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DZone > Java Zone > Groovy Goodness: Apply Mixin to Object Instances

Groovy Goodness: Apply Mixin to Object Instances

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Feb. 14, 13 · Java Zone · Interview
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In Groovy we can add extra functionality to a class with so-called mixins. In the previous blog post we added extra functionality to a class, but we can also apply run-time mixins to an object instance. The syntax is slightly different, because we must use the mixin() method on the metaClass property of the object.

class Parrot {
    static String speak(Message text) {
        /"$text" Polly wants a cracker!/
    }
}

// Runtime mixin on String object instead of class. 
String s = 'Groovy is Gr8'
s.metaClass.mixin Parrot

assert s.speak() == '"Groovy is Gr8" Polly wants a cracker!'


String other = 'Groovy and Grails'
try {
    other.speak()
} catch (MissingMethodException e) {
    assert e.message.startsWith('No signature of method: java.lang.String.speak() is applicable for argument types: () values: []')
}

 

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