> Gesendet: Freitag, 04. Dezember 2015 um 11:36 Uhr
> Von: "Felix Dorner" <[email protected]>
> An: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Do closures always return a value?
>
> Hi,
>
> given that I don't need a return statement in groovy, do closures always
> return a value?
yes
> Is it possible to declare a closure to have type 'void' somehow?
currently not
> I would like to exploit this somehow like this:
>
> def someMethod(Closure closure){
>
> if (closure has no return value, or is somehow defined to be 'void'){
> closure()
> } else {
> if (closure()){
> doSomething()
> } else {
> doSomethingElse()
> }
> }
> }
normally it makes no sense to have a logic like this. If you have something
specific we can discuss the case, maybe it is an exception (or strange
requirement ;)). But if it does in your case I suggest using either additional
parameters or different method names and split the cases
bye Jochen
