Package groovy.lang

Class Binding

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

Binding instances are not supposed to be used in a multithreaded context.

  • Constructor Details

    • Binding

      public Binding()

    • Binding

      public Binding(Map variables)

    • Binding

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

  • Method Details

    • getVariable

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

    • setVariable

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

    • removeVariable

      public void removeVariable(String name)
      remove the variable with the specified name
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the variable to remove

    • hasVariable

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

    • getVariables

      public Map getVariables()

    • getProperty

      public Object getProperty(String property)
      Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
      Parameters:
      property - the name of the property of interest
      Returns:
      the given property

    • setProperty

      public void setProperty(String property, Object newValue)
      Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator
      Parameters:
      property - the name of the property of interest
      newValue - the new value for the property