In the Groovy in Action book, chapter 8.4.5 says "Category method
names can well take the form of property accessors (pretending
property access), operator methods, and GroovyObject methods. MOP hook
methods cannot be added through a category class. This is a
restriction as of Groovy 2.4. The feature may become available in
later versions."
It interpreted this as meaning that I can add getProperty,
getMetaClass, invokeMethod to a class using categories but not
methodMissing or propertyMissing.
But when I tried to add invokeMethod using a category the change has no effect
class MyClass{}
a = new MyClass()
@Category(MyClass)
class MyCategory {
def missingMethod(String name, def args) { "missingMethod" } //
GINA says no MOP hook method
def invokeMethod(String name, def args) { "invokeMethod" } // but
GroovyObject method should be fine
def getProperty(String name) { "missingProperty" }
def getMyProperty() { "prop1" }
}
use(MyCategory) {
assert "missingMethod" == a.missingMethod('a', 'b') // methods are the
assert "invokeMethod" == a.invokeMethod('a', 'b')
assert "prop1" == a.myProperty
// but they are not in effect
// assert "missingMethod" == a.method1() // MissingMethodException
// assert "invokeMethod" == a.method2() // MssingMethodException
// assert "missingProperty" == a.property // MissingPropertyException
}
Is is possible or not?
https://stackoverflow.com/q/47691492/90580
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/Rubén
