We have a new transformation annotation in Groovy 1.7.3 to safe us a lot of typing when we define new classes that extend from parent classes with multiple constructors: @InheritConstructors. When we apply this transformation to our class we automatically get all constructors from the super class. This is very useful if we for example extend from java.lang.Exception, because otherwise we would have to define four constructors ourselves. The transformation adds these constructors for us in our class file. This works also for our own created classes.
import groovy.transform.InheritConstructors
@InheritConstructors
class MyException extends Exception {
}
def e = new MyException()
def e1 = new MyException('message') // Other constructors are available.
assert 'message' == e1.message
class Person {
String name
Person(String name) {
this.name = name
}
}
@InheritConstructors
class Child extends Person {}
def child = new Child('Liam')
assert 'Liam' == child.name
