will mutate arrays in place
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      a sorted array
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> sort​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the Closure to determine the correct ordering. The original iterator will be fully processed after the method call.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Sorts the elements from this array into a newly created array using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - the array containing the elements to be sorted
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • sort

      public static <T> T[] sort​(T[] self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
      Modifies this array so that its elements are in sorted order using the Closure to determine the correct ordering. If mutate is false, a new array is returned and the original array remains unchanged. Otherwise, the original array is sorted in place and returned.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false) { it.size() }
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"] as String[]
 assert sorted == ["hi","Hey","hello"] as String[]
 orig.sort(true) { it.size() }
 assert orig == ["hi","Hey","hello"] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new array to be created, true will mutate arrays in place
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering. If the Iterable is a List, it is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, the elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged.

      If the Closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { it.length() }
      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() }
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      a newly created sorted List
      Since:
      2.2.0
      See Also:
      sort(Iterable, boolean, Closure)

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> sort​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, boolean mutate, Closure closure)
      Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering. If the Iterable is a List and mutate is true, it is sorted in place and returned. Otherwise, the elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { it.length() }
      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() }
       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 def sorted = orig.sort(false) { it.toUpperCase() }
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 assert sorted == ["hello","Hey","hi"]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      mutate - false will always cause a new list to be created, true will mutate lists in place
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      a newly created sorted List
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • sort

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> sort​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted set (i.e. an identity function for an already sorted set).
      Parameters:
      self - an already sorted set
      Returns:
      the set
      Since:
      1.0

    • sort

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> sort​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
      Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted map (i.e. an identity function for an already sorted map).
      Parameters:
      self - an already sorted map
      Returns:
      the map
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Sorts the Iterable. Assumes that the Iterable elements are comparable and uses a NumberAwareComparator to determine the resulting order. NumberAwareComparator has special treatment for numbers but otherwise uses the natural ordering of the Iterable elements. The elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged. 
       def orig = [1, 3, 2]
 def sorted = orig.toSorted()
 assert orig == [1, 3, 2]
 assert sorted == [1, 2, 3]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted iterable as a List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Iterable, Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Sorts the Iterable using the given Comparator. The elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged. 
       def orig = ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 def sorted = orig.toSorted(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER)
 assert orig == ["hello","hi","Hey"]
 assert sorted == ["hello","Hey","hi"]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      a sorted List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> toSorted​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sorts this Iterable using the given Closure to determine the correct ordering. The elements are first placed into a new list which is then sorted and returned - leaving the original Iterable unchanged.

      If the Closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { it.length() }
      assert ["hi","hey","hello"] == ["hello","hi","hey"].sort { a, b -> a.length() <=> b.length() }
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterable to be sorted
      closure - a 1 or 2 arg Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      a newly created sorted List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Iterable, Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Sorts the Iterator. Assumes that the Iterator elements are comparable and uses a NumberAwareComparator to determine the resulting order. NumberAwareComparator has special treatment for numbers but otherwise uses the natural ordering of the Iterator elements. A new iterator is produced that traverses the items in sorted order.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Iterator, Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Sorts the given iterator items using the comparator. The original iterator will become exhausted of elements after completing this method call. A new iterator is produced that traverses the items in sorted order.
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      comparator - a Comparator used for comparing items
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> toSorted​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure closure)
      Sorts the given iterator items into a sorted iterator using the Closure to determine the correct ordering. The original iterator will be fully processed after the method call.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator to be sorted
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      the sorted items as an Iterator
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Iterator, Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self)
      Returns a sorted version of the given array using the supplied comparator.
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Object[], Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Returns a sorted version of the given array using the supplied comparator to determine the resulting order. 
       def sumDigitsComparator = [compare: { num1, num2 -> num1.toString().toList()*.toInteger().sum() <=> num2.toString().toList()*.toInteger().sum() }] as Comparator
 Integer[] nums = [9, 44, 222, 7000]
 def result = nums.toSorted(sumDigitsComparator)
 assert result instanceof Integer[]
 assert result == [222, 7000, 44, 9]
      Parameters:
      self - the array to be sorted
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      the sorted array
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <T> T[] toSorted​(T[] self, Closure closure)
      Sorts the elements from this array into a newly created array using the Closure to determine the correct ordering.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison.

      Parameters:
      self - the array containing the elements to be sorted
      closure - a Closure used to determine the correct ordering
      Returns:
      a sorted array
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      toSorted(Object[], Comparator)

    • toSorted

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using a NumberAwareComparator on map entry values to determine the resulting order. NumberAwareComparator has special treatment for numbers but otherwise uses the natural ordering of the Iterator elements. The original map is unchanged. 
       def map = [a:5L, b:3, c:6, d:4.0].toSorted()
 assert map.toString() == '[b:3, d:4.0, a:5, c:6]'
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Comparator<java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V>> comparator)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the supplied comparator to determine the ordering. The original map is unchanged. 
       def keyComparator = [compare: { e1, e2 -> e1.key <=> e2.key }] as Comparator
 def valueComparator = [compare: { e1, e2 -> e1.value <=> e2.value }] as Comparator
 def map1 = [a:5, b:3, d:4, c:6].toSorted(keyComparator)
 assert map1.toString() == '[a:5, b:3, c:6, d:4]'
 def map2 = [a:5, b:3, d:4, c:6].toSorted(valueComparator)
 assert map2.toString() == '[b:3, d:4, a:5, c:6]'
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      comparator - a Comparator used for the comparison
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
      Sorts the elements from the given map into a new ordered map using the supplied Closure condition as a comparator to determine the ordering. The original map is unchanged.

      If the closure has two parameters it is used like a traditional Comparator. I.e. it should compare its two entry parameters for order, returning a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer when the first parameter is less than, equal to, or greater than the second respectively. Otherwise, the Closure is assumed to take a single entry parameter and return a Comparable (typically an Integer) which is then used for further comparison. 

       def map = [a:5, b:3, c:6, d:4].toSorted { a, b -> a.value <=> b.value }
 assert map.toString() == '[b:3, d:4, a:5, c:6]'
      Parameters:
      self - the original unsorted map
      condition - a Closure used as a comparator
      Returns:
      the sorted map
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSorted​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted set
      Parameters:
      self - an already sorted set
      Returns:
      an ordered copy of the sorted set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSorted

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> toSorted​(java.util.SortedMap<K,​V> self)
      Avoids doing unnecessary work when sorting an already sorted map
      Parameters:
      self - an already sorted map
      Returns:
      an ordered copy of the map
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • pop

      public static <T> T pop​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Removes the initial item from the List. 
       def list = ["a", false, 2]
 assert list.pop() == 'a'
 assert list == [false, 2]
      This is similar to pop on a Stack where the first item in the list represents the top of the stack. Note: The behavior of this method changed in Groovy 2.5 to align with Java. If you need the old behavior use 'removeLast'.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the item removed from the List
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the list is empty
      Since:
      1.0

    • removeLast

      public static <T> T removeLast​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Removes the last item from the List. 
       def list = ["a", false, 2]
 assert list.removeLast() == 2
 assert list == ["a", false]
      Using add() and removeLast() is similar to push and pop on a Stack where the last item in the list represents the top of the stack.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the item removed from the List
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the list is empty
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • putAll

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> putAll​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Collection<? extends java.util.Map.Entry<? extends K,​? extends V>> entries)
      Provides an easy way to append multiple Map.Entry values to a Map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      entries - a Collection of Map.Entry items to be added to the Map.
      Returns:
      the same map, after the items have been added to it.
      Since:
      1.6.1

    • plus

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> plus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Collection<? extends java.util.Map.Entry<? extends K,​? extends V>> entries)
      Returns a new Map containing all entries from self and entries, giving precedence to entries. Any keys appearing in both Maps will appear in the resultant map with values from the entries operand. If self map is one of TreeMap, LinkedHashMap, Hashtable or Properties, the returned Map will preserve that type, otherwise a HashMap will be returned.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      entries - a Collection of Map.Entry items to be added to the Map.
      Returns:
      a new Map containing all key, value pairs from self and entries
      Since:
      1.6.1

    • push

      public static <T> boolean push​(java.util.List<T> self, T value)
      Prepends an item to the start of the List. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 list.push("x")
 assert list == ['x', 3, 4, 2]
      This is similar to push on a Stack where the first item in the list represents the top of the stack. Note: The behavior of this method changed in Groovy 2.5 to align with Java. If you need the old behavior use 'add'.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      value - element to be prepended to this list.
      Returns:
      true (for legacy compatibility reasons).
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • last

      public static <T> T last​(java.util.Deque<T> self)
      An optimized version of last(List).
      Since:
      2.5.15

    • last

      public static <T> T last​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns the last item from the List. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.last() == 2
 // check original is unaltered
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the last item from the List
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the list is empty and you try to access the last() item.
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • last

      public static <T> T last​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns the last item from the Iterable. 
       def set = [3, 4, 2] as LinkedHashSet
 assert set.last() == 2
 // check original unaltered
 assert set == [3, 4, 2] as Set
      The last element returned by the Iterable's iterator is returned. If the Iterable doesn't guarantee a defined order it may appear like a random element is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the last item from the Iterable
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the Iterable is empty and you try to access the last() item.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • last

      public static <T> T last​(T[] self)
      Returns the last item from the array. 
       def array = [3, 4, 2].toArray()
 assert array.last() == 2
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the last item from the array
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the last() item.
      Since:
      1.7.3

    • first

      public static <T> T first​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns the first item from the List. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.first() == 3
 // check original is unaltered
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the first item from the List
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the list is empty and you try to access the first() item.
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • first

      public static <T> T first​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns the first item from the Iterable. 
       def set = [3, 4, 2] as LinkedHashSet
 assert set.first() == 3
 // check original is unaltered
 assert set == [3, 4, 2] as Set
      The first element returned by the Iterable's iterator is returned. If the Iterable doesn't guarantee a defined order it may appear like a random element is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the first item from the Iterable
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the Iterable is empty and you try to access the first() item.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • first

      public static <T> T first​(T[] self)
      Returns the first item from the array. 
       def array = [3, 4, 2].toArray()
 assert array.first() == 3
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the first item from the array
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the first() item.
      Since:
      1.7.3

    • head

      public static <T> T head​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns the first item from the Iterable. 
       def set = [3, 4, 2] as LinkedHashSet
 assert set.head() == 3
 // check original is unaltered
 assert set == [3, 4, 2] as Set
      The first element returned by the Iterable's iterator is returned. If the Iterable doesn't guarantee a defined order it may appear like a random element is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      the first item from the Iterable
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the Iterable is empty and you try to access the head() item.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • head

      public static <T> T head​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns the first item from the List. 
      def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.head() == 3
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      the first item from the List
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the list is empty and you try to access the head() item.
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • head

      public static <T> T head​(T[] self)
      Returns the first item from the Object array. 
      def array = [3, 4, 2].toArray()
 assert array.head() == 3
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the first item from the Object array
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the head() item.
      Since:
      1.7.3

    • tail

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> tail​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns the items from the List excluding the first item. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.tail() == [4, 2]
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a List without its first element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the List is empty and you try to access the tail()
      Since:
      1.5.6

    • tail

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> tail​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      Returns the items from the SortedSet excluding the first item. 
       def sortedSet = [3, 4, 2] as SortedSet
 assert sortedSet.tail() == [3, 4] as SortedSet
 assert sortedSet == [3, 4, 2] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      Returns:
      a SortedSet without its first element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the SortedSet is empty and you try to access the tail()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • tails

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> tails​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Calculates the tail values of this Iterable: the first value will be this list of all items from the iterable and the final one will be an empty list, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of tail on the items. 
       assert [1, 2, 3, 4].tails() == [[1, 2, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4], [3, 4], [4], []]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a List of the tail values from the given Iterable
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • tail

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> tail​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns the items from the Iterable excluding the first item. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.tail() == [4, 2]
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a collection without its first element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the iterable is empty and you try to access the tail()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • tail

      public static <T> T[] tail​(T[] self)
      Returns the items from the array excluding the first item. 
       String[] strings = ["a", "b", "c"]
 def result = strings.tail()
 assert result.class.componentType == String
 String[] expected = ["b", "c"]
 assert result == expected
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      an array without its first element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the tail()
      Since:
      1.7.3

    • tail

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> tail​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Returns the original iterator after throwing away the first element.
      Parameters:
      self - the original iterator
      Returns:
      the iterator without its first element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the tail()
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • inits

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> inits​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Calculates the init values of this Iterable: the first value will be this list of all items from the iterable and the final one will be an empty list, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of init on the items. 
       assert [1, 2, 3, 4].inits() == [[1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2], [1], []]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a List of the init values from the given Iterable
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • init

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> init​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns the items from the Iterable excluding the last item. Leaves the original Iterable unchanged. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.init() == [3, 4]
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection without its last element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the iterable is empty and you try to access init()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • init

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> init​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns the items from the List excluding the last item. Leaves the original List unchanged. 
       def list = [3, 4, 2]
 assert list.init() == [3, 4]
 assert list == [3, 4, 2]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a List without its last element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the List is empty and you try to access init()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • init

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> init​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self)
      Returns the items from the SortedSet excluding the last item. Leaves the original SortedSet unchanged. 
       def sortedSet = [3, 4, 2] as SortedSet
 assert sortedSet.init() == [2, 3] as SortedSet
 assert sortedSet == [3, 4, 2] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      Returns:
      a SortedSet without its last element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the SortedSet is empty and you try to access init()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • init

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> init​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Returns an Iterator containing all the items from this iterator except the last one. 
       def iter = [3, 4, 2].listIterator()
 def result = iter.init()
 assert result.toList() == [3, 4]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      an Iterator without the last element from the original Iterator
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the iterator is empty and you try to access init()
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • init

      public static <T> T[] init​(T[] self)
      Returns the items from the Object array excluding the last item. 
           String[] strings = ["a", "b", "c"]
     def result = strings.init()
     assert result.length == 2
     assert strings.class.componentType == String
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      an array without its last element
      Throws:
      java.util.NoSuchElementException - if the array is empty and you try to access the init() item.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • take

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> take​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
      Returns the first num elements from the head of this List. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.take( 0 ) == []
 assert strings.take( 2 ) == [ 'a', 'b' ]
 assert strings.take( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
      Parameters:
      self - the original List
      num - the number of elements to take from this List
      Returns:
      a List consisting of the first num elements from this List, or else all the elements from the List if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • take

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> take​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
      Returns the first num elements from the head of this SortedSet. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.take( 0 ) == [] as SortedSet
 assert strings.take( 2 ) == [ 'a', 'b' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.take( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      num - the number of elements to take from this SortedSet
      Returns:
      a SortedSet consisting of the first num elements from this List, or else all the elements from the SortedSet if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • take

      public static <T> T[] take​(T[] self, int num)
      Returns the first num elements from the head of this array. 
       String[] strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.take( 0 ) == [] as String[]
 assert strings.take( 2 ) == [ 'a', 'b' ] as String[]
 assert strings.take( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      num - the number of elements to take from this array
      Returns:
      an array consisting of the first num elements of this array, or else the whole array if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • take

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> take​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
      Returns the first num elements from the head of this Iterable. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.take( 0 ) == []
 assert strings.take( 2 ) == [ 'a', 'b' ]
 assert strings.take( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]

 class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 def abc = new AbcIterable()
 assert abc.take(0) == []
 assert abc.take(1) == ['a']
 assert abc.take(3) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
 assert abc.take(5) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
      Parameters:
      self - the original Iterable
      num - the number of elements to take from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection consisting of the first num elements from this Iterable, or else all the elements from the Iterable if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • addAll

      public static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Iterator<? extends T> items)
      Adds all items from the iterator to the Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - the collection
      items - the items to add
      Returns:
      true if the collection changed

    • addAll

      public static <T> boolean addAll​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<? extends T> items)
      Adds all items from the iterable to the Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - the collection
      items - the items to add
      Returns:
      true if the collection changed

    • take

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> take​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, int num)
      Returns a new map containing the first num elements from the head of this map. If the map instance does not have ordered keys, then this function could return a random num entries. Groovy by default uses LinkedHashMap, so this shouldn't be an issue in the main. 
       def strings = [ 'a':10, 'b':20, 'c':30 ]
 assert strings.take( 0 ) == [:]
 assert strings.take( 2 ) == [ 'a':10, 'b':20 ]
 assert strings.take( 5 ) == [ 'a':10, 'b':20, 'c':30 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the original map
      num - the number of elements to take from this map
      Returns:
      a new map consisting of the first num elements of this map, or else the whole map if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • take

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> take​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
      Returns an iterator of up to the first num elements from this iterator. The original iterator is stepped along by num elements. 
       def a = 0
 def iter = [ hasNext:{ true }, next:{ a++ } ] as Iterator
 def iteratorCompare( Iterator a, List b ) {
     a.collect { it } == b
 }
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.take( 0 ), [] )
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.take( 2 ), [ 0, 1 ] )
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.take( 5 ), [ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] )
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator
      num - the number of elements to take from this iterator
      Returns:
      an iterator consisting of up to the first num elements of this iterator.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • takeRight

      public static <T> T[] takeRight​(T[] self, int num)
      Returns the last num elements from the tail of this array. 
       String[] strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.takeRight( 0 ) == [] as String[]
 assert strings.takeRight( 2 ) == [ 'b', 'c' ] as String[]
 assert strings.takeRight( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      num - the number of elements to take from this array
      Returns:
      an array consisting of the last num elements of this array, or else the whole array if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • takeRight

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> takeRight​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
      Returns the last num elements from the tail of this Iterable. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.takeRight( 0 ) == []
 assert strings.takeRight( 2 ) == [ 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.takeRight( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]

 class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 def abc = new AbcIterable()
 assert abc.takeRight(0) == []
 assert abc.takeRight(1) == ['c']
 assert abc.takeRight(3) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
 assert abc.takeRight(5) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
      Parameters:
      self - the original Iterable
      num - the number of elements to take from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection consisting of the last num elements from this Iterable, or else all the elements from the Iterable if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • takeRight

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> takeRight​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
      Returns the last num elements from the tail of this List. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.takeRight( 0 ) == []
 assert strings.takeRight( 2 ) == [ 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.takeRight( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
      Parameters:
      self - the original List
      num - the number of elements to take from this List
      Returns:
      a List consisting of the last num elements from this List, or else all the elements from the List if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • takeRight

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> takeRight​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
      Returns the last num elements from the tail of this SortedSet. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.takeRight( 0 ) == [] as SortedSet
 assert strings.takeRight( 2 ) == [ 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.takeRight( 5 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      num - the number of elements to take from this SortedSet
      Returns:
      a SortedSet consisting of the last num elements from this SortedSet, or else all the elements from the SortedSet if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • drop

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> drop​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the head of this List. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.drop( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.drop( 2 ) == [ 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.drop( 5 ) == [] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      num - the number of elements to drop from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a SortedSet consisting of all the elements of this Iterable minus the first num elements, or an empty list if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • drop

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> drop​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the head of this List. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 2 ) == [ 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 5 ) == []
      Parameters:
      self - the original List
      num - the number of elements to drop from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a List consisting of all the elements of this Iterable minus the first num elements, or an empty list if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • drop

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> drop​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the head of this Iterable. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 2 ) == [ 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 5 ) == []

 class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 def abc = new AbcIterable()
 assert abc.drop(0) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
 assert abc.drop(1) == ['b', 'c']
 assert abc.drop(3) == []
 assert abc.drop(5) == []
      Parameters:
      self - the original Iterable
      num - the number of elements to drop from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection consisting of all the elements of this Iterable minus the first num elements, or an empty list if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • drop

      public static <T> T[] drop​(T[] self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the head of this array if they are available. 
       String[] strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.drop( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as String[]
 assert strings.drop( 2 ) == [ 'c' ] as String[]
 assert strings.drop( 5 ) == [] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      num - the number of elements to drop from this array
      Returns:
      an array consisting of all elements of this array except the first num ones, or else the empty array, if this array has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • drop

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> drop​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of key/value pairs from the head of this map if they are available. 
       def strings = [ 'a':10, 'b':20, 'c':30 ]
 assert strings.drop( 0 ) == [ 'a':10, 'b':20, 'c':30 ]
 assert strings.drop( 2 ) == [ 'c':30 ]
 assert strings.drop( 5 ) == [:]
      If the map instance does not have ordered keys, then this function could drop a random num entries. Groovy by default uses LinkedHashMap, so this shouldn't be an issue in the main.
      Parameters:
      self - the original map
      num - the number of elements to drop from this map
      Returns:
      a map consisting of all key/value pairs of this map except the first num ones, or else the empty map, if this map has less than num elements.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • drop

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> drop​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the head of this iterator if they are available. The original iterator is stepped along by num elements. 
       def iteratorCompare( Iterator a, List b ) {
     a.collect { it } == b
 }
 def iter = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ].listIterator()
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.drop( 0 ), [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] )
 iter = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ].listIterator()
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.drop( 2 ), [ 3, 4, 5 ] )
 iter = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ].listIterator()
 assert iteratorCompare( iter.drop( 5 ), [] )
      Parameters:
      self - the original iterator
      num - the number of elements to drop from this iterator
      Returns:
      The iterator stepped along by num elements if they exist.
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • dropRight

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> dropRight​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this SortedSet. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.dropRight( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.dropRight( 2 ) == [ 'a' ] as SortedSet
 assert strings.dropRight( 5 ) == [] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      num - the number of elements to drop from this SortedSet
      Returns:
      a List consisting of all the elements of this SortedSet minus the last num elements, or an empty SortedSet if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • dropRight

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> dropRight​(java.util.List<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this List. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 2 ) == [ 'a' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 5 ) == []
      Parameters:
      self - the original List
      num - the number of elements to drop from this List
      Returns:
      a List consisting of all the elements of this List minus the last num elements, or an empty List if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • dropRight

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> dropRight​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this Iterable. 
       def strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 2 ) == [ 'a' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 5 ) == []

 class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 def abc = new AbcIterable()
 assert abc.dropRight(0) == ['a', 'b', 'c']
 assert abc.dropRight(1) == ['a', 'b']
 assert abc.dropRight(3) == []
 assert abc.dropRight(5) == []
      Parameters:
      self - the original Iterable
      num - the number of elements to drop from this Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection consisting of all the elements of this Iterable minus the last num elements, or an empty list if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • dropRight

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> dropRight​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this Iterator. 
       def getObliterator() { "obliter8".iterator() }
 assert obliterator.dropRight(-1).toList() == ['o', 'b', 'l', 'i', 't', 'e', 'r', '8']
 assert obliterator.dropRight(0).toList() == ['o', 'b', 'l', 'i', 't', 'e', 'r', '8']
 assert obliterator.dropRight(1).toList() == ['o', 'b', 'l', 'i', 't', 'e', 'r']
 assert obliterator.dropRight(4).toList() == ['o', 'b', 'l', 'i']
 assert obliterator.dropRight(7).toList() == ['o']
 assert obliterator.dropRight(8).toList() == []
 assert obliterator.dropRight(9).toList() == []
      Parameters:
      self - the original Iterator
      num - the number of elements to drop
      Returns:
      an Iterator consisting of all the elements of this Iterator minus the last num elements, or an empty Iterator if it has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • dropRight

      public static <T> T[] dropRight​(T[] self, int num)
      Drops the given number of elements from the tail of this array if they are available. 
       String[] strings = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
 assert strings.dropRight( 0 ) == [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] as String[]
 assert strings.dropRight( 2 ) == [ 'a' ] as String[]
 assert strings.dropRight( 5 ) == [] as String[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      num - the number of elements to drop from this array
      Returns:
      an array consisting of all elements of this array except the last num ones, or else the empty array, if this array has less than num elements.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • takeWhile

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> takeWhile​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns the longest prefix of this list where each element passed to the given closure condition evaluates to true. Similar to takeWhile(Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure) except that it attempts to preserve the type of the original list. 
       def nums = [ 1, 3, 2 ]
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 1 } == []
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 3 } == [ 1 ]
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 4 } == [ 1, 3, 2 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the original list
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a prefix of the given list where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • takeWhile

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> takeWhile​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a Collection containing the longest prefix of the elements from this Iterable where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true. 
       class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 def abc = new AbcIterable()
 assert abc.takeWhile{ it < 'b' } == ['a']
 assert abc.takeWhile{ it <= 'b' } == ['a', 'b']
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a Collection containing a prefix of the elements from the given Iterable where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • takeWhile

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> takeWhile​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns the longest prefix of this SortedSet where each element passed to the given closure condition evaluates to true. Similar to takeWhile(Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure) except that it attempts to preserve the type of the original SortedSet. 
       def nums = [ 1, 2, 3 ] as SortedSet
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 1 } == [] as SortedSet
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 2 } == [ 1 ] as SortedSet
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 4 } == [ 1, 2, 3 ] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a prefix of the given SortedSet where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • takeWhile

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> takeWhile​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
      Returns the longest prefix of this Map where each entry (or key/value pair) when passed to the given closure evaluates to true. 
       def shopping = [milk:1, bread:2, chocolate:3]
 assert shopping.takeWhile{ it.key.size() < 6 } == [milk:1, bread:2]
 assert shopping.takeWhile{ it.value % 2 } == [milk:1]
 assert shopping.takeWhile{ k, v -> k.size() + v <= 7 } == [milk:1, bread:2]
      If the map instance does not have ordered keys, then this function could appear to take random entries. Groovy by default uses LinkedHashMap, so this shouldn't be an issue in the main.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      condition - a 1 (or 2) arg Closure that must evaluate to true for the entry (or key and value) to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a prefix of the given Map where each entry (or key/value pair) passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • takeWhile

      public static <T> T[] takeWhile​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Returns the longest prefix of this array where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true. 
       def nums = [ 1, 3, 2 ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 1 } == [] as Integer[]
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 3 } == [ 1 ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.takeWhile{ it < 4 } == [ 1, 3, 2 ] as Integer[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a prefix of the given array where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • takeWhile

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> takeWhile​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns the longest prefix of elements in this iterator where each element passed to the given condition closure evaluates to true. 

       def a = 0
 def iter = [ hasNext:{ true }, next:{ a++ } ] as Iterator

 assert [].iterator().takeWhile{ it < 3 }.toList() == []
 assert [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].iterator().takeWhile{ it < 3 }.toList() == [ 1, 2 ]
 assert iter.takeWhile{ it < 5 }.toList() == [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue taking elements
      Returns:
      a prefix of elements in the given iterator where each element passed to the given closure evaluates to true
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • dropWhile

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> dropWhile​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a suffix of this SortedSet where elements are dropped from the front while the given Closure evaluates to true. Similar to dropWhile(Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure) except that it attempts to preserve the type of the original SortedSet. 
       def nums = [ 1, 2, 3 ] as SortedSet
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it < 4 } == [] as SortedSet
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it < 2 } == [ 2, 3 ] as SortedSet
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it != 3 } == [ 3 ] as SortedSet
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it == 0 } == [ 1, 2, 3 ] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - the original SortedSet
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      the shortest suffix of the given SortedSet such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • dropWhile

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> dropWhile​(java.util.List<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a suffix of this List where elements are dropped from the front while the given Closure evaluates to true. Similar to dropWhile(Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure) except that it attempts to preserve the type of the original list. 
       def nums = [ 1, 3, 2 ]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it < 4 } == []
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it < 3 } == [ 3, 2 ]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it != 2 } == [ 2 ]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it == 0 } == [ 1, 3, 2 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the original list
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      the shortest suffix of the given List such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the List
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • dropWhile

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> dropWhile​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Returns a suffix of this Iterable where elements are dropped from the front while the given closure evaluates to true. 
       class HorseIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "horse".iterator() }
 }
 def horse = new HorseIterable()
 assert horse.dropWhile{ it < 'r' } == ['r', 's', 'e']
 assert horse.dropWhile{ it <= 'r' } == ['s', 'e']
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      a Collection containing the shortest suffix of the given Iterable such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the Iterable
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • dropWhile

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> dropWhile​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, Closure condition)
      Create a suffix of the given Map by dropping as many entries as possible from the front of the original Map such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped entries (or key/value pairs). 
       def shopping = [milk:1, bread:2, chocolate:3]
 assert shopping.dropWhile{ it.key.size() < 6 } == [chocolate:3]
 assert shopping.dropWhile{ it.value % 2 } == [bread:2, chocolate:3]
 assert shopping.dropWhile{ k, v -> k.size() + v <= 7 } == [chocolate:3]
      If the map instance does not have ordered keys, then this function could appear to drop random entries. Groovy by default uses LinkedHashMap, so this shouldn't be an issue in the main.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      condition - a 1 (or 2) arg Closure that must evaluate to true for the entry (or key and value) to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      the shortest suffix of the given Map such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the Map
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • dropWhile

      public static <T> T[] dropWhile​(T[] self, Closure<?> condition)
      Create a suffix of the given array by dropping as many elements as possible from the front of the original array such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped elements. 
       def nums = [ 1, 3, 2 ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it <= 3 } == [ ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it < 3 } == [ 3, 2 ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it != 2 } == [ 2 ] as Integer[]
 assert nums.dropWhile{ it == 0 } == [ 1, 3, 2 ] as Integer[]
      Parameters:
      self - the original array
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      the shortest suffix of the given array such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the array
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • dropWhile

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> dropWhile​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure<?> condition)
      Creates an Iterator that returns a suffix of the elements from an original Iterator. As many elements as possible are dropped from the front of the original Iterator such that calling the given closure condition evaluates to true when passed each of the dropped elements. 
       def a = 0
 def iter = [ hasNext:{ a < 10 }, next:{ a++ } ] as Iterator
 assert [].iterator().dropWhile{ it < 3 }.toList() == []
 assert [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].iterator().dropWhile{ it < 3 }.toList() == [ 3, 4, 5 ]
 assert iter.dropWhile{ it < 5 }.toList() == [ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]
      Parameters:
      self - the Iterator
      condition - the closure that must evaluate to true to continue dropping elements
      Returns:
      the shortest suffix of elements from the given Iterator such that the given closure condition evaluates to true for each element dropped from the front of the Iterator
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • asCollection

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> asCollection​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Converts this Iterable to a Collection. Returns the original Iterable if it is already a Collection.

      Example usage: 

       assert new HashSet().asCollection() instanceof Collection
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to be converted into a Collection
      Returns:
      a newly created List if this Iterable is not already a Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • asList

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.List<T> asList​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of asList instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asList(Iterable)

    • asList

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> asList​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Converts this Iterable to a List. Returns the original Iterable if it is already a List.

      Example usage: 

       assert new HashSet().asList() instanceof List
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to be converted into a List
      Returns:
      a newly created List if this Iterable is not already a List
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Object object)
      Coerce an object instance to a boolean value. An object is coerced to true if it's not null, to false if it is null.
      Parameters:
      object - the object to coerce
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Boolean bool)
      Coerce a Boolean instance to a boolean value.
      Parameters:
      bool - the Boolean
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Collection collection)
      Coerce a collection instance to a boolean value. A collection is coerced to false if it's empty, and to true otherwise. 
      assert [1,2].asBoolean() == true
      assert [].asBoolean() == false
      Parameters:
      collection - the collection
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Map map)
      Coerce a map instance to a boolean value. A map is coerced to false if it's empty, and to true otherwise. 
      assert [:] as Boolean == false
 assert [a:2] as Boolean == true
      Parameters:
      map - the map
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Iterator iterator)
      Coerce an iterator instance to a boolean value. An iterator is coerced to false if there are no more elements to iterate over, and to true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      iterator - the iterator
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.util.Enumeration enumeration)
      Coerce an enumeration instance to a boolean value. An enumeration is coerced to false if there are no more elements to enumerate, and to true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      enumeration - the enumeration
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Object[] array)
      Coerce an Object array to a boolean value. An Object array is false if the array is of length 0. and to true otherwise
      Parameters:
      array - the array
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(byte[] array)
      Coerces a byte array to a boolean value. A byte array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(short[] array)
      Coerces a short array to a boolean value. A short array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(int[] array)
      Coerces an int array to a boolean value. An int array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(long[] array)
      Coerces a long array to a boolean value. A long array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(float[] array)
      Coerces a float array to a boolean value. A float array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(double[] array)
      Coerces a double array to a boolean value. A double array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(boolean[] array)
      Coerces a boolean array to a boolean value. A boolean array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(char[] array)
      Coerces a char array to a boolean value. A char array is false if the array is of length 0, and true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      array - an array
      Returns:
      the array's boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Character character)
      Coerce a character to a boolean value. A character is coerced to false if it's character value is equal to 0, and to true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      character - the character
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Float object)
      Coerce a Float instance to a boolean value.
      Parameters:
      object - the Float
      Returns:
      true for non-zero and non-NaN values, else false
      Since:
      2.6.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Double object)
      Coerce a Double instance to a boolean value.
      Parameters:
      object - the Double
      Returns:
      true for non-zero and non-NaN values, else false
      Since:
      2.6.0

    • asBoolean

      public static boolean asBoolean​(java.lang.Number number)
      Coerce a number to a boolean value. A number is coerced to false if its double value is equal to 0, and to true otherwise.
      Parameters:
      number - the number
      Returns:
      the boolean value
      Since:
      1.7.0

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Iterable iterable, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
      Converts the given iterable to another type.
      Parameters:
      iterable - an Iterable
      clazz - the desired class
      Returns:
      the object resulting from this type conversion
      Since:
      2.4.12
      See Also:
      asType(Collection, Class)

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.util.Collection col, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
      Converts the given collection to another type. A default concrete type is used for List, Set, or SortedSet. If the given type has a constructor taking a collection, that is used. Otherwise, the call is deferred to asType(Object,Class). If this collection is already of the given type, the same instance is returned.
      Parameters:
      col - a collection
      clazz - the desired class
      Returns:
      the object resulting from this type conversion
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      asType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class)

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Object[] ary, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
      Converts the given array to either a List, Set, or SortedSet. If the given class is something else, the call is deferred to asType(Object,Class).
      Parameters:
      ary - an array
      clazz - the desired class
      Returns:
      the object resulting from this type conversion
      Since:
      1.5.1
      See Also:
      asType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class)

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(Closure impl, java.lang.Class<T> type)
      Coerces the closure to an implementation of the given class. The class is assumed to be an interface or class with a single method definition. The closure is used as the implementation of that single method.
      Parameters:
      impl - the implementation of the single method
      type - the target type
      Returns:
      A proxy of the given type which wraps this closure.
      Since:
      1.0

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.util.Map map, java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
      Coerces this map to the given type, using the map's keys as the public method names, and values as the implementation. Typically the value would be a closure which behaves like the method implementation.
      Parameters:
      map - this map
      clazz - the target type
      Returns:
      a Proxy of the given type, which defers calls to this map's elements.
      Since:
      1.0

    • shuffle

      public static void shuffle​(java.util.List<?> self)
      Randomly reorders the elements of the specified list. 
       def list = ["a", 4, false]
 def origSize = list.size()
 def origCopy = new ArrayList(list)
 list.shuffle()
 assert list.size() == origSize
 assert origCopy.every{ list.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      Collections.shuffle(List)

    • shuffle

      public static void shuffle​(java.util.List<?> self, java.util.Random rnd)
      Randomly reorders the elements of the specified list using the specified random instance as the source of randomness. 
       def r = new Random()
 def list = ["a", 4, false]
 def origSize = list.size()
 def origCopy = new ArrayList(list)
 list.shuffle(r)
 assert list.size() == origSize
 assert origCopy.every{ list.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      Collections.shuffle(List)

    • shuffled

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> shuffled​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Creates a new list containing the elements of the specified list but in a random order. 
       def list = ["a", 4, false]
 def result = list.shuffled()
 assert list !== result
 assert list == ["a", 4, false]
 assert list.size() == result.size()
 assert list.every{ result.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      Collections.shuffle(List)

    • shuffled

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> shuffled​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Random rnd)
      Creates a new list containing the elements of the specified list but in a random order using the specified random instance as the source of randomness. 
       def r = new Random()
 def list = ["a", 4, false]
 def result = list.shuffled(r)
 assert list !== result
 assert list == ["a", 4, false]
 assert list.size() == result.size()
 assert list.every{ result.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:
      Collections.shuffle(List)

    • shuffle

      public static <T> void shuffle​(T[] self)
      Randomly reorders the elements of the specified array. 
       Integer[] array = [10, 5, 20]
 def origSize = array.size()
 def items = array.toList()
 array.shuffle()
 assert array.size() == origSize
 assert items.every{ array.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • shuffle

      public static <T> void shuffle​(T[] self, java.util.Random rnd)
      Randomly reorders the elements of the specified array using the specified random instance as the source of randomness. 
       def r = new Random()
 Integer[] array = [10, 5, 20]
 def origSize = array.size()
 def items = array.toList()
 array.shuffle(r)
 assert array.size() == origSize
 assert items.every{ array.contains(it) }
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • shuffled

      public static <T> T[] shuffled​(T[] self)
      Creates a new array containing the elements of the specified array but in a random order. 
       Integer[] array = [10, 5, 20]
 def result = array.shuffled()
 assert array !== result
 assert array.length == result.length
 assert array.every{ result.contains(it) }
 assert array == new Integer[] {10, 5, 20}
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the shuffled array
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • shuffled

      public static <T> T[] shuffled​(T[] self, java.util.Random rnd)
      Creates a new array containing the elements of the specified array but in a random order using the specified random instance as the source of randomness. 
       def r = new Random()
 Integer[] array = [10, 5, 20]
 def result = array.shuffled(r)
 assert array !== result
 assert array.length == result.length
 assert array.every{ result.contains(it) }
 assert array == new Integer[] {10, 5, 20}
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the shuffled array
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • reverse

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> reverse​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Creates a new List with the identical contents to this list but in reverse order. 
       def list = ["a", 4, false]
 assert list.reverse() == [false, 4, "a"]
 assert list == ["a", 4, false]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      Returns:
      a reversed List
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      reverse(List, boolean)

    • reverse

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> reverse​(java.util.List<T> self, boolean mutate)
      Reverses the elements in a list. If mutate is true, the original list is modified in place and returned. Otherwise, a new list containing the reversed items is produced. 
       def list = ["a", 4, false]
 assert list.reverse(false) == [false, 4, "a"]
 assert list == ["a", 4, false]
 assert list.reverse(true) == [false, 4, "a"]
 assert list == [false, 4, "a"]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      mutate - true if the list itself should be reversed in place and returned, false if a new list should be created
      Returns:
      a reversed List
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • reverse

      public static <T> T[] reverse​(T[] self)
      Creates a new array containing items which are the same as this array but in reverse order.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      an array containing the reversed items
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      reverse(Object[], boolean)

    • reverse

      public static <T> T[] reverse​(T[] self, boolean mutate)
      Reverse the items in an array. If mutate is true, the original array is modified in place and returned. Otherwise, a new array containing the reversed items is produced. 
       def array = new Object[] {1,2,3}
 def yarra = array.reverse(true)
 assert array == 3..1
 assert yarra == 3..1

 yarra = array.reverse(false)
 assert array == 3..1
 assert yarra == 1..3
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      mutate - true if the array itself should be reversed in place, false if a new array should be created
      Returns:
      an array containing the reversed items
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • reverse

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> reverse​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Reverses the iterator. The original iterator will become exhausted of elements after determining the reversed values. A new iterator for iterating through the reversed values is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      Returns:
      a reversed Iterator
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • plus

      public static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Object[] right)
      Create an array as a union of two arrays. 
       Integer[] a = [1, 2, 3]
 Integer[] b = [4, 5, 6]
 def result = a + b
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

 Number[] c = [-1, 0.9, null]
 result = c + a
 assert result.class == Number[]
 assert result == new Number[]{-1, 0.9, null, 1, 2, 3}

 Date[] d = [new Date()]
 groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail(ArrayStoreException) { a + d }
      Parameters:
      left - the left Array
      right - the right Array
      Returns:
      A new array containing right appended to left.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • plus

      public static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Object right)
      Create an array containing elements from an original array plus an additional appended element. 
       Integer[] a = [1, 2, 3]
 def result = a + 4
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{1, 2, 3, 4}

 Date d = new Date()
 groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail(ArrayStoreException) { a + d }
      Parameters:
      left - the array
      right - the value to append
      Returns:
      A new array containing left with right appended to it.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • plus

      public static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.util.Collection<?> right)
      Create an array containing elements from an original array plus those from a Collection. 
       Integer[] a = [1, 2, 3]
 def result = a + [4, 5, 6]
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

 Number[] c = [-1, 0.9, null]
 result = c + [1, 2, 3]
 assert result.class == Number[]
 assert result == new Number[]{-1, 0.9, null, 1, 2, 3}

 List d = [new Date()]
 groovy.test.GroovyAssert.shouldFail(ArrayStoreException) { a + d }
      Parameters:
      left - the array
      right - a Collection to be appended
      Returns:
      A new array containing left with right appended to it.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • plus

      public static <T> T[] plus​(T[] left, java.lang.Iterable<?> right)
      Create an array containing elements from an original array plus those from an Iterable. 
       class AbcIterable implements Iterable {
     Iterator iterator() { "abc".iterator() }
 }
 String[] letters = ['x', 'y', 'z']
 def result = letters + new AbcIterable()
 assert result.class == String[]
 assert result == new String[]{'x', 'y', 'z', 'a', 'b', 'c'}
      Parameters:
      left - the array
      right - an Iterable to be appended
      Returns:
      A new array containing elements from left with those from right appended.
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
      Create a Collection as a union of two collections. If the left collection is a Set, then the returned collection will be a Set otherwise a List. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3,4] == [1,2] + [3,4]
      Parameters:
      left - the left Collection
      right - the right Collection
      Returns:
      the merged Collection
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a Collection as a union of two iterables. If the left iterable is a Set, then the returned collection will be a Set otherwise a List. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3,4] == [1,2] + [3,4]
      Parameters:
      left - the left Iterable
      right - the right Iterable
      Returns:
      the merged Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a Collection as a union of a Collection and an Iterable. If the left collection is a Set, then the returned collection will be a Set otherwise a List. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left Collection
      right - the right Iterable
      Returns:
      the merged Collection
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a List as a union of a List and an Iterable. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left List
      right - the right Iterable
      Returns:
      the merged List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
      Create a List as a union of a List and a Collection. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left List
      right - the right Collection
      Returns:
      the merged List
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a Set as a union of a Set and an Iterable. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left Set
      right - the right Iterable
      Returns:
      the merged Set
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
      Create a Set as a union of a Set and a Collection. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left Set
      right - the right Collection
      Returns:
      the merged Set
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and an Iterable. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left SortedSet
      right - the right Iterable
      Returns:
      the merged SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
      Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and a Collection. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - the left SortedSet
      right - the right Collection
      Returns:
      the merged SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      plus(Collection, Collection)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, T[] items)
      Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the specified array to the elements from the original List at the specified index. Shifts the element currently at that index (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (increasing their indices). The new elements will appear in the resulting List in the order that they occur in the original array. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the list or array operands are modified while the operation is in progress. The original list and array operands remain unchanged. 
       def items = [1, 2, 3]
 def newItems = items.plus(2, 'a'..'c' as String[])
 assert newItems == [1, 2, 'a', 'b', 'c', 3]
 assert items == [1, 2, 3]
      See also addAll for similar functionality with modify semantics, i.e. which performs the changes on the original list itself.
      Parameters:
      self - an original list
      items - array containing elements to be merged with elements from the original list
      index - index at which to insert the first element from the specified array
      Returns:
      the new list
      Since:
      1.8.1
      See Also:
      plus(List, int, List)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, java.util.List<T> additions)
      Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the given additions List to the elements from the original List at the specified index. Shifts the element currently at that index (if any) and any subsequent elements to the right (increasing their indices). The new elements will appear in the resulting List in the order that they occur in the original lists. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the original lists are modified while the operation is in progress. The original lists remain unchanged. 
       def items = [1, 2, 3]
 def newItems = items.plus(2, 'a'..'c')
 assert newItems == [1, 2, 'a', 'b', 'c', 3]
 assert items == [1, 2, 3]
      See also addAll for similar functionality with modify semantics, i.e. which performs the changes on the original list itself.
      Parameters:
      self - an original List
      additions - a List containing elements to be merged with elements from the original List
      index - index at which to insert the first element from the given additions List
      Returns:
      the new list
      Since:
      1.8.1

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> self, int index, java.lang.Iterable<T> additions)
      Creates a new List by inserting all the elements in the given Iterable to the elements from this List at the specified index.
      Parameters:
      self - an original list
      additions - an Iterable containing elements to be merged with the elements from the original List
      index - index at which to insert the first element from the given additions Iterable
      Returns:
      the new list
      Since:
      1.8.7
      See Also:
      plus(List, int, List)

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.util.Collection<T> left, T right)
      Create a collection as a union of a Collection and an Object. If the collection is a Set, then the returned collection will be a Set otherwise a List. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2] + 3
      Parameters:
      left - a Collection
      right - an object to add/append
      Returns:
      the resulting Collection
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> plus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, T right)
      Create a collection as a union of an Iterable and an Object. If the iterable is a Set, then the returned collection will be a Set otherwise a List. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2] + 3
      Parameters:
      left - an Iterable
      right - an object to add/append
      Returns:
      the resulting Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> plus​(java.util.List<T> left, T right)
      Create a List as a union of a List and an Object. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2] + 3
      Parameters:
      left - a List
      right - an object to add/append
      Returns:
      the resulting List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> plus​(java.util.Set<T> left, T right)
      Create a Set as a union of a Set and an Object. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2] + 3
      Parameters:
      left - a Set
      right - an object to add/append
      Returns:
      the resulting Set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • plus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> plus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, T right)
      Create a SortedSet as a union of a SortedSet and an Object. This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged. 
      assert [1,2,3] == [1,2] + 3
      Parameters:
      left - a SortedSet
      right - an object to add/append
      Returns:
      the resulting SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • multiply

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> multiply​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      multiply(Iterable, Number)

    • multiply

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> multiply​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
      Create a Collection composed of the elements of this Iterable, repeated a certain number of times. Note that for non-primitive elements, multiple references to the same instance will be added. 
      assert [1,2,3,1,2,3] == [1,2,3] * 2
      Note: if the Iterable happens to not support duplicates, e.g. a Set, then the method will effectively return a Collection with a single copy of the Iterable's items.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      factor - the number of times to append
      Returns:
      the multiplied Collection
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • multiply

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> multiply​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Number factor)
      Create a List composed of the elements of this Iterable, repeated a certain number of times. Note that for non-primitive elements, multiple references to the same instance will be added. 
      assert [1,2,3,1,2,3] == [1,2,3] * 2
      Note: if the Iterable happens to not support duplicates, e.g. a Set, then the method will effectively return a Collection with a single copy of the Iterable's items.
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      factor - the number of times to append
      Returns:
      the multiplied List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right)
      Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both collections. Any elements that exist in both collections are added to the resultant collection. For collections of custom objects; the objects should implement java.lang.Comparable 
      assert [4,5] == [1,2,3,4,5].intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      By default, Groovy uses a NumberAwareComparator when determining if an element exists in both collections.
      Parameters:
      left - a Collection
      right - a Collection
      Returns:
      a Collection as an intersection of both collections
      Since:
      1.5.6
      See Also:
      intersect(Collection, Collection, Comparator)

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.util.Collection<T> left, java.util.Collection<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both collections. Any elements that exist in both collections are added to the resultant collection. For collections of custom objects; the objects should implement java.lang.Comparable 
       assert [3,4] == [1,2,3,4].intersect([3,4,5,6], Comparator.naturalOrder())

 def one = ['a', 'B', 'c', 'd']
 def two = ['b', 'C', 'd', 'e']
 def compareIgnoreCase = { a, b -> a.toLowerCase() <=> b.toLowerCase() }
 assert one.intersect(two) == ['d']
 assert two.intersect(one) == ['d']
 assert one.intersect(two, compareIgnoreCase) == ['b', 'C', 'd']
 assert two.intersect(one, compareIgnoreCase) == ['B', 'c', 'd']
      Parameters:
      left - a Collection
      right - a Collection
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      a Collection as an intersection of both collections
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both iterables. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. For iterables of custom objects; the objects should implement java.lang.Comparable 
       assert [4,5] == [1,2,3,4,5].intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      By default, Groovy uses a NumberAwareComparator when determining if an element exists in both collections.
      Parameters:
      left - an Iterable
      right - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Collection as an intersection of both iterables
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      intersect(Iterable, Iterable, Comparator)

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> intersect​(java.lang.Iterable<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Create a Collection composed of the intersection of both iterables. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. For iterables of custom objects; the objects should implement java.lang.Comparable 
       assert [3,4] == [1,2,3,4].intersect([3,4,5,6], Comparator.naturalOrder())
      Parameters:
      left - an Iterable
      right - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      a Collection as an intersection of both iterables
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> intersect​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a List composed of the intersection of a List and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [4,5] == [1,2,3,4,5].intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      By default, Groovy uses a NumberAwareComparator when determining if an element exists in both collections.
      Parameters:
      left - a List
      right - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a List as an intersection of a List and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      intersect(List, Iterable, Comparator)

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> intersect​(java.util.List<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Create a List composed of the intersection of a List and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [3,4] == [1,2,3,4].intersect([3,4,5,6])
      Parameters:
      left - a List
      right - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      a List as an intersection of a List and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> intersect​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a Set composed of the intersection of a Set and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [4,5] as Set == ([1,2,3,4,5] as Set).intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      By default, Groovy uses a NumberAwareComparator when determining if an element exists in both collections.
      Parameters:
      left - a Set
      right - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Set as an intersection of a Set and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      intersect(Set, Iterable, Comparator)

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> intersect​(java.util.Set<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Create a Set composed of the intersection of a Set and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [3,4] as Set == ([1,2,3,4] as Set).intersect([3,4,5,6], Comparator.naturalOrder())
      Parameters:
      left - a Set
      right - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      a Set as an intersection of a Set and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> intersect​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right)
      Create a SortedSet composed of the intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [4,5] as SortedSet == ([1,2,3,4,5] as SortedSet).intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      By default, Groovy uses a NumberAwareComparator when determining if an element exists in both collections.
      Parameters:
      left - a SortedSet
      right - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Set as an intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      intersect(SortedSet, Iterable, Comparator)

    • intersect

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> intersect​(java.util.SortedSet<T> left, java.lang.Iterable<T> right, java.util.Comparator<T> comparator)
      Create a SortedSet composed of the intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable. Any elements that exist in both iterables are added to the resultant collection. 
       assert [4,5] as SortedSet == ([1,2,3,4,5] as SortedSet).intersect([4,5,6,7,8])
      Parameters:
      left - a SortedSet
      right - an Iterable
      comparator - a Comparator
      Returns:
      a Set as an intersection of a SortedSet and an Iterable
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • intersect

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> intersect​(java.util.Map<K,​V> left, java.util.Map<K,​V> right)
      Create a Map composed of the intersection of both maps. Any entries that exist in both maps are added to the resultant map. 
      assert [4:4,5:5] == [1:1,2:2,3:3,4:4,5:5].intersect([4:4,5:5,6:6,7:7,8:8])
      assert [1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 3, 4: 4].intersect( [1: 1.0, 2: 2, 5: 5] ) == [1:1, 2:2]
      Parameters:
      left - a map
      right - a map
      Returns:
      a Map as an intersection of both maps
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • disjoint

      public static boolean disjoint​(java.lang.Iterable left, java.lang.Iterable right)
      Returns true if the intersection of two iterables is empty. 
      assert [1,2,3].disjoint([3,4,5]) == false
      assert [1,2].disjoint([3,4]) == true
      Parameters:
      left - an Iterable
      right - an Iterable
      Returns:
      boolean true if the intersection of two iterables is empty, false otherwise.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • disjoint

      @Deprecated public static boolean disjoint​(java.util.Collection left, java.util.Collection right)
      Deprecated.
      use the Iterable variant instead
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      disjoint(Iterable, Iterable)

    • chop

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(T[] self, int... chopSizes)
      Chops the array into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes. If the array isn't large enough, truncated (possibly empty) pieces are returned. Using a chop size of -1 will cause that piece to contain all remaining items from the array.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array to be chopped
      chopSizes - the sizes for the returned pieces
      Returns:
      a list of lists chopping the original array elements into pieces determined by chopSizes
      Since:
      2.5.2
      See Also:
      to chop a list into pieces of a fixed size

    • chop

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int... chopSizes)
      Chops the Iterable into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes. If the Iterable isn't large enough, truncated (possibly empty) pieces are returned. Using a chop size of -1 will cause that piece to contain all remaining items from the Iterable.

      Example usage: 

       assert [1, 2, 3, 4].chop(1) == [[1]]
 assert [1, 2, 3, 4].chop(1,-1) == [[1], [2, 3, 4]]
 assert ('a'..'h').chop(2, 4) == [['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']]
 assert ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'].chop(3) == [['a', 'b', 'c']]
 assert ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'].chop(1, 2, 3) == [['a'], ['b', 'c'], ['d', 'e']]
 assert ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'].chop(1, 2, 3, 3, 3) == [['a'], ['b', 'c'], ['d', 'e'], [], []]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to be chopped
      chopSizes - the sizes for the returned pieces
      Returns:
      a list of lists chopping the original iterable into pieces determined by chopSizes
      Since:
      2.5.2
      See Also:
      to chop an Iterable into pieces of a fixed size

    • chop

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.util.List<T>> chop​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int... chopSizes)
      Chops the iterator items into pieces, returning lists with sizes corresponding to the supplied chop sizes. If the iterator is exhausted early, truncated (possibly empty) pieces are returned. Using a chop size of -1 will cause that piece to contain all remaining items from the iterator.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator to be chopped
      chopSizes - the sizes for the returned pieces
      Returns:
      a list of lists chopping the original iterator elements into pieces determined by chopSizes
      Since:
      2.5.2

    • equals

      public static boolean equals​(int[] left, int[] right)
      Compare the contents of this array to the contents of the given array.
      Parameters:
      left - an int array
      right - the array being compared
      Returns:
      true if the contents of both arrays are equal.
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • equals

      public static boolean equals​(java.lang.Object[] left, java.util.List right)
      Determines if the contents of this array are equal to the contents of the given list, in the same order. This returns false if either collection is null.
      Parameters:
      left - an array
      right - the List being compared
      Returns:
      true if the contents of both collections are equal
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • equals

      public static boolean equals​(java.util.List left, java.lang.Object[] right)
      Determines if the contents of this list are equal to the contents of the given array in the same order. This returns false if either collection is null. 
      assert [1, "a"].equals( [ 1, "a" ] as Object[] )
      Parameters:
      left - a List
      right - the Object[] being compared to
      Returns:
      true if the contents of both collections are equal
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • equals

      public static boolean equals​(java.util.List left, java.util.List right)
      Compare the contents of two Lists. Order matters. If numbers exist in the Lists, then they are compared as numbers, for example 2 == 2L. If both lists are null, the result is true; otherwise if either list is null, the result is false. 
      assert ["a", 2].equals(["a", 2])
 assert ![2, "a"].equals("a", 2)
 assert [2.0, "a"].equals(2L, "a") // number comparison at work
      Parameters:
      left - a List
      right - the List being compared to
      Returns:
      boolean true if the contents of both lists are identical, false otherwise.
      Since:
      1.0

    • equals

      public static <T> boolean equals​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.util.Set<T> other)
      Compare the contents of two Sets for equality using Groovy's coercion rules.

      Returns true if the two sets have the same size, and every member of the specified set is contained in this set (or equivalently, every member of this set is contained in the specified set). If numbers exist in the sets, then they are compared as numbers, for example 2 == 2L. If both sets are null, the result is true; otherwise if either set is null, the result is false. Example usage: 

       Set s1 = ["a", 2]
 def s2 = [2, 'a'] as Set
 Set s3 = [3, 'a']
 def s4 = [2.0, 'a'] as Set
 def s5 = [2L, 'a'] as Set
 assert s1.equals(s2)
 assert !s1.equals(s3)
 assert s1.equals(s4)
 assert s1.equals(s5)
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      other - the Set being compared to
      Returns:
      true if the contents of both sets are identical
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • equals

      public static boolean equals​(java.util.Map self, java.util.Map other)
      Compares two Maps treating coerced numerical values as identical.

      Example usage: 

      assert [a:2, b:3] == [a:2L, b:3.0]
      Parameters:
      self - this Map
      other - the Map being compared to
      Returns:
      true if the contents of both maps are identical
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
      Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the elements of the given Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set object
      removeMe - the items to remove from the Set
      Returns:
      the resulting Set
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
      Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the elements from the given Iterable.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set object
      removeMe - the items to remove from the Set
      Returns:
      the resulting Set
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> minus​(java.util.Set<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
      Create a Set composed of the elements of the first Set minus the given element.
      Parameters:
      self - a Set object
      removeMe - the element to remove from the Set
      Returns:
      the resulting Set
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
      Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the elements of the given Collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet object
      removeMe - the items to remove from the SortedSet
      Returns:
      the resulting SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
      Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the elements of the given Iterable.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet object
      removeMe - the items to remove from the SortedSet
      Returns:
      the resulting SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> minus​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
      Create a SortedSet composed of the elements of the first SortedSet minus the given element.
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet object
      removeMe - the element to remove from the SortedSet
      Returns:
      the resulting SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Iterable removeMe)
      Create a new array composed of the elements of the first array minus the elements of the given Iterable. 
       Integer[] ints = [1, 2, 3, 1]
 List<Integer> nope = [1, 3]
 def result = ints - nope
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{2}

 Integer[] none = []
 result = none - 123
 assert result !== none
 assert result.length == 0
 assert result.class == Integer[]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      removeMe - an Iterable of elements to remove
      Returns:
      an array with the supplied elements removed
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • minus

      public static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Object[] removeMe)
      Create a new array composed of the elements of the first array minus the elements of the given array. 
       Integer[] ints = [1, 2, 3, 1]
 Integer[] nope = [1, 3]
 def result = ints - nope
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{2}

 Integer[] none = []
 result = none - 123
 assert result !== none
 assert result.length == 0
 assert result.class == Integer[]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      removeMe - an array of elements to remove
      Returns:
      an array with the supplied elements removed
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
      Create a List composed of the elements of the first list minus every occurrence of elements of the given Collection. 
      assert [1, "a", true, true, false, 5.3] - [true, 5.3] == [1, "a", false]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      removeMe - a Collection of elements to remove
      Returns:
      a List with the given elements removed
      Since:
      1.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.util.Collection<T> self, java.util.Collection<?> removeMe)
      Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Collection minus every occurrence of elements of the given Collection. 
      assert [1, "a", true, true, false, 5.3] - [true, 5.3] == [1, "a", false]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      removeMe - a Collection of elements to remove
      Returns:
      a Collection with the given elements removed
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
      Create a new List composed of the elements of the first List minus every occurrence of elements of the given Iterable. 
      assert [1, "a", true, true, false, 5.3] - [true, 5.3] == [1, "a", false]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      removeMe - an Iterable of elements to remove
      Returns:
      a new List with the given elements removed
      Since:
      1.8.7

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Iterable<?> removeMe)
      Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Iterable minus every occurrence of elements of the given Iterable. 
       assert [1, "a", true, true, false, 5.3] - [true, 5.3] == [1, "a", false]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      removeMe - an Iterable of elements to remove
      Returns:
      a new Collection with the given elements removed
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> minus​(java.util.List<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
      Create a new List composed of the elements of the first List minus every occurrence of the given element to remove. 
      assert ["a", 5, 5, true] - 5 == ["a", true]
      Parameters:
      self - a List object
      removeMe - an element to remove from the List
      Returns:
      the resulting List with the given element removed
      Since:
      1.0

    • minus

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> minus​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
      Create a new Collection composed of the elements of the first Iterable minus every occurrence of the given element to remove. 
      assert ["a", 5, 5, true] - 5 == ["a", true]
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable object
      removeMe - an element to remove from the Iterable
      Returns:
      the resulting Collection with the given element removed
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • minus

      public static <T> T[] minus​(T[] self, java.lang.Object removeMe)
      Create a new array composed of the elements of the given array minus every occurrence the given object. 
       Integer[] ints = [1, 2, 3, 1]
 def result = ints - 1
 assert result.class == Integer[]
 assert result == new Integer[]{2, 3}

 Integer[] none = []
 result = none - '1'
 assert result !== none
 assert result.length == 0
 assert result.class == Integer[]
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      removeMe - an element to remove from the array
      Returns:
      a new array with the operand removed
      Since:
      1.5.5

    • minus

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> minus​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map removeMe)
      Create a Map composed of the entries of the first map minus the entries of the given map.
      Parameters:
      self - a map object
      removeMe - the entries to remove from the map
      Returns:
      the resulting map
      Since:
      1.7.4

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection<?> flatten​(java.util.Collection<?> self)
      Flatten a Collection. This Collection and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection. 
      assert [1,2,3,4,5] == [1,[2,3],[[4]],[],5].flatten()
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection<?> flatten​(java.lang.Iterable<?> self)
      Flatten an Iterable. This Iterable and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection. 
      assert [1,2,3,4,5] == [1,[2,3],[[4]],[],5].flatten()
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.List<?> flatten​(java.util.List<?> self)
      Flatten a List. This List and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new List. 
      assert [1,2,3,4,5] == [1,[2,3],[[4]],[],5].flatten()
      Parameters:
      self - a List to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened List
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Set<?> flatten​(java.util.Set<?> self)
      Flatten a Set. This Set and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new Set. 
      assert [1,2,3,4,5] as Set == ([1,[2,3],[[4]],[],5] as Set).flatten()
      Parameters:
      self - a Set to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.SortedSet<?> flatten​(java.util.SortedSet<?> self)
      Flatten a SortedSet. This SortedSet and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new SortedSet. 
       Set nested = [[0,1],[2],3,[4],5]
 SortedSet sorted = new TreeSet({ a, b -> (a instanceof List ? a[0] : a) <=> (b instanceof List ? b[0] : b) } as Comparator)
 sorted.addAll(nested)
 assert [0,1,2,3,4,5] as SortedSet == sorted.flatten()
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened SortedSet
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(boolean[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(byte[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a byte Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(char[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a char Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(short[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a short Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(int[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - an int Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(long[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a long Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(float[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a float Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      public static java.util.Collection flatten​(double[] self)
      Flatten an array. This array and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection.
      Parameters:
      self - a double Array to flatten
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • flatten

      @Deprecated public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> flatten​(java.util.Collection<T> self, Closure<? extends T> flattenUsing)
      Deprecated.
      Use the Iterable version of flatten instead
      Since:
      1.6.0
      See Also:
      flatten(Iterable, Closure)

    • flatten

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> flatten​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure<? extends T> flattenUsing)
      Flatten an Iterable. This Iterable and any nested arrays or collections have their contents (recursively) added to the new collection. For any non-Array, non-Collection object which represents some sort of collective type, the supplied closure should yield the contained items; otherwise, the closure should just return any element which corresponds to a leaf.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      flattenUsing - a closure to determine how to flatten non-Array, non-Collection elements
      Returns:
      a flattened Collection
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • leftShift

      public static <T> java.util.Collection<T> leftShift​(java.util.Collection<T> self, T value)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a Collection. 
      def list = [1,2]
 list << 3
 assert list == [1,2,3]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      value - an Object to be added to the collection.
      Returns:
      same collection, after the value was added to it.
      Since:
      1.0

    • leftShift

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> leftShift​(java.util.List<T> self, T value)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a List. 
      def list = [1,2]
 list << 3
 assert list == [1,2,3]
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      value - an Object to be added to the List.
      Returns:
      same List, after the value was added to it.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • leftShift

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> leftShift​(java.util.Set<T> self, T value)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a Set. 
      def set = [1,2] as Set
 set << 3
 assert set == [1,2,3] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a Set
      value - an Object to be added to the Set.
      Returns:
      same Set, after the value was added to it.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • leftShift

      public static <T> java.util.SortedSet<T> leftShift​(java.util.SortedSet<T> self, T value)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a SortedSet. 
      def set = [1,2] as SortedSet
 set << 3
 assert set == [1,2,3] as SortedSet
      Parameters:
      self - a SortedSet
      value - an Object to be added to the SortedSet.
      Returns:
      same SortedSet, after the value was added to it.
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • leftShift

      public static <T> java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue<T> leftShift​(java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue<T> self, T value) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append objects to a BlockingQueue. In case of bounded queue the method will block till space in the queue become available 
      def list = new java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue ()
 list << 3 << 2 << 1
 assert list.iterator().collect{it} == [3,2,1]
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      value - an Object to be added to the collection.
      Returns:
      same collection, after the value was added to it.
      Throws:
      java.lang.InterruptedException
      Since:
      1.7.1

    • leftShift

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> leftShift​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map.Entry<K,​V> entry)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to append Map.Entry values to a Map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      entry - a Map.Entry to be added to the Map.
      Returns:
      same map, after the value has been added to it.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • leftShift

      public static <K,​ V> java.util.Map<K,​V> leftShift​(java.util.Map<K,​V> self, java.util.Map<K,​V> other)
      Overloads the left shift operator to provide an easy way to put one maps entries into another map. This allows the compact syntax map1 << map2; otherwise it's just a synonym for putAll though it returns the original map rather than being a void method. Example usage: 
      def map = [a:1, b:2]
 map << [c:3, d:4]
 assert map == [a:1, b:2, c:3, d:4]
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      other - another Map whose entries should be added to the original Map.
      Returns:
      same map, after the values have been added to it.
      Since:
      1.7.2

    • leftShift

      public static java.lang.Number leftShift​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
      Implementation of the left shift operator for integral types. Non-integral Number types throw UnsupportedOperationException.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number object
      operand - the shift distance by which to left shift the number
      Returns:
      the resulting number
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • rightShift

      public static java.lang.Number rightShift​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
      Implementation of the right shift operator for integral types. Non-integral Number types throw UnsupportedOperationException.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number object
      operand - the shift distance by which to right shift the number
      Returns:
      the resulting number
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • rightShiftUnsigned

      public static java.lang.Number rightShiftUnsigned​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number operand)
      Implementation of the right shift (unsigned) operator for integral types. Non-integral Number types throw UnsupportedOperationException.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number object
      operand - the shift distance by which to right shift (unsigned) the number
      Returns:
      the resulting number
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a byte array
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved bytes
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a char array
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved chars
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a short array
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved shorts
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for an int array
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the ints at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a long array
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved longs
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a float array
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved floats
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a double array
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved doubles
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, Range range)
      Support the subscript operator with a range for a boolean array
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      range - a range indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved booleans
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a byte array
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved bytes
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a char array
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved chars
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a short array
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved shorts
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for an int array
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved ints
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a long array
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved longs
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a float array
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved floats
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a double array
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved doubles
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, IntRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an IntRange for a boolean array
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      range - an IntRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved booleans
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a byte array
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved bytes
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a char array
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved chars
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a short array
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved shorts
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for an int array
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved ints
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a long array
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved longs
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a float array
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved floats
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a double array
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved doubles
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, ObjectRange range)
      Support the subscript operator with an ObjectRange for a byte array
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      range - an ObjectRange indicating the indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the retrieved bytes
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> getAt​(byte[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a byte array
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the bytes at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getAt​(char[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a char array
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the chars at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getAt​(short[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a short array
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the shorts at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> getAt​(int[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for an int array
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the ints at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> getAt​(long[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a long array
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the longs at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> getAt​(float[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a float array
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the floats at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> getAt​(double[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a double array
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the doubles at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> getAt​(boolean[] array, java.util.Collection indices)
      Support the subscript operator with a collection for a boolean array
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      indices - a collection of indices for the items to retrieve
      Returns:
      list of the booleans at the given indices
      Since:
      1.0

    • getAt

      public static boolean getAt​(java.util.BitSet self, int index)
      Support the subscript operator for a Bitset
      Parameters:
      self - a BitSet
      index - index to retrieve
      Returns:
      value of the bit at the given index
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      BitSet

    • getAt

      public static java.util.BitSet getAt​(java.util.BitSet self, IntRange range)
      Support retrieving a subset of a BitSet using a Range
      Parameters:
      self - a BitSet
      range - a Range defining the desired subset
      Returns:
      a new BitSet that represents the requested subset
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      BitSet, IntRange

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.BitSet self, IntRange range, boolean value)
      Support assigning a range of values with a single assignment statement.
      Parameters:
      self - a BitSet
      range - the range of values to set
      value - value
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      BitSet, Range

    • putAt

      public static void putAt​(java.util.BitSet self, int index, boolean value)
      Support subscript-style assignment for a BitSet.
      Parameters:
      self - a BitSet
      index - index of the entry to set
      value - value
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      BitSet

    • size

      public static int size​(boolean[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(byte[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(char[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(short[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(int[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(long[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(float[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • size

      public static int size​(double[] array)
      Allows arrays to behave similar to collections.
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      Returns:
      the length of the array
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Array.getLength(java.lang.Object)

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Byte> toList​(byte[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Boolean> toList​(boolean[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> toList​(char[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Short> toList​(short[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Integer> toList​(int[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Long> toList​(long[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Float> toList​(float[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toList

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Double> toList​(double[] array)
      Converts this array to a List of the same size, with each element added to the list.
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      Returns:
      a list containing the contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Byte> toSet​(byte[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a byte array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Boolean> toSet​(boolean[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a boolean array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Character> toSet​(char[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a char array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Short> toSet​(short[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a short array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Integer> toSet​(int[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - an int array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Long> toSet​(long[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a long array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Float> toSet​(float[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a float array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Double> toSet​(double[] array)
      Converts this array to a Set, with each unique element added to the set.
      Parameters:
      array - a double array
      Returns:
      a set containing the unique contents of this array.
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Collection<T> self)
      Convert a Collection to a Set. Always returns a new Set even if the Collection is already a Set.

      Example usage: 

       def result = [1, 2, 2, 2, 3].toSet()
 assert result instanceof Set
 assert result == [1, 2, 3] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - a collection
      Returns:
      a Set
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Convert an Iterable to a Set. Always returns a new Set even if the Iterable is already a Set.

      Example usage: 

       def result = [1, 2, 2, 2, 3].toSet()
 assert result instanceof Set
 assert result == [1, 2, 3] as Set
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      Returns:
      a Set
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • toSet

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Convert an iterator to a Set. The iterator will become exhausted of elements after making this conversion.
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator
      Returns:
      a Set
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • toSet

      public static <T> java.util.Set<T> toSet​(java.util.Enumeration<T> self)
      Convert an enumeration to a Set.
      Parameters:
      self - an enumeration
      Returns:
      a Set
      Since:
      1.8.0

    • primitiveArrayGet

      protected static java.lang.Object primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, int idx)
      Implements the getAt(int) method for primitive type arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an array object
      idx - the index of interest
      Returns:
      the returned value from the array
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • primitiveArrayGet

      protected static java.util.List primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, Range range)
      Implements the getAt(Range) method for primitive type arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an array object
      range - the range of indices of interest
      Returns:
      the returned values from the array corresponding to the range
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • primitiveArrayGet

      protected static java.util.List primitiveArrayGet​(java.lang.Object self, java.util.Collection indices)
      Implements the getAt(Collection) method for primitive type arrays. Each value in the collection argument is assumed to be a valid array index. The value at each index is then added to a list which is returned.
      Parameters:
      self - an array object
      indices - the indices of interest
      Returns:
      the returned values from the array
      Since:
      1.0

    • primitiveArrayPut

      protected static java.lang.Object primitiveArrayPut​(java.lang.Object self, int idx, java.lang.Object newValue)
      Implements the setAt(int idx) method for primitive type arrays.
      Parameters:
      self - an object
      idx - the index of interest
      newValue - the new value to be put into the index of interest
      Returns:
      the added value
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • toBoolean

      public static java.lang.Boolean toBoolean​(java.lang.Boolean self)
      Identity conversion which returns Boolean.TRUE for a true Boolean and Boolean.FALSE for a false Boolean.
      Parameters:
      self - a Boolean
      Returns:
      the original Boolean
      Since:
      1.7.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(int[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(long[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(short[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(char[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(boolean[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array within which we count the number of occurrences
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      the number of occurrences
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(double[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(float[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(byte[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • contains

      public static boolean contains​(java.lang.Object[] self, java.lang.Object value)
      Checks whether the array contains the given value.
      Parameters:
      self - the array we are searching
      value - the value being searched for
      Returns:
      true if the array contains the value
      Since:
      1.8.6

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(boolean[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(byte[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(char[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(short[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(int[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(long[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(float[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(double[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array.
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.AbstractMap self)
      Returns the string representation of the given map.
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      toMapString(java.util.Map)

    • toMapString

      public static java.lang.String toMapString​(java.util.Map self)
      Returns the string representation of this map. The string displays the contents of the map, i.e. [one:1, two:2, three:3].
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0

    • toMapString

      public static java.lang.String toMapString​(java.util.Map self, int maxSize)
      Returns the string representation of this map. The string displays the contents of the map, i.e. [one:1, two:2, three:3].
      Parameters:
      self - a Map
      maxSize - stop after approximately this many characters and append '...'
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(java.util.AbstractCollection self)
      Returns the string representation of the given collection. The string displays the contents of the collection, i.e. [1, 2, a].
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      toListString(java.util.Collection)

    • toListString

      public static java.lang.String toListString​(java.util.Collection self)
      Returns the string representation of the given list. The string displays the contents of the list, similar to a list literal, i.e. [1, 2, a].
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0

    • toListString

      public static java.lang.String toListString​(java.util.Collection self, int maxSize)
      Returns the string representation of the given list. The string displays the contents of the list, similar to a list literal, i.e. [1, 2, a].
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      maxSize - stop after approximately this many characters and append '...'
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.7.3

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Returns the string representation of this array's contents.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object[]
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      toArrayString(java.lang.Object[])

    • toArrayString

      public static java.lang.String toArrayString​(java.lang.Object[] self)
      Returns the string representation of the given array. The string displays the contents of the array, similar to an array literal, i.e. {1, 2, "a"}.
      Parameters:
      self - an Object[]
      Returns:
      the string representation
      Since:
      1.0

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.Object value)
      Create a String representation of this object.
      Parameters:
      value - an object
      Returns:
      a string.
      Since:
      1.0

    • next

      public static java.lang.Character next​(java.lang.Character self)
      Increment a Character by one.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      an incremented Character
      Since:
      1.5.7

    • next

      public static java.lang.Number next​(java.lang.Number self)
      Increment a Number by one.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      an incremented Number
      Since:
      1.0

    • previous

      public static java.lang.Character previous​(java.lang.Character self)
      Decrement a Character by one.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      a decremented Character
      Since:
      1.5.7

    • previous

      public static java.lang.Number previous​(java.lang.Number self)
      Decrement a Number by one.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a decremented Number
      Since:
      1.0

    • plus

      public static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Add a Character and a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the addition (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value). This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the addition of left and right
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Integer.valueOf(int)

    • plus

      public static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Add a Number and a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the addition (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      The Number corresponding to the addition of left and right
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      Integer.valueOf(int)

    • plus

      public static java.lang.Number plus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Add one Character to another. The ordinal values of the Characters are used in the addition (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value). This operation will always create a new object for the result, while the operands remain unchanged.
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the addition of left and right
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      plus(java.lang.Number, java.lang.Character)

    • compareTo

      public static int compareTo​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Compare a Character and a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the comparison (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      the result of the comparison
      Since:
      1.0

    • compareTo

      public static int compareTo​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Compare a Number and a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the comparison (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the result of the comparison
      Since:
      1.0

    • compareTo

      public static int compareTo​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Compare two Characters. The ordinal values of the Characters are compared (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the result of the comparison
      Since:
      1.0

    • compareTo

      public static int compareTo​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Compare two Numbers. Equality (==) for numbers dispatches to this.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number to compare to
      Returns:
      the comparison of both numbers
      Since:
      1.0

    • minus

      public static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Subtract a Number from a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the subtraction (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the subtraction of right from left
      Since:
      1.0

    • minus

      public static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Subtract a Character from a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the subtraction (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the subtraction of right from left
      Since:
      1.0

    • minus

      public static java.lang.Number minus​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Subtract one Character from another. The ordinal values of the Characters is used in the comparison (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the subtraction of right from left
      Since:
      1.0

    • multiply

      public static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Multiply a Character by a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the multiplication (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the multiplication of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • multiply

      public static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Multiply a Number by a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the multiplication (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the multiplication of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • multiply

      public static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Multiply two Characters. The ordinal values of the Characters are used in the multiplication (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - another Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the multiplication of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • multiply

      public static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.lang.Double right)
      Multiply a BigDecimal and a Double. Note: This method was added to enforce the Groovy rule of BigDecimal*Double == Double. Without this method, the multiply(BigDecimal) method in BigDecimal would respond and return a BigDecimal instead. Since BigDecimal is preferred over Number, the Number*Number method is not chosen as in older versions of Groovy.
      Parameters:
      left - a BigDecimal
      right - a Double
      Returns:
      the multiplication of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • multiply

      public static java.lang.Number multiply​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.math.BigInteger right)
      Multiply a BigDecimal and a BigInteger. Note: This method was added to enforce the Groovy rule of BigDecimal*long == long. Without this method, the multiply(BigDecimal) method in BigDecimal would respond and return a BigDecimal instead. Since BigDecimal is preferred over Number, the Number*Number method is not chosen as in older versions of Groovy. BigInteger is the fallback for all integer types in Groovy
      Parameters:
      left - a BigDecimal
      right - a BigInteger
      Returns:
      the multiplication of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • isAtLeast

      public static java.lang.Boolean isAtLeast​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.math.BigDecimal right)
      Compare a BigDecimal to another. A fluent api style alias for compareTo.
      Parameters:
      left - a BigDecimal
      right - a BigDecimal
      Returns:
      true if left is equal to or bigger than right
      Since:
      3.0.1

    • isAtLeast

      public static java.lang.Boolean isAtLeast​(java.math.BigDecimal left, java.lang.String right)
      Compare a BigDecimal to a String representing a number. A fluent api style alias for compareTo.
      Parameters:
      left - a BigDecimal
      right - a String representing a number
      Returns:
      true if left is equal to or bigger than the value represented by right
      Since:
      3.0.1

    • power

      public static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number exponent)
      Power of a Number to a certain exponent. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      exponent - a Number exponent
      Returns:
      a Number to the power of a certain exponent
      Since:
      1.0

    • power

      public static java.lang.Number power​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
      Power of a BigDecimal to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, call the BigDecimal.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - a BigDecimal
      exponent - an Integer exponent
      Returns:
      a Number to the power of the exponent

    • power

      public static java.lang.Number power​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
      Power of a BigInteger to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, call the BigInteger.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - a BigInteger
      exponent - an Integer exponent
      Returns:
      a Number to the power of the exponent

    • power

      public static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Integer self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
      Power of an integer to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, convert to a BigInteger and call BigInteger.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - an Integer
      exponent - an Integer exponent
      Returns:
      a Number to the power of the exponent

    • power

      public static java.lang.Number power​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Integer exponent)
      Power of a long to an integer certain exponent. If the exponent is positive, convert to a BigInteger and call BigInteger.pow(int) method to maintain precision. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - a Long
      exponent - an Integer exponent
      Returns:
      a Number to the power of the exponent

    • power

      public static java.math.BigInteger power​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.math.BigInteger exponent)
      Power of a BigInteger to a BigInteger certain exponent. Called by the '**' operator.
      Parameters:
      self - a BigInteger
      exponent - a BigInteger exponent
      Returns:
      a BigInteger to the power of the exponent
      Since:
      2.3.8

    • div

      public static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Divide a Character by a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the division of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • div

      public static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Divide a Number by a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the division of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • div

      public static java.lang.Number div​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Divide one Character by another. The ordinal values of the Characters are used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - another Character
      Returns:
      the Number corresponding to the division of left by right
      Since:
      1.0

    • intdiv

      public static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Number right)
      Integer Divide a Character by a Number. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - a Number
      Returns:
      a Number (an Integer) resulting from the integer division operation
      Since:
      1.0

    • intdiv

      public static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Character right)
      Integer Divide a Number by a Character. The ordinal value of the Character is used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - a Character
      Returns:
      a Number (an Integer) resulting from the integer division operation
      Since:
      1.0

    • intdiv

      public static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Character left, java.lang.Character right)
      Integer Divide two Characters. The ordinal values of the Characters are used in the division (the ordinal value is the unicode value which for simple character sets is the ASCII value).
      Parameters:
      left - a Character
      right - another Character
      Returns:
      a Number (an Integer) resulting from the integer division operation
      Since:
      1.0

    • intdiv

      public static java.lang.Number intdiv​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Integer Divide two Numbers.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number
      Returns:
      a Number (an Integer) resulting from the integer division operation
      Since:
      1.0

    • or

      public static java.lang.Number or​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Bitwise OR together two numbers.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number to bitwise OR
      Returns:
      the bitwise OR of both Numbers
      Since:
      1.0

    • and

      public static java.lang.Number and​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Bitwise AND together two Numbers.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number to bitwise AND
      Returns:
      the bitwise AND of both Numbers
      Since:
      1.0

    • and

      public static java.util.BitSet and​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
      Bitwise AND together two BitSets.
      Parameters:
      left - a BitSet
      right - another BitSet to bitwise AND
      Returns:
      the bitwise AND of both BitSets
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • xor

      public static java.util.BitSet xor​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
      Bitwise XOR together two BitSets. Called when the '^' operator is used between two bit sets.
      Parameters:
      left - a BitSet
      right - another BitSet to bitwise XOR
      Returns:
      the bitwise XOR of both BitSets
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • bitwiseNegate

      public static java.util.BitSet bitwiseNegate​(java.util.BitSet self)
      Bitwise NEGATE a BitSet.
      Parameters:
      self - a BitSet
      Returns:
      the bitwise NEGATE of the BitSet
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • bitwiseNegate

      public static java.lang.Number bitwiseNegate​(java.lang.Number left)
      Bitwise NEGATE a Number.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      Returns:
      the bitwise NEGATE of the Number
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • or

      public static java.util.BitSet or​(java.util.BitSet left, java.util.BitSet right)
      Bitwise OR together two BitSets. Called when the '|' operator is used between two bit sets.
      Parameters:
      left - a BitSet
      right - another BitSet to bitwise OR
      Returns:
      the bitwise OR of both BitSets
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • xor

      public static java.lang.Number xor​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Bitwise XOR together two Numbers. Called when the '^' operator is used.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number to bitwise XOR
      Returns:
      the bitwise XOR of both Numbers
      Since:
      1.0

    • mod

      public static java.lang.Number mod​(java.lang.Number left, java.lang.Number right)
      Performs a division modulus operation. Called by the '%' operator.
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      right - another Number to mod
      Returns:
      the modulus result
      Since:
      1.0

    • unaryMinus

      public static java.lang.Number unaryMinus​(java.lang.Number left)
      Negates the number. Equivalent to the '-' operator when it precedes a single operand, i.e. -10
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      Returns:
      the negation of the number
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • unaryPlus

      public static java.lang.Number unaryPlus​(java.lang.Number left)
      Returns the number, effectively being a noop for numbers. Operator overloaded form of the '+' operator when it precedes a single operand, i.e. +10
      Parameters:
      left - a Number
      Returns:
      the number
      Since:
      2.2.0

    • times

      public static void times​(java.lang.Number self, Closure closure)
      Executes the closure this many times, starting from zero. The current index is passed to the closure each time. Example: 
      10.times {
   println it
 }
      Prints the numbers 0 through 9.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      closure - the closure to call a number of times
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      to - another Number to go up to
      closure - the closure to call
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a long
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Long
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a float
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.lang.Float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Float
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a double
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.lang.Double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Double
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time. Example: 
      0.upto( 10 ) {
   println it
 }
      Prints numbers 0 to 10
      Parameters:
      self - a BigInteger
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • upto

      public static void upto​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number, inclusive, incrementing by one each time. 
      0.1.upto( 10 ) {
   println it
 }
      Prints numbers 0.1, 1.1, 2.1... to 9.1
      Parameters:
      self - a BigDecimal
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      to - another Number to go down to
      closure - the closure to call
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a long
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.lang.Long self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Long
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a float
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.lang.Float self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Float
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a double
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.lang.Double self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a Double
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.math.BigInteger self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time.
      Parameters:
      self - a BigInteger
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • downto

      public static void downto​(java.math.BigDecimal self, java.lang.Number to, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number down to the given number, inclusive, decrementing by one each time. Each number is passed to the closure. Example: 
       10.5.downto(0) {
   println it
 }
      Prints numbers 10.5, 9.5 ... to 0.5.
      Parameters:
      self - a BigDecimal
      to - the end number
      closure - the code to execute for each number
      Since:
      1.0

    • step

      public static void step​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Number to, java.lang.Number stepNumber, Closure closure)
      Iterates from this number up to the given number using a step increment. Each intermediate number is passed to the given closure. Example: 
       0.step( 10, 2 ) {
   println it
 }
      Prints even numbers 0 through 8.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number to start with
      to - a Number to go up to, exclusive
      stepNumber - a Number representing the step increment
      closure - the closure to call
      Since:
      1.0

    • abs

      public static int abs​(java.lang.Number number)
      Get the absolute value
      Parameters:
      number - a Number
      Returns:
      the absolute value of that Number
      Since:
      1.0

    • abs

      public static long abs​(java.lang.Long number)
      Get the absolute value
      Parameters:
      number - a Long
      Returns:
      the absolute value of that Long
      Since:
      1.0

    • abs

      public static float abs​(java.lang.Float number)
      Get the absolute value
      Parameters:
      number - a Float
      Returns:
      the absolute value of that Float
      Since:
      1.0

    • abs

      public static double abs​(java.lang.Double number)
      Get the absolute value
      Parameters:
      number - a Double
      Returns:
      the absolute value of that Double
      Since:
      1.0

    • equalsIgnoreZeroSign

      public static boolean equalsIgnoreZeroSign​(java.lang.Float number, java.lang.Object other)
      Compares this object against the specified object returning the same result as Float.equals(Object) but returning true if this object and the specified object are both zero and negative zero respectively or vice versa.
      Since:
      3.0.8

    • equalsIgnoreZeroSign

      public static boolean equalsIgnoreZeroSign​(java.lang.Double number, java.lang.Object other)
      Compares this object against the specified object returning the same result as Double.equals(Object) but returning true if this object and the specified object are both zero and negative zero respectively or vice versa.
      Since:
      3.0.8

    • round

      public static int round​(java.lang.Float number)
      Round the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Float
      Returns:
      the rounded value of that Float
      Since:
      1.0

    • round

      public static float round​(java.lang.Float number, int precision)
      Round the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Float
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      the Float rounded to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • trunc

      public static float trunc​(java.lang.Float number, int precision)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Float
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      the Float truncated to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • trunc

      public static float trunc​(java.lang.Float number)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Float
      Returns:
      the Float truncated to 0 decimal places
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • round

      public static long round​(java.lang.Double number)
      Round the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Double
      Returns:
      the rounded value of that Double
      Since:
      1.0

    • round

      public static double round​(java.lang.Double number, int precision)
      Round the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Double
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      the Double rounded to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • trunc

      public static double trunc​(java.lang.Double number)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Double
      Returns:
      the Double truncated to 0 decimal places
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • trunc

      public static double trunc​(java.lang.Double number, int precision)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a Double
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      the Double truncated to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      1.6.4

    • round

      public static java.math.BigDecimal round​(java.math.BigDecimal number)
      Round the value

      Note that this method differs from BigDecimal.round(java.math.MathContext) which specifies the digits to retain starting from the leftmost nonzero digit. This method rounds the integral part to the nearest whole number.

      Parameters:
      number - a BigDecimal
      Returns:
      the rounded value of that BigDecimal
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      round(java.math.BigDecimal, int), BigDecimal.round(java.math.MathContext)

    • round

      public static java.math.BigDecimal round​(java.math.BigDecimal number, int precision)
      Round the value

      Note that this method differs from BigDecimal.round(java.math.MathContext) which specifies the digits to retain starting from the leftmost nonzero digit. This method operates on the fractional part of the number and the precision argument specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point to retain.

      Parameters:
      number - a BigDecimal
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      a BigDecimal rounded to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      round(java.math.BigDecimal), BigDecimal.round(java.math.MathContext)

    • trunc

      public static java.math.BigDecimal trunc​(java.math.BigDecimal number)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a BigDecimal
      Returns:
      a BigDecimal truncated to 0 decimal places
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      trunc(java.math.BigDecimal, int)

    • trunc

      public static java.math.BigDecimal trunc​(java.math.BigDecimal number, int precision)
      Truncate the value
      Parameters:
      number - a BigDecimal
      precision - the number of decimal places to keep
      Returns:
      a BigDecimal truncated to the number of decimal places specified by precision
      Since:
      2.5.0
      See Also:
      trunc(java.math.BigDecimal)

    • isUpperCase

      public static boolean isUpperCase​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determine if a Character is uppercase. Synonym for 'Character.isUpperCase(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is uppercase
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isUpperCase(char)

    • isLowerCase

      public static boolean isLowerCase​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determine if a Character is lowercase. Synonym for 'Character.isLowerCase(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is lowercase
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isLowerCase(char)

    • isLetter

      public static boolean isLetter​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determines if a character is a letter. Synonym for 'Character.isLetter(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is a letter
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isLetter(char)

    • isDigit

      public static boolean isDigit​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determines if a character is a digit. Synonym for 'Character.isDigit(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is a digit
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isDigit(char)

    • isLetterOrDigit

      public static boolean isLetterOrDigit​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determines if a character is a letter or digit. Synonym for 'Character.isLetterOrDigit(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is a letter or digit
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isLetterOrDigit(char)

    • isWhitespace

      public static boolean isWhitespace​(java.lang.Character self)
      Determines if a character is a whitespace character. Synonym for 'Character.isWhitespace(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character
      Returns:
      true if the character is a whitespace character
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isWhitespace(char)

    • toUpperCase

      public static char toUpperCase​(java.lang.Character self)
      Converts the character to uppercase. Synonym for 'Character.toUpperCase(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character to convert
      Returns:
      the uppercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isUpperCase(char), String.toUpperCase()

    • toLowerCase

      public static char toLowerCase​(java.lang.Character self)
      Converts the character to lowercase. Synonym for 'Character.toLowerCase(this)'.
      Parameters:
      self - a Character to convert
      Returns:
      the lowercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.
      Since:
      1.5.7
      See Also:
      Character.isLowerCase(char), String.toLowerCase()

    • toInteger

      public static java.lang.Integer toInteger​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform a Number into an Integer
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      an Integer
      Since:
      1.0

    • toLong

      public static java.lang.Long toLong​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform a Number into a Long
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a Long
      Since:
      1.0

    • toFloat

      public static java.lang.Float toFloat​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform a Number into a Float
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a Float
      Since:
      1.0

    • toDouble

      public static java.lang.Double toDouble​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform a Number into a Double
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a Double
      Since:
      1.0

    • toBigDecimal

      public static java.math.BigDecimal toBigDecimal​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform a Number into a BigDecimal
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a BigDecimal
      Since:
      1.0

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Number self, java.lang.Class<T> c)
      Transform this number to the given type, using the 'as' operator. The following types are supported in addition to the default asType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class):
      • BigDecimal
      • BigInteger
      • Double
      • Float
      Parameters:
      self - this number
      c - the desired type of the transformed result
      Returns:
      an instance of the given type
      Since:
      1.0

    • toBigInteger

      public static java.math.BigInteger toBigInteger​(java.lang.Number self)
      Transform this Number into a BigInteger.
      Parameters:
      self - a Number
      Returns:
      a BigInteger
      Since:
      1.0

    • and

      public static java.lang.Boolean and​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
      Logical conjunction of two boolean operators.
      Parameters:
      left - left operator
      right - right operator
      Returns:
      result of logical conjunction
      Since:
      1.0

    • or

      public static java.lang.Boolean or​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
      Logical disjunction of two boolean operators
      Parameters:
      left - left operator
      right - right operator
      Returns:
      result of logical disjunction
      Since:
      1.0

    • implies

      public static java.lang.Boolean implies​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
      Logical implication of two boolean operators
      Parameters:
      left - left operator
      right - right operator
      Returns:
      result of logical implication
      Since:
      1.8.3

    • xor

      public static java.lang.Boolean xor​(java.lang.Boolean left, java.lang.Boolean right)
      Exclusive disjunction of two boolean operators
      Parameters:
      left - left operator
      right - right operator
      Returns:
      result of exclusive disjunction
      Since:
      1.0

    • runAfter

      public static java.util.TimerTask runAfter​(java.util.Timer timer, int delay, Closure closure)
      Allows a simple syntax for using timers. This timer will execute the given closure after the given delay.
      Parameters:
      timer - a timer object
      delay - the delay in milliseconds before running the closure code
      closure - the closure to invoke
      Returns:
      The timer task which has been scheduled.
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • eachByte

      public static void eachByte​(java.lang.Byte[] self, Closure closure)
      Traverse through each byte of this Byte array. Alias for each.
      Parameters:
      self - a Byte array
      closure - a closure
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      each(java.lang.Object, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • eachByte

      public static void eachByte​(byte[] self, Closure closure)
      Traverse through each byte of this byte array. Alias for each.
      Parameters:
      self - a byte array
      closure - a closure
      Since:
      1.5.5
      See Also:
      each(java.lang.Object, groovy.lang.Closure)

    • findIndexOf

      public static int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index of the first item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      1.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that matches the condition specified in the closure. Example (aggregate is ChronoUnit enum values): 
       import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 def nameStartsWithM = { it.name().startsWith('M') }
 def first  = ChronoUnit.findIndexOf(nameStartsWithM)
 def second = ChronoUnit.findIndexOf(first + 1, nameStartsWithM)
 def third  = ChronoUnit.findIndexOf(second + 1, nameStartsWithM)
 Set units  = [first, second, third]
 assert !units.contains(-1) // should have found 3 of MICROS, MILLIS, MINUTES, MONTHS, ...
 assert units.size() == 3 // just check size so as not to rely on order
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexOf

      public static <T> int findIndexOf​(T[] self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the first item that satisfies the condition specified by the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the first matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure. Example (aggregate is ChronoUnit enum values): 
       import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 def nameStartsWithM = { it.name().startsWith('M') }
 def first = ChronoUnit.findIndexOf(nameStartsWithM)
 def last  = ChronoUnit.findLastIndexOf(nameStartsWithM)
 // should have found 2 unique index values for MICROS, MILLIS, MINUTES, MONTHS, ...
 assert first != -1 && last != -1 && first != last
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Object self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findLastIndexOf

      public static <T> int findLastIndexOf​(T[] self, int startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index of the last item that matches the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      an integer that is the index of the last matched object or -1 if no match was found
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Object self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • findIndexValues

      public static java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an aggregate of items, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the iteration object over which to iterate
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      1.5.2

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.util.Iterator<T> self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterator, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterator
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Iterable, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Iterable
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(T[] self, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • findIndexValues

      public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Number> findIndexValues​(T[] self, java.lang.Number startIndex, Closure condition)
      Iterates over the elements of an Array, starting from a specified startIndex, and returns the index values of the items that match the condition specified in the closure.
      Parameters:
      self - an Array
      startIndex - start matching from this index
      condition - the matching condition
      Returns:
      a list of numbers corresponding to the index values of all matched objects
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • getRootLoader

      public static java.lang.ClassLoader getRootLoader​(java.lang.ClassLoader self)
      Iterates through the classloader parents until it finds a loader with a class named "org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader". If there is no such class null will be returned. The name is used for comparison because a direct comparison using == may fail as the class may be loaded through different classloaders.
      Parameters:
      self - a ClassLoader
      Returns:
      the rootLoader for the ClassLoader
      Since:
      1.5.0
      See Also:
      RootLoader

    • asType

      public static <T> T asType​(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class<T> type)
      Converts a given object to a type. This method is used through the "as" operator and is overloadable as any other operator.
      Parameters:
      obj - the object to convert
      type - the goal type
      Returns:
      the resulting object
      Since:
      1.0

    • newInstance

      public static <T> T newInstance​(java.lang.Class<T> c)
      Convenience method to dynamically create a new instance of this class. Calls the default constructor.
      Parameters:
      c - a class
      Returns:
      a new instance of this class
      Since:
      1.0

    • newInstance

      public static <T> T newInstance​(java.lang.Class<T> c, java.lang.Object[] args)
      Helper to construct a new instance from the given arguments. The constructor is called based on the number and types in the args array. Use newInstance(null) or simply newInstance() for the default (no-arg) constructor.
      Parameters:
      c - a class
      args - the constructor arguments
      Returns:
      a new instance of this class.
      Since:
      1.0

    • getMetaClass

      public static MetaClass getMetaClass​(java.lang.Class c)
      Adds a "metaClass" property to all class objects so you can use the syntax String.metaClass.myMethod = { println "foo" }
      Parameters:
      c - The java.lang.Class instance
      Returns:
      An MetaClass instance
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • getMetaClass

      public static MetaClass getMetaClass​(java.lang.Object obj)
      Obtains a MetaClass for an object either from the registry or in the case of a GroovyObject from the object itself.
      Parameters:
      obj - The object in question
      Returns:
      The MetaClass
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • getMetaClass

      public static MetaClass getMetaClass​(GroovyObject obj)
      Obtains a MetaClass for an object either from the registry or in the case of a GroovyObject from the object itself.
      Parameters:
      obj - The object in question
      Returns:
      The MetaClass
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setMetaClass

      public static void setMetaClass​(java.lang.Class self, MetaClass metaClass)
      Sets the metaclass for a given class.
      Parameters:
      self - the class whose metaclass we wish to set
      metaClass - the new MetaClass
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setMetaClass

      public static void setMetaClass​(java.lang.Object self, MetaClass metaClass)
      Set the metaclass for an object.
      Parameters:
      self - the object whose metaclass we want to set
      metaClass - the new metaclass value
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setMetaClass

      public static void setMetaClass​(GroovyObject self, MetaClass metaClass)
      Set the metaclass for a GroovyObject.
      Parameters:
      self - the object whose metaclass we want to set
      metaClass - the new metaclass value
      Since:
      2.0.0

    • metaClass

      public static MetaClass metaClass​(java.lang.Class self, @DelegatesTo(type="groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.DefiningClosure",strategy=3) Closure closure)
      Sets/updates the metaclass for a given class to a closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the class whose metaclass we wish to update
      closure - the closure representing the new metaclass
      Returns:
      the new metaclass value
      Throws:
      GroovyRuntimeException - if the metaclass can't be set for this class
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • metaClass

      public static MetaClass metaClass​(java.lang.Object self, @DelegatesTo(type="groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.DefiningClosure",strategy=3) Closure closure)
      Sets/updates the metaclass for a given object to a closure.
      Parameters:
      self - the object whose metaclass we wish to update
      closure - the closure representing the new metaclass
      Returns:
      the new metaclass value
      Throws:
      GroovyRuntimeException - if the metaclass can't be set for this object
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • iterator

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(T[] a)
      Attempts to create an Iterator for the given object by first converting it to a Collection.
      Parameters:
      a - an array
      Returns:
      an Iterator for the given Array.
      Since:
      1.6.4
      See Also:
      DefaultTypeTransformation.asCollection(java.lang.Object[])

    • iterator

      public static java.util.Iterator iterator​(java.lang.Object o)
      Attempts to create an Iterator for the given object by first converting it to a Collection.
      Parameters:
      o - an object
      Returns:
      an Iterator for the given Object.
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:
      DefaultTypeTransformation.asCollection(java.lang.Object)

    • iterator

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(java.util.Enumeration<T> enumeration)
      Allows an Enumeration to behave like an Iterator. Note that the remove() method is unsupported since the underlying Enumeration does not provide a mechanism for removing items.
      Parameters:
      enumeration - an Enumeration object
      Returns:
      an Iterator for the given Enumeration
      Since:
      1.0

    • iterator

      public static <T> java.util.Iterator<T> iterator​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      An identity function for iterators, supporting 'duck-typing' when trying to get an iterator for each object within a collection, some of which may already be iterators.
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator object
      Returns:
      itself
      Since:
      1.5.0

    • buffered

      public static <T> BufferedIterator<T> buffered​(java.util.Iterator<T> self)
      Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it. 
       assert [1, 2, 3, 4].iterator().buffered().with { [head(), toList()] } == [1, [1, 2, 3, 4]]
      Parameters:
      self - an iterator object
      Returns:
      a BufferedIterator wrapping self
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • bufferedIterator

      public static <T> BufferedIterator<T> bufferedIterator​(java.lang.Iterable<T> self)
      Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it. 
       assert new LinkedHashSet([1,2,3,4]).bufferedIterator().with { [head(), toList()] } == [1, [1,2,3,4]]
      Parameters:
      self - an iterable object
      Returns:
      a BufferedIterator for traversing self
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • bufferedIterator

      public static <T> BufferedIterator<T> bufferedIterator​(java.util.List<T> self)
      Returns a BufferedIterator that allows examining the next element without consuming it. 
       assert [1, 2, 3, 4].bufferedIterator().with { [head(), toList()] } == [1, [1, 2, 3, 4]]
      Parameters:
      self - a list
      Returns:
      a BufferedIterator for traversing self
      Since:
      2.5.0

    • respondsTo

      public static java.util.List<MetaMethod> respondsTo​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] argTypes)

      Returns an object satisfying Groovy truth if the implementing MetaClass responds to a method with the given name and arguments types.

      Note that this method's return value is based on realised methods and does not take into account objects or classes that implement invokeMethod or methodMissing

      This method is "safe" in that it will always return a value and never throw an exception

      Parameters:
      self - The object to inspect
      name - The name of the method of interest
      argTypes - The argument types to match against
      Returns:
      A List of MetaMethods matching the argument types which will be empty if no matching methods exist
      Since:
      1.6.0
      See Also:
      MetaObjectProtocol.respondsTo(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String, java.lang.Object[])

    • respondsTo

      public static java.util.List<MetaMethod> respondsTo​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name)

      Returns an object satisfying Groovy truth if the implementing MetaClass responds to a method with the given name regardless of the arguments.

      Note that this method's return value is based on realised methods and does not take into account objects or classes that implement invokeMethod or methodMissing

      This method is "safe" in that it will always return a value and never throw an exception

      Parameters:
      self - The object to inspect
      name - The name of the method of interest
      Returns:
      A List of MetaMethods matching the given name or an empty list if no matching methods exist
      Since:
      1.6.1
      See Also:
      MetaObjectProtocol.respondsTo(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)

    • hasProperty

      public static MetaProperty hasProperty​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.String name)

      Returns true of the implementing MetaClass has a property of the given name

      Note that this method will only return true for realised properties and does not take into account implementation of getProperty or propertyMissing

      Parameters:
      self - The object to inspect
      name - The name of the property of interest
      Returns:
      The found MetaProperty or null if it doesn't exist
      Since:
      1.6.1
      See Also:
      MetaObjectProtocol.hasProperty(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)

    • withTraits

      public static java.lang.Object withTraits​(java.lang.Object self, java.lang.Class<?>... traits)
      Dynamically wraps an instance into something which implements the supplied trait classes. It is guaranteed that the returned object will implement the trait interfaces, but the original type of the object is lost (replaced with a proxy).
      Parameters:
      self - object to be wrapped
      traits - a list of trait classes
      Returns:
      a proxy implementing the trait interfaces

    • swap

      public static <T> java.util.List<T> swap​(java.util.List<T> self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert [1, 3, 2, 4] == [1, 2, 3, 4].swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0
      See Also:
      Collections.swap(List, int, int)

    • swap

      public static <T> T[] swap​(T[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert (["a", "c", "b", "d"] as String[]) == (["a", "b", "c", "d"] as String[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - an array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static boolean[] swap​(boolean[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([false, true, false, true] as boolean[]) == ([false, false, true, true] as boolean[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static byte[] swap​(byte[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as byte[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as byte[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static char[] swap​(char[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as char[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as char[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static double[] swap​(double[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as double[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as double[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static float[] swap​(float[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as float[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as float[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static int[] swap​(int[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as int[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as int[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static long[] swap​(long[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as long[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as long[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • swap

      public static short[] swap​(short[] self, int i, int j)
      Swaps two elements at the specified positions.

      Example: 

       assert ([1, 3, 2, 4] as short[]) == ([1, 2, 3, 4] as short[]).swap(1, 2)
      Parameters:
      self - a boolean array
      i - a position
      j - a position
      Returns:
      self
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • removeAt

      public static <E> E removeAt​(java.util.List<E> self, int index)
      Modifies this list by removing the element at the specified position in this list. Returns the removed element. Essentially an alias for List.remove(int) but with no ambiguity for List<Integer>.

      Example: 

       def list = [1, 2, 3]
 list.removeAt(1)
 assert [1, 3] == list
      Parameters:
      self - a List
      index - the index of the element to be removed
      Returns:
      the element previously at the specified position
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • removeElement

      public static <E> boolean removeElement​(java.util.Collection<E> self, java.lang.Object o)
      Modifies this collection by removing a single instance of the specified element from this collection, if it is present. Essentially an alias for Collection.remove(Object) but with no ambiguity for Collection<Integer>.

      Example: 

       def list = [1, 2, 3, 2]
 list.removeElement(2)
 assert [1, 3, 2] == list
      Parameters:
      self - a Collection
      o - element to be removed from this collection, if present
      Returns:
      true if an element was removed as a result of this call
      Since:
      2.4.0

    • getGroovydoc

      public static Groovydoc getGroovydoc​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement holder)
      Get runtime groovydoc
      Parameters:
      holder - the groovydoc hold
      Returns:
      runtime groovydoc
      Since:
      2.6.0

    • asString

      public static java.lang.String asString​(java.lang.Throwable self)
      Get the detail information of Throwable instance's stack trace
      Parameters:
      self - a Throwable instance
      Returns:
      the detail information of stack trace
      Since:
      2.5.3