I am using Groovy a few weeks now and really like all sugar sintax.

For example, you can use the “as” operator for creating instances:

cq = [name: "Chloroquine", abbreviation: "cq", halfLife: 83.h] as Compound

is the same of setting properties one by one (lists work for constructors on “as” operator).

and access values on map with “dot” operator:

Compound c = new Compound(args.name)
c.abbreviation = args.abbreviation ?: null
c.halfLife = args.halfLife ?: null

and go on…

Thanks,

P.S. Groovy reminds me 10 years ago when I learned C++98 knowing C… now Java seems like C, so old!

They have: java.lang.Number.
You can use this type for your EMC but you need to call
ExpandoMetaClass.enableGlobally()
beforehand such that inheritance lookup kicks in for the EMC.

keep groovin’