alvinalexander.com | career | drupal | java | mac | mysql | perl | scala | uml | unix  

Groovy example source code file (CompiledAtASTTransformation.groovy)

This example Groovy source code file (CompiledAtASTTransformation.groovy) is included in the DevDaily.com "Java Source Code Warehouse" project. The intent of this project is to help you "Learn Java by Example" TM.

Java - Groovy tags/keywords

annotation, asttransformation, asttransformation, classnode, classnode, compiledatasttransformation, list, methodnode, methodnode, sourceunit, string, string

The Groovy CompiledAtASTTransformation.groovy source code

package transforms.global

import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.transform.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.control.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.*
import java.lang.annotation.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.builder.AstBuilder

/**
* This ASTTransformation adds a static getCompiledTime() : String method to every class.  
*
* @author Hamlet D'Arcy
*/ 
@GroovyASTTransformation(phase=CompilePhase.CONVERSION)
public class CompiledAtASTTransformation implements ASTTransformation {

    private final static compileTime = new Date().toString()

    public void visit(ASTNode[] astNodes, SourceUnit sourceUnit) {

        List classes = sourceUnit.ast?.classes
        classes?.each { ClassNode clazz ->
            clazz.addMethod(makeMethod())
        }
    }

    /**
    *  OpCodes should normally be referenced, but in a standalone example I don't want to have to include
    * the jar at compile time. 
    */ 
    MethodNode makeMethod() {
        def ast = new AstBuilder().buildFromSpec {
            method('getCompiledTime', /*OpCodes.ACC_PUBLIC*/1 | /*OpCodes.ACC_STATIC*/8, String) {
                parameters {}
                exceptions {}
                block { 
                    returnStatement {
                        constant(compileTime) 
                    }
                }
                annotations {}
            }
        }
        ast[0]
    }
}

Other Groovy examples (source code examples)

Here is a short list of links related to this Groovy CompiledAtASTTransformation.groovy source code file:

... this post is sponsored by my books ...

#1 New Release!

FP Best Seller

 

new blog posts

 

Copyright 1998-2021 Alvin Alexander, alvinalexander.com
All Rights Reserved.

A percentage of advertising revenue from
pages under the /java/jwarehouse URI on this website is
paid back to open source projects.