gt:       Groovy groovy = new Groovy();
context: /*
   *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   *   (at your option) any later version.
   *
   *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   *   GNU General Public License for more details.
   *
   *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */
  
  /*
   * Groovy.java
   * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   */
  
  package weka.core.scripting;
  
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.Serializable;
  import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  
  import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
  import weka.core.RevisionUtils;
  
  /**
   * A helper class for <a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/" target="_blank">Groovy</a>.
   * <p/>
   * In order to use Groovy, the jar containing all the classes must be present
   * in the CLASSPATH. This jar is normally found in the <i>embeddable</i>
   * sub-directory of the Groovy installation.
   * <p/>
   * Tested with Groovy 1.5.7.
   * 
   * @author  fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
   * @version $Revision: 8034 $
   */
  public class Groovy
    implements Serializable, RevisionHandler {
  
    /** for serialization. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2628766602043134673L;
  
    /** the classname of the Groovy classloader. */
    public final static String CLASS_GROOVYCLASSLOADER = "groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader";
    
    /** whether the Groovy classes are in the Classpath. */
    protected static boolean m_Present = false;
    static {
      try {
        Class.forName(CLASS_GROOVYCLASSLOADER);
        m_Present = true;
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        m_Present = false;
      }
    }
    
    /** the classloader. */
    protected Object m_ClassLoader;
    
    /**
     * default constructor, tries to instantiate a Groovy classloader.
     */
    public Groovy() {
      m_ClassLoader = newClassLoader();
    }
    
    /**
     * returns the currently used Groovy classloader.
     * 
     * @return		the classloader, can be null
     */
    public Object getClassLoader() {
      return m_ClassLoader;
    }
    
    /**
     * executes the specified method on the current interpreter and returns the 
     * result, if any.
     * 
     * @param methodName		the name of the method
     * @param paramClasses	the classes of the parameters
     * @param paramValues		the values of the parameters
     * @return			the return value of the method, if any (in that case null)
     */
    public Object invoke(String methodName, Class[] paramClasses, Object[] paramValues) {
      Object	result;
      
      result = null;
      if (getClassLoader() != null)
        result = invoke(getClassLoader(), methodName, paramClasses, paramValues);
      
      return result;
    }
    
    /**
     * returns whether the Groovy classes are present or not, i.e. whether the 
     * classes are in the classpath or not
     *
     * @return 			whether the Groovy classes are available
     */
    public static boolean isPresent() {
      return m_Present;
    }
  
    /**
     * initializes and returns a Groovy Interpreter.
     * 
     * @return			the interpreter or null if Groovy classes not present
     */
    public static Object newClassLoader() {
      Object	result;
      Class<?>	cls;
      Constructor	constr;
      
      result = null;
      
      if (isPresent()) {
        try {
  	cls    = Class.forName(CLASS_GROOVYCLASSLOADER);
  	constr = cls.getConstructor(new Class[]{ClassLoader.class});
  	result = constr.newInstance(Groovy.class.getClassLoader());
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
  	e.printStackTrace();
  	result = null;
        }
      }
  
      return result;
    }
  
    /**
     * loads the module and returns a new instance of it as instance of the
     * provided Java class template.
     * 
     * @param file		the Groovy module file
     * @param template		the template for the returned Java object
     * @return			the Groovy object
     */
    public static Object newInstance(File file, Class template) {
      Object 	result;
      Object	interpreter;
      Class	cls;
  
      result = null;
  
      if (!isPresent())
        return result;
      
      interpreter = newClassLoader();
      if (interpreter == null)
        return result;
  
      try {
        cls    = (Class) invoke(interpreter, "parseClass", new Class[]{File.class}, new Object[]{file});
        result = cls.newInstance();
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
  
      return result;
    }
    
    /**
     * executes the specified method and returns the result, if any.
     * 
     * @param o			the object the method should be called from,
     * 				e.g., a Groovy Interpreter
     * @param methodName		the name of the method
     * @param paramClasses	the classes of the parameters
     * @param paramValues		the values of the parameters
     * @return			the return value of the method, if any (in that case null)
     */
    public static Object invoke(Object o, String methodName, Class[] paramClasses, Object[] paramValues) {
      Method      m;
      Object      result;
      
      result = null;
      
      try {
        m      = o.getClass().getMethod(methodName, paramClasses);
        result = m.invoke(o, paramValues);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        result = null;
      }
      
      return result;
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the revision string.
     * 
     * @return		the revision
     */
    public String getRevision() {
      return RevisionUtils.extract("$Revision: 8034 $");
    }
    
    /**
     * If no arguments are given, it just prints the presence of the Groovy
     * classes, otherwise it expects a Groovy filename to execute.
     * 
     * @param args		commandline arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      if (args.length == 0) {
        System.out.println("Groovy present: " + isPresent());
      }
      else {
  