groovy如何调用java,groovy如何向Java类添加新方法？

Consider the following snippet -

println String.class

The output is -

class java.lang.String

I was expecting some subclass of String since it contains many members that are not a part of the Java class. For example -

println String.methods.size()

methods is not a member of the Java class.

How does this magic happen?

解决方案

Groovy has a metaclass registry. When you call a method on a class the registry is inspected to see if a metaClass extension method exists for that class instance.

From the standard documentation -

Each groovy object has a metaClass that is used to manage the dynamic

nature of the language. This class intercepts calls to groovy objects

to ensure that the appropriate grooviness can be added. Source