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Groovy example source code file (JsonDelegate.groovy)

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Java - Groovy tags/keywords

closure, closure, jsondelegate, jsondelegate, object, object

The Groovy JsonDelegate.groovy source code

/*
 * Copyright 2003-2011 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package groovy.json

/**
 * Utility class used as delegate of closures representing JSON objects.
 *
 * @author Guillaume Laforge
 * @since 1.8.0
 */
class JsonDelegate {
    def content = [:]

    /**
     * Intercepts calls for setting a key and value for a JSON object
     *
     * @param name the key name
     * @param args the value associated with the key
     */
    def invokeMethod(String name, Object args) {
        if (args) {
            content[name] = args.size() == 1 ? args[0] : args.toList()
        }
    }

    /**
     * Factory method for creating <code>JsonDelegates from closures.
     *
     * @param c closure representing JSON objects
     * @return an instance of <code>JsonDelegate
     */
    static cloneDelegateAndGetContent(Closure c) {
        def delegate = new JsonDelegate()
        Closure cloned = c.clone()
        cloned.delegate = delegate
        cloned.resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
        cloned()
        return delegate.content
    }
}

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