Solved, there were a few mistakes that did not make the AST transformation activate.
Once understood, it's actually quite simple and convenient! On 2020/03/13 09:01:49, Alberto <a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all,> > > I'm quite interested on the @Macro possibilities described here:> > https://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-2.5.html> > > But I'm having some troubles in understanding how to use it.> > My final goal is some check functions, that write in a file some pair> > (expression, value).> > And from what I found, this seems to be quite perfect.> > > I prepared this initial test:> > --------------------> > package alberto.test;> > > import org.codehaus.groovy.macro.runtime.Macro;> > import org.codehaus.groovy.macro.runtime.MacroContext;> > import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.Expression;> > import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.EmptyExpression;> > > class Test {> > > @Macro> > static Expression softCheck(MacroContext ctx, Expression exp,> > Expression msg) {> > > return new EmptyExpression();> > > }> > > }> > --------------------> > > And created the file> > META-INF/groovy/org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionMethods> > > With the content: extensionClasses= alberto.test.Test> > > Then I tried: softCheck()> > > Expecting it to go trough without any effect.> > > Instead I got a complaint that softCheck in not applicable for empty list> > arguments.> > Trying to use Test.softChek() gave me similar results, proposing (ctx,> > exp, msg) as arguments.> > > Am I missing something to activate the @Macro behaviour?> > > Thank you and Best Regards,> > Alberto> >
