[GROOVY-3944] Add a META-INF/services mechanism (similar to global ast transformations) that allows custom ExpandoMetaClass code to be run when a class is loaded

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 4.x
• Component/s: groovy-runtime
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Graeme Rocher
• Created: 15/Dec/09 11:05
• Updated: 27/Jan/20 10:14

Description

Currently there isn't really a way to hook ExpandoMetaClass logic into class loading. There was a similar JIRA to this raised by James I believe, but I think its important we come up with a solution to this for 1.8

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-1721 Discovery mechanism for customizing metaclasses with a script using ExpandoMetaClass
• is related to: GROOVY-2116 add an extension mechanism to allow new GDK methods to be added to other libraries by other projects using a META-INF/services/groovy/groovyMethods file on the classpath to list Classes to be used to load GDK methods