[GROOVY-1512] When executing command-line scripts it should be possible to execute a BEGIN and an END method (akin to AWK or Perl)

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-JSR-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.1, 1.9-beta-1
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Joachim Baumann
• Created: 26/Sep/06 04:59
• Updated: 16/Aug/19 23:33
• Resolved: 20/Apr/11 05:09

Description

When executing a command-line script e.g., via -pe it would sometimes be very useful to define a method BEGIN and a method END which are executed exactly once, BEGIN before the loop starts, and END after the loop has ended for all files to be processed. An example:

groovy -a -ne "def BEGIN()

{c=0}

;def END()

{println c}

;c += split[0].toInteger()+split[-2].toInteger()" test.txt

results in:
39

for the following test.txt:
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

The patch provides this functionality and additionally that of GROOVY-1507 and GROOVY-1508. If a singular patch is necessary, I'll be happy to provide it.