I'd like some sorthand for this: Map rowToMap(row) { def rowMap = [:]; row.columns.each{ rowMap[it.name] = it.val } return rowMap; } given the way the GDK stuff is, I'd expect to be able to d...

I want to copy object properties to another object in a generic way (if a property exists on target object, I copy it from the source object). My code works fine using ExpandoMetaClass, but I don'...

Groovy exposes an ExpandoMetaClass that allows you to dynamically add instance and class methods/properties to a POJO. I would like to use it to add an instance method to one of my Java classes: p...

In a Groovy application, if you want to initialize metaclasses, where is the best place to put those initializations? In Grails apps, I've used the Bootstrap.groovy file. Is there something similar...