[ GroovyGN ] Newify to Create New Instances

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Introduction
The @Newify transformation annotation allows other ways to create a new instance of a class. We can use a new() method on the class or even omit the whole new keyword. The syntax is copied from other languages like Ruby and Python. If we use the @Newify annotation we get a slightly more readable piece of code (in some situations). We can use parameters in the annotation to denote all those classes we want to be instantiated with the new() method or without the new keyword.

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1. class Author {  
2.     String name  
3.     List books  
4. }  
5. class Book {   
6.     String title   
7. }  
8.   
9. def createKing() {  
10.     new Author(name: 'Stephen King', books: [  
11.         new Book(title: 'Carrie'),  
12.         new Book(title: 'The Shining'),  
13.         new Book(title: 'It')  
14.     ])  
15. }  
16.   
17. assert 3 == createKing().books.size()  
18. assert 'Stephen King' == createKing().name  
19. assert 'Carrie' == createKing().books.getAt(0).title  
20.   
21. @Newify([Author, Book])   
22. def createKingRuby() {  
23.     Author.new(name: 'Stephen King', books: [  
24.         Book.new(title: 'Carrie'),  
25.         Book.new(title: 'The Shining'),  
26.         Book.new(title: 'It')  
27.     ])  
28. }  
29.   
30. assert 3 == createKingRuby().books.size()  
31. assert 'Stephen King' == createKingRuby().name  
32. assert 'Carrie, The Shining, It' == createKingRuby().books.title.join(', ')  
33.   
34. @Newify([Author, Book])   
35. def createKingPython() {  
36.     Author(name: 'Stephen King', books: [  
37.         Book(title: 'Carrie'),  
38.         Book(title: 'The Shining'),  
39.         Book(title: 'It')  
40.     ])  
41. }  
42.   
43. assert 3 == createKingPython().books.size()  
44. assert 'Stephen King' == createKingPython().name  
45. assert 'It' == createKingPython().books.title.find { it == 'It' }