Wiki source code of Creating a Groovy Class
Version 7.2 by Vincent Massol on 2010/02/26
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| 1 | {{warning}}Work in progress, only a snippet for the moment{{/warning}} | ||
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| 3 | This tutorial illustrates the ##XWiki.parseGroovyFromPage## API method. This method allow you to instantiate a groovy class from both velocity and groovy code. | ||
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| 5 | = Create a groovy class = | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | * Create a new page, for example ##Groovy.HelloWorldClass## containing : | ||
| 8 | ((( | ||
| 9 | {{info}}This page must have been saved by a user with programming [[rights>>platform:Features.RightsManagement]] to be executed{{/info}} | ||
| 10 | ))) | ||
| 11 | ((( | ||
| 12 | {{info}}When creating a page to access via "parseGroovyFromString", make sure you do not have opening and closing groovy identifiers (""){{/info}} | ||
| 13 | ))) | ||
| 14 | ((( | ||
| 15 | {{code}} | ||
| 16 | /* Groovy Class #* */ | ||
| 17 | |||
| 18 | class groovyClass { | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | def xwiki; | ||
| 21 | def context; | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | void setObjects(xwiki, context) { | ||
| 24 | setXWiki(xwiki); | ||
| 25 | setContext(context); | ||
| 26 | } | ||
| 27 | void setXWiki(xwiki) { | ||
| 28 | this.xwiki = xwiki; | ||
| 29 | } | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | void setContext(context) { | ||
| 32 | this.context = context; | ||
| 33 | } | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | String helloWorld() { | ||
| 36 | return "Hello World"; | ||
| 37 | } | ||
| 38 | } | ||
| 39 | |||
| 40 | /* *# */ | ||
| 41 | {{/code}} | ||
| 42 | ))) | ||
| 43 | |||
| 44 | Notice the trick of putting a Velocity comment in the Groovy comment so that the code is not parsed by Velocity. | ||
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| 46 | {{info}}Notice the ";" - this identifies a new instruction line, and although not mandatory, avoids potential problems if linefeeds are lost.{{/info}} | ||
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| 48 | {{info}}As you can see, we can get and store the xwiki and context objects in the class to be able to use them; Their use is not illustrated in this tutorial.{{/info}} | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | = Instantiate and use your class from velocity = | ||
| 51 | * Create a new page, for example "Main.HelloWorldFromVelocity" containing : | ||
| 52 | ((( | ||
| 53 | {{code}} | ||
| 54 | #set($groovyObject = $xwiki.parseGroovyFromPage("Groovy.HelloWorldClass")) | ||
| 55 | $groovyObject.setObjects($xwiki, $context) | ||
| 56 | $groovyObject.helloWorld() | ||
| 57 | {{/code}} | ||
| 58 | ))) | ||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | * See the result, feeling groovy ? ;) | ||
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| 62 | = Instantiate and use your class from groovy = | ||
| 63 | |||
| 64 | * Create a new page, for example "Groovy.HelloWorldClass" containing : | ||
| 65 | ((( | ||
| 66 | {{info}} This page must have been saved by a user with programming rights to be executed {{/info}} | ||
| 67 | ))) | ||
| 68 | ((( | ||
| 69 | {{groovy}} | ||
| 70 | groovyObject = xwiki.parseGroovyFromPage("Dev.HelloWorldGroovyClass") | ||
| 71 | groovyObject.setObjects(xwiki, context) | ||
| 72 | print(groovyObject.helloWorld()) | ||
| 73 | {{/groovy}} | ||
| 74 | ))) | ||
| 75 | |||
| 76 | * See the result, feeling groovy ? ;) | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | = More documentation = | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | Do search around for Groovy language, it's pretty rich. | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 | A cute feature is, for example, [[how it can access XML>>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pg05199/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX02&S_CMP=EDU]] | ||
| 83 | Many tools are equipped to edit Groovy, among others [[IntelliJ IDEA>>http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/]] and [[Eclipse>>http://www.eclipse.org/]]. For both Velocity and Groovy, IntelliJ IDEA can be enriched with the type of predefined variables thanks to intentions or dynamic properties (e.g. xwiki, doc, context). |
