Wouldn't it be easier for you then to implement a class which extends
groovy.lang.Binding which lazy evaluates your default variables and use
that as your script binding instead?
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 6:26 PM, bayareagreg <bayareag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All right, let me explain why I need this.
> In my product, we let our users evaluate "custom" groovy expressions they
> construct. This is done in Java via groovy Script object. There are half a
> dozen "standard" product variables users can refer to in those expressions.
> The values of these variables are bound into Bindings object before the
> script is run. The values may be a String, a GPathResult, a java.util.Map,
> etc. The problem is that some of the variables are quite expensive to
> compute and it is a waste of time to do so if the expression does not
> reference these variables.
> For example, if the expression happens to be "${x}", I would be nice to
> only
> compute the value of x and bind it before invoking the script, not y, z, w,
> etc.
> That is why I was wondering if there was a simple way to get the list of
> all
> variables used in an expression. Another way to solve the problem would be
> some kind of "lazy evaluation" approach where we would bind all variables
> to
> some type of "proxy" object, such that the real values are only computed on
> "as needed" basis. I could not find an easy way to do that either. Some
> pointers would be very much appreciated
> Thanks in advance
> Greg
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