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Groovy update at SpringOne2GX 2012

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The document discusses new features in Groovy 2.0, including alignments with JDK 7 like Project Coin changes and invoke dynamic support, as well as static type checking, compilation, and modularity. It also covers improvements to Groovy 1.8 like command chains which allow dropping dots and parentheses when chaining method calls to write more readable code.

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What’s new in Groovy 2.0? Guillaume Laforge Groovy Project Manager SpringSource / VMware @glaforge © 2012 SpringOne 2GX. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
Guillaume Laforge • Groovy Project Manager at VMware • Initiator of the Grails framework • Creator of the Gaelyk • Co-author of Groovy in Action • Follow me on... • My blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com • Twitter: @glaforge • Google+: http://gplus.to/glaforge 2
Agenda (1/2) • What’s in Groovy 1.8? –Nicer DSLs with command chains –Runtime performance improvements –GPars bundled for taming your multicores –Closure enhancements –Builtin JSON support –New AST transformations 3
Agenda (2/2) • What’s new in Groovy 2.0? –Alignments with JDK 7 • Project Coin (small language changes) • Invoke Dynamic support –Continued runtime performance improvements –Static type checking –Static compilation –Modularity 4
Command chains • A grammar improvement allowing you to drop dots & parens when chaining method calls –an extended version of top-level statements like println • Less dots, less parens allow you to –write more readable business rules –in almost plain English sentences • (or any language, of course) 5
Command chains pull  request    on  github   6
Command chains Alternation of method names pull  request    on  github   6
Command chains Alternation of method names pull  request    on  github   and parameters (even named ones) 6
Command chains pull  request    on  github   6
Command chains Equivalent to:      (              ).    (            ) pull  request    on  github   6
Command chains 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names            (      ).                .        (          ) //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names            (      ).                .        (          ) //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies        (  ). 7
GPars bundled • GPars is bundled in the Groovy distribution • GPars covers a wide range of parallel and concurrent paradigms –actors, fork/join, map/filter/reduce, dataflow, agents –parallel arrays, executors, STM, and more... • And you can use it from plain Java as well! • http://gpars.codehaus.org/ 8
Closure enhancements • Closure annotation parameters • Some more functional flavor –composition • compose several closures into one single closure –trampoline • avoid stack overflow errors for recursive algorithms –memoization • remember the outcome of previous closure invocations –currying improvements 9
Closure annotation parameters @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface  Invariant  {                Class  value()  //  a  closure  class }   { @Invariant({  number  >=  0  }) class  Distance  {                float  number                String  unit }     def  d  =  new  Distance(number:  10,  unit:  "meters")   def  anno  =  Distance.getAnnotation(Invariant) def  check  =  anno.value().newInstance(d,  d) assert  check(d) 10
Closure annotation parameters @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface  Invariant  {                Class  value()  //  a  closure  class }   Cont racts { @Invariant({  number  >=  0  }) class  Distance  {                float  number         Poor-m an’s G        String  unit }     def  d  =  new  Distance(number:  10,  unit:  "meters")   def  anno  =  Distance.getAnnotation(Invariant) def  check  =  anno.value().newInstance(d,  d) assert  check(d) 10
Closure memoization 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately     11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10) 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   //  between  10  and  20  invocations  cached 11
Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   //  between  10  and  20  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeBetween(10,  20) 11
Builtin JSON support • Consuming • Producing • Pretty-printing 12
Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*   def  payload  =  new  URL(        "http://github.../json/commits/...").text   def  slurper  =  new  JsonSlurper() def  doc  =  slurper.parseText(payload)   doc.commits.message.each  {  println  it  } 13
Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     def  json  =  new  JsonBuilder()     json.person  {                name  "Guillaume"        age  35                pets  "Hector",  "Felix" }   println  json.toString() 14
Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     def  json  =  new  JsonBuilder()     {                "person":  {                 json.person  {                        "name":  "Guillaume",                name  "Guillaume"                "age":  35,                        age  35                        "pets":  [                                pets  "Hector",  "Felix"                        "Hector",                       }                          "Felix"                                ]         println  json.toString()        } } 14
Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     println  JsonOutput.prettyPrint(      '{"person":{"name":"Guillaume","age":35,"pets":["Hector","Felix"]}}') {                "person":  {                                "name":  "Guillaume",                      "age":  35,                                "pets":  [                                                "Hector",                                            "Felix"                                ]                } } 15
New AST transformations • @Log • Controlling execution – @ThreadInterrupt – @TimedInterrupt • @Field – @ConditionalInterrupt • @AutoClone • @InheritConstructor • @AutoExternalizable • @WithReadLock • @Canonical • @WithWriteLock – @ToString – @EqualsAndHashCode – @TupleConstructor • @ListenerList 16
@Log • Four different loggers can be injected –@Log import  groovy.util.logging.*   –@Commons   @Log –@Log4j class  Car  {         –@Slf4j        Car()  {                                log.info  'Car  constructed'                } • Possible to implement }     your own strategy def  c  =  new  Car() 17
@Log • Four different loggers can be injected –@Log import  groovy.util.logging.*   –@Commons   @Log –@Log4j Guarded class  Car  {         –@Slf4j w/ an if        Car()  {                                log.info  'Car  constructed'                } • Possible to implement }     your own strategy def  c  =  new  Car() 17
Controlling code execution • Your application may run user’s code – what if the code runs in infinite loops or for too long? – what if the code consumes too many resources? • 3 new transforms at your rescue – @ThreadInterrupt: adds Thread#isInterrupted checks so your executing thread stops when interrupted – @TimedInterrupt: adds checks in method and closure bodies to verify it’s run longer than expected – @ConditionalInterrupt: adds checks with your own conditional logic to break out from the user code 18
@ThreadInterrupt @ThreadInterrupt import  groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt     while  (true)  {        //  eat  lots  of  CPU } 19
@ThreadInterrupt @ThreadInterrupt import  groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt     while  (true)  { {        if  (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted())                throw  new  InterruptedException()        //  eat  lots  of  CPU } 19
@ToString • Provides a default toString() method import  groovy.transform.ToString   to your types   @ToString • Available options class  Person  {         – includeNames, includeFields,        String  name         includeSuper, excludes        int  age }     println  new  Person(name:  'Pete',  age:  15) //  =>  Person(Pete,  15) 20
@EqualsAndHashCode • Provides default import  groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode   implementations   @EqualsAndHashCode for equals() class  Coord  {         and hashCode()        int  x,  y methods }     def  c1  =  new  Coord(x:  20,  y:  5) def  c2  =  new  Coord(x:  20,  y:  5)     assert  c1  ==  c2 assert  c1.hashCode()  ==  c2.hashCode() 21
@TupleConstructor • Provides a « classical » import  groovy.transform.TupleConstructor   constructor with all   @TupleConstructor   properties class  Person  {         • Several annotation        String  name         parameter options        int  age }   available   def  m  =  new  Person('Marion',  4)               assert  m.name  ==  'Marion' assert  m.age    ==  4 22
@InheritConstructors • Classes like Exception are painful when extended, as all the base constructors should be replicated class  CustomException  extends  Exception  {        CustomException()                                                {  super()              }        CustomException(String  msg)                            {  super(msg)        }        CustomException(String  msg,  Throwable  t)  {  super(msg,  t)  }        CustomException(Throwable  t)                          {  super(t)            } } 23
@InheritConstructors • Classes like Exception are painful when extended, as all the base constructors should be replicated import  groovy.transform.* @InheritConstructors class  CustomException  extends  Exception  {        CustomException()                                                {  super()              }        CustomException(String  msg)                            {  super(msg)        }        CustomException(String  msg,  Throwable  t)  {  super(msg,  t)  }        CustomException(Throwable  t)                          {  super(t)            } } 23
Miscellaneous • Compilation customizers • Java 7 diamond operator • Slashy and dollar slashy strings • New GDK methods • (G)String to Enum coercion • Customizing the Groovysh prompt • Executing remote scripts 24
Compilation customizers • Ability to apply some customization to the Groovy compilation process • Three available customizers –ImportCustomizer –ASTTransformationCustomizer –SecureASTCustomizer • But you can implement your own 25
Imports customizer def  configuration  =  new  CompilerConfiguration()   def  custo  =  new  ImportCustomizer() custo.addStaticStar(Math.name) configuration.addCompilationCustomizers(custo)     def  result  =  new  GroovyShell(configuration)                          //  import  static  java.lang.Math.*        .evaluate("  cos  PI/3  ")                             26
What’s in store for 2.0?
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 28
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more modular Groovy 29
Groovy Modularity • Groovy’s « all » JAR weighs in at 6 MB • Nobody needs everything –Template engine, Ant scripting, Swing UI building... • Provide a smaller core –and several smaller JARs per feature • Provide hooks for setting up DGM methods, etc. 30
The new JARs • A smaller JAR: 3MB • Modules – console – jsr-223 – test – docgenerator – jmx – testng – groovydoc – sql – json – groovysh – swing – xml – ant – servlet – bsf – templates 31
Extension modules • Create your own module –contribute instance extension methods package  foo class  StringExtension  {        static  introduces(String  self,  String  name)  {                "Hi  ${name),  I’m  ${self}"        } } //  usage:  "Guillaume".introduces("Cédric") 32
Extension modules • Create your own module Same structure –contribute instance extension methods as Categories package  foo class  StringExtension  {        static  introduces(String  self,  String  name)  {                "Hi  ${name),  I’m  ${self}"        } } //  usage:  "Guillaume".introduces("Cédric") 32
Extension modules • Create your own module –contribute class extension methods package  foo class  StaticStringExtension  {        static  hi(String  self)  {                "Hi!"        } } //  usage:  String.hi() 33
Extension module descriptor • Descriptor in: META-INF/services/ org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule moduleName  =  stringExtensions moduleVersion  =  1.0 //  comma-­‐separated  list  of  classes extensionClasses  =  foo.StringExtension //  comma-­‐separated  list  of  classes staticExtensionClasses  =  foo.StaticStringExtension 34
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 35
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view Java 7 Project Coin Invoke Dynamic 36
Java 7 / JDK 7 • Project Coin and InvokeDynamic 37
Binary literals • We had decimal, octal and hexadecimal notations for number literals • We can now use binary int  x  =  0b10101111 representations too assert  x  ==  175   byte  aByte  =  0b00100001 assert  aByte  ==  33   int  anInt  =  0b1010000101000101 assert  anInt  ==  41285 38
Underscore in literals • Now we can also add underscores in number literals for more readability long  creditCardNumber  =  1234_5678_9012_3456L long  socialSecurityNumbers  =  999_99_9999L float  monetaryAmount  =  12_345_132.12 long  hexBytes  =  0xFF_EC_DE_5E long  hexWords  =  0xFFEC_DE5E long  maxLong  =  0x7fff_ffff_ffff_ffffL long  alsoMaxLong  =  9_223_372_036_854_775_807L long  bytes  =  0b11010010_01101001_10010100_10010010 39
Multicatch • One block for multiple exception caught –rather than duplicating the block try  {        /*  ...  */ }  catch(IOException  |  NullPointerException  e)  {        /*  one  block  to  treat  2  exceptions  */ } 40
InvokeDynamic • Groovy 2.0 supports JDK 7’s invokeDynamic –compiler has a flag for compiling against JDK 7 –might use the invokeDynamic backport for < JDK 7 • Benefits – more runtime performance! • at least as fast as current « dynamic » Groovy –in the long run, will allow us to get rid of code! • call site caching, thanks to MethodHandles • metaclass registry, thanks to ClassValues • will let the JIT inline calls more easily 41
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 42
Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view Static Type Checking Static Compilation 43
Static Type Checking • Goal: make the Groovy compiler « grumpy »! –and throw compilation errors (not at runtime) • Not everybody needs dynamic features all the time –think Java libraries scripting • Grumpy should... –tell you about your method or variable typos –complain if you call methods that don’t exist –shout on assignments of wrong types –infer the types of your variables –figure out GDK methods 44
Typos in a variable or method import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()          def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared        println  naamme } 45
Typos in a variable or method import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()   Compilation        def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared errors!        println  naamme } 45
Typos in a variable or method Annotation can be at import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   class or method level void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()   Compilation        def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared errors!        println  naamme } 45
Wrong assignments //  cannot  assign  value  of  type...  to  variable... int  x  =  new  Object() Set  set  =  new  Object()   def  o  =  new  Object() int  x  =  o   String[]  strings  =  ['a','b','c'] int  str  =  strings[0]   //  cannot  find  matching  method  plus() int  i  =  0 i  +=  '1' 46
Wrong assignments //  cannot  assign  value  of  type...  to  variable... int  x  =  new  Object() Set  set  =  new  Object() Compilation   errors! def  o  =  new  Object() int  x  =  o   String[]  strings  =  ['a','b','c'] int  str  =  strings[0]   //  cannot  find  matching  method  plus() int  i  =  0 i  +=  '1' 46
Wrong return types //  checks  if/else  branch  return  values @TypeChecked int  method()  {        if  (true)  {  'String'  }        else  {  42  } } //  works  for  switch/case  &  try/catch/finally   //  transparent  toString()  implied @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        def  sb  =  new  StringBuilder()        sb  <<  "Hi  "  <<  name } 47
Wrong return types //  checks  if/else  branch  return  values @TypeChecked int  method()  {        if  (true)  {  'String'  } Compilation        else  {  42  } error! } //  works  for  switch/case  &  try/catch/finally   //  transparent  toString()  implied @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        def  sb  =  new  StringBuilder()        sb  <<  "Hi  "  <<  name } 47
Type inference @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  name  =  "    Guillaume    "          //  String  type  infered  (even  inside  GString)        println  "NAME  =  ${name.toUpperCase()}"            //  Groovy  GDK  method  support        //  (GDK  operator  overloading  too)        println  name.trim()          int[]  numbers  =  [1,  2,  3]        //  Element  n  is  an  int        for  (int  n  in  numbers)  {                println  n        } } 48
Statically checked & dynamic methods @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        //  call  method  with  dynamic  behavior        //  but  with  proper  signature        generateMarkup(name.toUpperCase()) }   //  usual  dynamic  behavior String  generateMarkup(String  name)  {        def  sw  =  new  StringWriter()        new  MarkupBuilder(sw).html  {                body  {                        div  name                }        }        sw.toString() } 49
Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  {                println  val.toUpperCase()        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } 50
Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  { No need                println  val.toUpperCase() for casts        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } 50
Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  { No need                println  val.toUpperCase() for casts        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } Can call String#multiply(int) from the Groovy Development Kit 50
Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } 51
Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } Inferred return type: List<Number & Comparable> 51
Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } Inferred return type: List<Number & Comparable> 51
Flow typing • Static type checking shouldn’t complain even for bad coding practicies which work without type checks @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  123                  //  inferred  type  is  int        int  x  =  var                      //  var  is  an  int        var  =  "123"                      //  assign  var  with  a  String        x  =  var.toInteger()      //  no  problem,  no  need  to  cast        var  =  123        x  =  var.toUpperCase()  //  error,  var  is  int! } 52
Gotcha: static checking vs dynamic • Type checking works at compile-time –adding @TypeChecked doesn’t change behavior • do not confuse with static compilation • Most dynamic features cannot be type checked –metaclass changes, categories –dynamically bound variables (ex: script’s binding) • However, compile-time metaprogramming works –as long as proper type information is defined 53
Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } 54
Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } Not allowed: metaClass property is dynamic 54
Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } Method not Not allowed: recognized metaClass property is dynamic 54
Gotcha: explicit type for closures @TypeChecked  test()  {        ["a",  "b",  "c"].collect  {                it.toUpperCase()  //  Not  OK        } } • A « Groovy Enhancement Proposal » to address the issue 55
Gotcha: explicit type for closures @TypeChecked  test()  {        ["a",  "b",  "c"].collect  {  String  it  -­‐>                it.toUpperCase()  //  OK,  it’s  a  String        } } • A « Groovy Enhancement Proposal » to address the issue 55
Closure shared variables @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  }        if  (random)  cl()        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! } 56
Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  }        if  (random)  cl()        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! } 56
Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » Impossible to @TypeChecked  test()  { ensure the        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  } assignment        if  (random)  cl() really        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! happens } 56
Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » Impossible to @TypeChecked  test()  { ensure the        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  } assignment        if  (random)  cl() really        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! happens } Only methods of the most specific compatible type (LUB) are allowed by the type checker 56
Closure shared variables class  A                      {  void  foo()  {}  } class  B  extends  A  {  void  bar()  {}  } @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  new  A()        def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  B()  }        cl()        var.foo()      //  OK! } 57
Closure shared variables class  A                      {  void  foo()  {}  } class  B  extends  A  {  void  bar()  {}  } @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  new  A()        def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  B()  }        cl()        var.foo()      //  OK! } var is at least an instance of A 57
Static Compilation • Given your Groovy code can be type checked... we can as well compile it « statically » –ie. generate the same byte code as javac • Also interesting for those stuck in JDK < 7 to benefit from performance improvements 58
Static Compilation: advantages • You gain: –Type safety • thanks to static type checking –static compilation builds upon static type checking –Faster code • as close as possible to Java’s performance –Code immune to « monkey patching » • metaprogramming badly used can interfere with framework code –Smaller bytecode size 59
Static Compilation: disadvantages • But you loose: –Dynamic features • metaclass changes, categories, etc. –Dynamic method dispatch • although as close as possible to « dynamic » Groovy 60
Statically compiled & dynamic methods @CompileStatic String  greeting(String  name)  {        //  call  method  with  dynamic  behavior        //  but  with  proper  signature        generateMarkup(name.toUpperCase()) }   //  usual  dynamic  behavior String  generateMarkup(String  name)  {        def  sw  =  new  StringWriter()        new  MarkupBuilder(sw).html  {                body  {                        div  name                }        }        sw.toString() } 61
What about performance? • Comparisons between: –Java –Groovy static compilation (Groovy 2.0) –Groovy with primitive optimizations (Groovy 1.8+) –Groovy without optimizations (Groovy 1.7) 62
What about performance? Pi (π) Binary Fibonacci quadrature trees Java 191 ms 97 ms 3.6 s Static 1.7 1.8 2.0 compilation 197 ms 101 ms 4.3 s Primitive optimizations 360 ms 111 ms 23.7 s No prim. optimizations 2590 ms 3220 ms 50.0 s 63
Summary: Groovy 2.0 themes • Modularity • Embark the JDK 7 enhancements –Project Coin –Invoke Dynamic • Static aspects –Static type checking –Static compilation 64
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Groovy update at SpringOne2GX 2012

  • 1. What’s new in Groovy 2.0? Guillaume Laforge Groovy Project Manager SpringSource / VMware @glaforge © 2012 SpringOne 2GX. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
  • 2. Guillaume Laforge • Groovy Project Manager at VMware • Initiator of the Grails framework • Creator of the Gaelyk • Co-author of Groovy in Action • Follow me on... • My blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com • Twitter: @glaforge • Google+: http://gplus.to/glaforge 2
  • 3. Agenda (1/2) • What’s in Groovy 1.8? –Nicer DSLs with command chains –Runtime performance improvements –GPars bundled for taming your multicores –Closure enhancements –Builtin JSON support –New AST transformations 3
  • 4. Agenda (2/2) • What’s new in Groovy 2.0? –Alignments with JDK 7 • Project Coin (small language changes) • Invoke Dynamic support –Continued runtime performance improvements –Static type checking –Static compilation –Modularity 4
  • 5. Command chains • A grammar improvement allowing you to drop dots & parens when chaining method calls –an extended version of top-level statements like println • Less dots, less parens allow you to –write more readable business rules –in almost plain English sentences • (or any language, of course) 5
  • 6. Command chains pull  request    on  github   6
  • 7. Command chains Alternation of method names pull  request    on  github   6
  • 8. Command chains Alternation of method names pull  request    on  github   and parameters (even named ones) 6
  • 9. Command chains pull  request    on  github   6
  • 10. Command chains Equivalent to:      (              ).    (            ) pull  request    on  github   6
  • 12. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) 7
  • 13. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor 7
  • 14. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation 7
  • 15. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good 7
  • 16. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures 7
  • 17. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} 7
  • 18. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens 7
  • 19. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names 7
  • 20. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms 7
  • 21. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
  • 22. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
  • 23. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {} //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
  • 24. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
  • 25. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names            (      ).                .        (          ) //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies 7
  • 26. Command chains //  methods  with  multiple  arguments  (commas) take  coffee    with  sugar,  milk    and  liquor        (            ).        (                      ).      (            ) //  leverage  named-­‐args  as  punctuation check  that:  margarita    tastes  good          (                              ).            (        ) //  closure  parameters  for  new  control  structures given  {}    when  {}    then  {}          (    ).        (    ).        (    ) //  zero-­‐arg  methods  require  parens select  all    unique()  from  names            (      ).                .        (          ) //  possible  with  an  odd  number  of  terms take  3    cookies        (  ). 7
  • 27. GPars bundled • GPars is bundled in the Groovy distribution • GPars covers a wide range of parallel and concurrent paradigms –actors, fork/join, map/filter/reduce, dataflow, agents –parallel arrays, executors, STM, and more... • And you can use it from plain Java as well! • http://gpars.codehaus.org/ 8
  • 28. Closure enhancements • Closure annotation parameters • Some more functional flavor –composition • compose several closures into one single closure –trampoline • avoid stack overflow errors for recursive algorithms –memoization • remember the outcome of previous closure invocations –currying improvements 9
  • 29. Closure annotation parameters @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface  Invariant  {                Class  value()  //  a  closure  class }   { @Invariant({  number  >=  0  }) class  Distance  {                float  number                String  unit }     def  d  =  new  Distance(number:  10,  unit:  "meters")   def  anno  =  Distance.getAnnotation(Invariant) def  check  =  anno.value().newInstance(d,  d) assert  check(d) 10
  • 30. Closure annotation parameters @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface  Invariant  {                Class  value()  //  a  closure  class }   Cont racts { @Invariant({  number  >=  0  }) class  Distance  {                float  number         Poor-m an’s G        String  unit }     def  d  =  new  Distance(number:  10,  unit:  "meters")   def  anno  =  Distance.getAnnotation(Invariant) def  check  =  anno.value().newInstance(d,  d) assert  check(d) 10
  • 32. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() 11
  • 33. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms 11
  • 34. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately 11
  • 35. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms 11
  • 36. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately     11
  • 37. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       11
  • 38. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached 11
  • 39. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10) 11
  • 40. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   11
  • 41. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached 11
  • 42. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   11
  • 43. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   //  between  10  and  20  invocations  cached 11
  • 44. Closure memoization def  plus  =  {  a,  b  -­‐>  sleep  1000;  a  +  b  }.memoize() assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(1,  2)  ==  3  //  return  immediately assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  after  1000ms assert  plus(2,  2)  ==  4  //  return  immediately       //  at  least  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtLeast(10)   //  at  most  10  invocations  cached def  plusAtMost  =  {  ...  }.memoizeAtMost(10)   //  between  10  and  20  invocations  cached def  plusAtLeast  =  {  ...  }.memoizeBetween(10,  20) 11
  • 45. Builtin JSON support • Consuming • Producing • Pretty-printing 12
  • 46. Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*   def  payload  =  new  URL(        "http://github.../json/commits/...").text   def  slurper  =  new  JsonSlurper() def  doc  =  slurper.parseText(payload)   doc.commits.message.each  {  println  it  } 13
  • 47. Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     def  json  =  new  JsonBuilder()     json.person  {                name  "Guillaume"        age  35                pets  "Hector",  "Felix" }   println  json.toString() 14
  • 48. Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     def  json  =  new  JsonBuilder()     {                "person":  {                 json.person  {                        "name":  "Guillaume",                name  "Guillaume"                "age":  35,                        age  35                        "pets":  [                                pets  "Hector",  "Felix"                        "Hector",                       }                          "Felix"                                ]         println  json.toString()        } } 14
  • 49. Builtin JSON support import  groovy.json.*     println  JsonOutput.prettyPrint(      '{"person":{"name":"Guillaume","age":35,"pets":["Hector","Felix"]}}') {                "person":  {                                "name":  "Guillaume",                      "age":  35,                                "pets":  [                                                "Hector",                                            "Felix"                                ]                } } 15
  • 50. New AST transformations • @Log • Controlling execution – @ThreadInterrupt – @TimedInterrupt • @Field – @ConditionalInterrupt • @AutoClone • @InheritConstructor • @AutoExternalizable • @WithReadLock • @Canonical • @WithWriteLock – @ToString – @EqualsAndHashCode – @TupleConstructor • @ListenerList 16
  • 51. @Log • Four different loggers can be injected –@Log import  groovy.util.logging.*   –@Commons   @Log –@Log4j class  Car  {         –@Slf4j        Car()  {                                log.info  'Car  constructed'                } • Possible to implement }     your own strategy def  c  =  new  Car() 17
  • 52. @Log • Four different loggers can be injected –@Log import  groovy.util.logging.*   –@Commons   @Log –@Log4j Guarded class  Car  {         –@Slf4j w/ an if        Car()  {                                log.info  'Car  constructed'                } • Possible to implement }     your own strategy def  c  =  new  Car() 17
  • 53. Controlling code execution • Your application may run user’s code – what if the code runs in infinite loops or for too long? – what if the code consumes too many resources? • 3 new transforms at your rescue – @ThreadInterrupt: adds Thread#isInterrupted checks so your executing thread stops when interrupted – @TimedInterrupt: adds checks in method and closure bodies to verify it’s run longer than expected – @ConditionalInterrupt: adds checks with your own conditional logic to break out from the user code 18
  • 54. @ThreadInterrupt @ThreadInterrupt import  groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt     while  (true)  {        //  eat  lots  of  CPU } 19
  • 55. @ThreadInterrupt @ThreadInterrupt import  groovy.transform.ThreadInterrupt     while  (true)  { {        if  (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted())                throw  new  InterruptedException()        //  eat  lots  of  CPU } 19
  • 56. @ToString • Provides a default toString() method import  groovy.transform.ToString   to your types   @ToString • Available options class  Person  {         – includeNames, includeFields,        String  name         includeSuper, excludes        int  age }     println  new  Person(name:  'Pete',  age:  15) //  =>  Person(Pete,  15) 20
  • 57. @EqualsAndHashCode • Provides default import  groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode   implementations   @EqualsAndHashCode for equals() class  Coord  {         and hashCode()        int  x,  y methods }     def  c1  =  new  Coord(x:  20,  y:  5) def  c2  =  new  Coord(x:  20,  y:  5)     assert  c1  ==  c2 assert  c1.hashCode()  ==  c2.hashCode() 21
  • 58. @TupleConstructor • Provides a « classical » import  groovy.transform.TupleConstructor   constructor with all   @TupleConstructor   properties class  Person  {         • Several annotation        String  name         parameter options        int  age }   available   def  m  =  new  Person('Marion',  4)               assert  m.name  ==  'Marion' assert  m.age    ==  4 22
  • 59. @InheritConstructors • Classes like Exception are painful when extended, as all the base constructors should be replicated class  CustomException  extends  Exception  {        CustomException()                                                {  super()              }        CustomException(String  msg)                            {  super(msg)        }        CustomException(String  msg,  Throwable  t)  {  super(msg,  t)  }        CustomException(Throwable  t)                          {  super(t)            } } 23
  • 60. @InheritConstructors • Classes like Exception are painful when extended, as all the base constructors should be replicated import  groovy.transform.* @InheritConstructors class  CustomException  extends  Exception  {        CustomException()                                                {  super()              }        CustomException(String  msg)                            {  super(msg)        }        CustomException(String  msg,  Throwable  t)  {  super(msg,  t)  }        CustomException(Throwable  t)                          {  super(t)            } } 23
  • 61. Miscellaneous • Compilation customizers • Java 7 diamond operator • Slashy and dollar slashy strings • New GDK methods • (G)String to Enum coercion • Customizing the Groovysh prompt • Executing remote scripts 24
  • 62. Compilation customizers • Ability to apply some customization to the Groovy compilation process • Three available customizers –ImportCustomizer –ASTTransformationCustomizer –SecureASTCustomizer • But you can implement your own 25
  • 63. Imports customizer def  configuration  =  new  CompilerConfiguration()   def  custo  =  new  ImportCustomizer() custo.addStaticStar(Math.name) configuration.addCompilationCustomizers(custo)     def  result  =  new  GroovyShell(configuration)                          //  import  static  java.lang.Math.*        .evaluate("  cos  PI/3  ")                             26
  • 65. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 28
  • 66. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more modular Groovy 29
  • 67. Groovy Modularity • Groovy’s « all » JAR weighs in at 6 MB • Nobody needs everything –Template engine, Ant scripting, Swing UI building... • Provide a smaller core –and several smaller JARs per feature • Provide hooks for setting up DGM methods, etc. 30
  • 68. The new JARs • A smaller JAR: 3MB • Modules – console – jsr-223 – test – docgenerator – jmx – testng – groovydoc – sql – json – groovysh – swing – xml – ant – servlet – bsf – templates 31
  • 69. Extension modules • Create your own module –contribute instance extension methods package  foo class  StringExtension  {        static  introduces(String  self,  String  name)  {                "Hi  ${name),  I’m  ${self}"        } } //  usage:  "Guillaume".introduces("Cédric") 32
  • 70. Extension modules • Create your own module Same structure –contribute instance extension methods as Categories package  foo class  StringExtension  {        static  introduces(String  self,  String  name)  {                "Hi  ${name),  I’m  ${self}"        } } //  usage:  "Guillaume".introduces("Cédric") 32
  • 71. Extension modules • Create your own module –contribute class extension methods package  foo class  StaticStringExtension  {        static  hi(String  self)  {                "Hi!"        } } //  usage:  String.hi() 33
  • 72. Extension module descriptor • Descriptor in: META-INF/services/ org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule moduleName  =  stringExtensions moduleVersion  =  1.0 //  comma-­‐separated  list  of  classes extensionClasses  =  foo.StringExtension //  comma-­‐separated  list  of  classes staticExtensionClasses  =  foo.StaticStringExtension 34
  • 73. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 35
  • 74. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view Java 7 Project Coin Invoke Dynamic 36
  • 75. Java 7 / JDK 7 • Project Coin and InvokeDynamic 37
  • 76. Binary literals • We had decimal, octal and hexadecimal notations for number literals • We can now use binary int  x  =  0b10101111 representations too assert  x  ==  175   byte  aByte  =  0b00100001 assert  aByte  ==  33   int  anInt  =  0b1010000101000101 assert  anInt  ==  41285 38
  • 77. Underscore in literals • Now we can also add underscores in number literals for more readability long  creditCardNumber  =  1234_5678_9012_3456L long  socialSecurityNumbers  =  999_99_9999L float  monetaryAmount  =  12_345_132.12 long  hexBytes  =  0xFF_EC_DE_5E long  hexWords  =  0xFFEC_DE5E long  maxLong  =  0x7fff_ffff_ffff_ffffL long  alsoMaxLong  =  9_223_372_036_854_775_807L long  bytes  =  0b11010010_01101001_10010100_10010010 39
  • 78. Multicatch • One block for multiple exception caught –rather than duplicating the block try  {        /*  ...  */ }  catch(IOException  |  NullPointerException  e)  {        /*  one  block  to  treat  2  exceptions  */ } 40
  • 79. InvokeDynamic • Groovy 2.0 supports JDK 7’s invokeDynamic –compiler has a flag for compiling against JDK 7 –might use the invokeDynamic backport for < JDK 7 • Benefits – more runtime performance! • at least as fast as current « dynamic » Groovy –in the long run, will allow us to get rid of code! • call site caching, thanks to MethodHandles • metaclass registry, thanks to ClassValues • will let the JIT inline calls more easily 41
  • 80. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view A more Java 7 Static Type Project Coin Checking modular Invoke Static Groovy Dynamic Compilation 42
  • 81. Groovy 2.0 bird’s eye view Static Type Checking Static Compilation 43
  • 82. Static Type Checking • Goal: make the Groovy compiler « grumpy »! –and throw compilation errors (not at runtime) • Not everybody needs dynamic features all the time –think Java libraries scripting • Grumpy should... –tell you about your method or variable typos –complain if you call methods that don’t exist –shout on assignments of wrong types –infer the types of your variables –figure out GDK methods 44
  • 83. Typos in a variable or method import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()          def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared        println  naamme } 45
  • 84. Typos in a variable or method import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()   Compilation        def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared errors!        println  naamme } 45
  • 85. Typos in a variable or method Annotation can be at import  groovy.transform.TypeChecked   class or method level void  method()  {}   @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  Cannot  find  matching  method  metthhoood()        metthhoood()   Compilation        def  name  =  "Guillaume"        //  variable  naamme  is  undeclared errors!        println  naamme } 45
  • 86. Wrong assignments //  cannot  assign  value  of  type...  to  variable... int  x  =  new  Object() Set  set  =  new  Object()   def  o  =  new  Object() int  x  =  o   String[]  strings  =  ['a','b','c'] int  str  =  strings[0]   //  cannot  find  matching  method  plus() int  i  =  0 i  +=  '1' 46
  • 87. Wrong assignments //  cannot  assign  value  of  type...  to  variable... int  x  =  new  Object() Set  set  =  new  Object() Compilation   errors! def  o  =  new  Object() int  x  =  o   String[]  strings  =  ['a','b','c'] int  str  =  strings[0]   //  cannot  find  matching  method  plus() int  i  =  0 i  +=  '1' 46
  • 88. Wrong return types //  checks  if/else  branch  return  values @TypeChecked int  method()  {        if  (true)  {  'String'  }        else  {  42  } } //  works  for  switch/case  &  try/catch/finally   //  transparent  toString()  implied @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        def  sb  =  new  StringBuilder()        sb  <<  "Hi  "  <<  name } 47
  • 89. Wrong return types //  checks  if/else  branch  return  values @TypeChecked int  method()  {        if  (true)  {  'String'  } Compilation        else  {  42  } error! } //  works  for  switch/case  &  try/catch/finally   //  transparent  toString()  implied @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        def  sb  =  new  StringBuilder()        sb  <<  "Hi  "  <<  name } 47
  • 90. Type inference @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  name  =  "    Guillaume    "          //  String  type  infered  (even  inside  GString)        println  "NAME  =  ${name.toUpperCase()}"            //  Groovy  GDK  method  support        //  (GDK  operator  overloading  too)        println  name.trim()          int[]  numbers  =  [1,  2,  3]        //  Element  n  is  an  int        for  (int  n  in  numbers)  {                println  n        } } 48
  • 91. Statically checked & dynamic methods @TypeChecked String  greeting(String  name)  {        //  call  method  with  dynamic  behavior        //  but  with  proper  signature        generateMarkup(name.toUpperCase()) }   //  usual  dynamic  behavior String  generateMarkup(String  name)  {        def  sw  =  new  StringWriter()        new  MarkupBuilder(sw).html  {                body  {                        div  name                }        }        sw.toString() } 49
  • 92. Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  {                println  val.toUpperCase()        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } 50
  • 93. Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  { No need                println  val.toUpperCase() for casts        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } 50
  • 94. Instanceof checks @TypeChecked   void  test(Object  val)  {        if  (val  instanceof  String)  { No need                println  val.toUpperCase() for casts        }  else  if  (val  instanceof  Number)  {                println  "X"  *  val.intValue()        } } Can call String#multiply(int) from the Groovy Development Kit 50
  • 95. Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } 51
  • 96. Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } Inferred return type: List<Number & Comparable> 51
  • 97. Lowest Upper Bound • Represents the lowest « super » type classes have in common –may be virtual (aka « non-denotable ») @TypeChecked  test()  {        //  an  integer  and  a  BigDecimal        return  [1234,  3.14] } Inferred return type: List<Number & Comparable> 51
  • 98. Flow typing • Static type checking shouldn’t complain even for bad coding practicies which work without type checks @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  123                  //  inferred  type  is  int        int  x  =  var                      //  var  is  an  int        var  =  "123"                      //  assign  var  with  a  String        x  =  var.toInteger()      //  no  problem,  no  need  to  cast        var  =  123        x  =  var.toUpperCase()  //  error,  var  is  int! } 52
  • 99. Gotcha: static checking vs dynamic • Type checking works at compile-time –adding @TypeChecked doesn’t change behavior • do not confuse with static compilation • Most dynamic features cannot be type checked –metaclass changes, categories –dynamically bound variables (ex: script’s binding) • However, compile-time metaprogramming works –as long as proper type information is defined 53
  • 100. Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } 54
  • 101. Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } Not allowed: metaClass property is dynamic 54
  • 102. Gotcha: runtime metaprogramming @TypeChecked   void  test()  {        Integer.metaClass.foo  =  {}        123.foo() } Method not Not allowed: recognized metaClass property is dynamic 54
  • 103. Gotcha: explicit type for closures @TypeChecked  test()  {        ["a",  "b",  "c"].collect  {                it.toUpperCase()  //  Not  OK        } } • A « Groovy Enhancement Proposal » to address the issue 55
  • 104. Gotcha: explicit type for closures @TypeChecked  test()  {        ["a",  "b",  "c"].collect  {  String  it  -­‐>                it.toUpperCase()  //  OK,  it’s  a  String        } } • A « Groovy Enhancement Proposal » to address the issue 55
  • 105. Closure shared variables @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  }        if  (random)  cl()        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! } 56
  • 106. Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  }        if  (random)  cl()        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! } 56
  • 107. Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » Impossible to @TypeChecked  test()  { ensure the        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  } assignment        if  (random)  cl() really        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! happens } 56
  • 108. Closure shared variables var assigned in the closure: « shared closure variable » Impossible to @TypeChecked  test()  { ensure the        def  var  =  "abc"                      def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  Date()  } assignment        if  (random)  cl() really        var.toUpperCase()    //  Not  OK! happens } Only methods of the most specific compatible type (LUB) are allowed by the type checker 56
  • 109. Closure shared variables class  A                      {  void  foo()  {}  } class  B  extends  A  {  void  bar()  {}  } @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  new  A()        def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  B()  }        cl()        var.foo()      //  OK! } 57
  • 110. Closure shared variables class  A                      {  void  foo()  {}  } class  B  extends  A  {  void  bar()  {}  } @TypeChecked  test()  {        def  var  =  new  A()        def  cl  =  {  var  =  new  B()  }        cl()        var.foo()      //  OK! } var is at least an instance of A 57
  • 111. Static Compilation • Given your Groovy code can be type checked... we can as well compile it « statically » –ie. generate the same byte code as javac • Also interesting for those stuck in JDK < 7 to benefit from performance improvements 58
  • 112. Static Compilation: advantages • You gain: –Type safety • thanks to static type checking –static compilation builds upon static type checking –Faster code • as close as possible to Java’s performance –Code immune to « monkey patching » • metaprogramming badly used can interfere with framework code –Smaller bytecode size 59
  • 113. Static Compilation: disadvantages • But you loose: –Dynamic features • metaclass changes, categories, etc. –Dynamic method dispatch • although as close as possible to « dynamic » Groovy 60
  • 114. Statically compiled & dynamic methods @CompileStatic String  greeting(String  name)  {        //  call  method  with  dynamic  behavior        //  but  with  proper  signature        generateMarkup(name.toUpperCase()) }   //  usual  dynamic  behavior String  generateMarkup(String  name)  {        def  sw  =  new  StringWriter()        new  MarkupBuilder(sw).html  {                body  {                        div  name                }        }        sw.toString() } 61
  • 115. What about performance? • Comparisons between: –Java –Groovy static compilation (Groovy 2.0) –Groovy with primitive optimizations (Groovy 1.8+) –Groovy without optimizations (Groovy 1.7) 62
  • 116. What about performance? Pi (π) Binary Fibonacci quadrature trees Java 191 ms 97 ms 3.6 s Static 1.7 1.8 2.0 compilation 197 ms 101 ms 4.3 s Primitive optimizations 360 ms 111 ms 23.7 s No prim. optimizations 2590 ms 3220 ms 50.0 s 63
  • 117. Summary: Groovy 2.0 themes • Modularity • Embark the JDK 7 enhancements –Project Coin –Invoke Dynamic • Static aspects –Static type checking –Static compilation 64
  • 118. Thank you! e e Laforg velopment Gu illaum oovy De r Hea d of G om g mail.c la forge@ Email: g glaforge /glaforg e Tw itter: @ ttp://gplus.to pot.com h ps Go ogle+: /glaforge.ap Blog : http:/ 65
  • 119. Questions & Answers • Got questions, really? Q&A 66
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