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Groovy is a dynamic language that allows the easy modification of its own behaviour. A simple mechanism to introduce changes in the core language is by using Abstract Syntax Tree(AST) transformations. In this paper we describe two new features added to Groovy: the introduction of Reification, and the enhancement of Groovy Closures. In the first extension we make it possible for the user to know the types of a generic class during runtime. In the second one, Groovy closures were improved with the addition of two methods: one to provide closures return type and another to give the closure’s source code.
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Cortinhas, C., Barros, F. (2014). Extending Groovy’s Reification and Closures. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Tan, F., Stroetmann, K. (eds) New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 2. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 276. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05948-8_1
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