On 4 December 2015 at 11:41, Arnaud Estève <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > Just a question (pure curiosity) though, what happens when many jars > register many extension modules on the same type/method, and you embed both > the jars ?
I would assume one would win and shadow the other. Sounds like a nice experiment. ;-) Cheers, Dinko > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Dinko Srkoč <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just forward the call to the original `asType` method: >> >> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.StringGroovyMethods.asType(self, someClass) >> >> Cheers, >> Dinko >> >> On 4 December 2015 at 10:16, Arnaud Estève <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm currently playing with extension modules and congrats, it's very fun >> > to >> > add syntaxic sugar to an existing API. >> > >> > I was wondering if it was possible to delegate to the "super" method >> > within >> > an extension module. >> > >> > For instance, let's imagine I want to overload String's asType() method >> > : >> > >> > class MyStringExtension { >> > static Object asType(String self, Class someClass) { >> > if (myClass = SomethingICanHandler.class) { >> > // create an object from my string >> > } else { >> > // Here I'd like to "delegate" to the default String asType() >> > method >> > } >> > } >> > } >> > >> > With metaclass it would be easy, but is it even possible (and does it >> > make >> > sense ?) to do so with an extension module ? >> > >> > Thanks a lot :) >> > > >
