I know technically, Groovy can compile scripts which are just predicate expressions. For example, "age > 20" or "product.price > 20 || product.name == 'Strawberry'". But is Groovy a good choice for this, if I have many expressions (100s), and will be executing most of those on every request in a web application / REST API? The alternative I am considering is Spring Expression Language (SPEL), which can compile these simple expressions as well. From what I understand Groovy is creating a new class from each expression/script, so that overhead unreasonable compared to SPEL? Maybe Groovy is too "heavy" for this simple use? We use both Spring and Groovy in the application now, so there's no concern about increase in dependency tree / app size.
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