Calling Clojure from Groovy

There are a number of ways to mix Groovy and Clojure. You can access Clojure classes from Groovy and vice versa by pre-compiling.

You can access via Java 6's scripting API: JSR-223 access to other JVM languages

You can also get access to Clojure's classes from Groovy, e.g. (for Groovy 1.7 snapshot):

@Grab(group='org.clojure', module='clojure', version='1.0.0')
import clojure.lang.*

def ss = StringSeq.create('The quick brown fox')
def done = false
while (!done) {
  println ss.first()
  ss = ss.next()
  done = !ss
}

Or interact via creating a new Process (again for Groovy 1.7 snapshot):

@Grab(group='org.clojure', module='clojure', version='1.0.0')
import clojure.lang.Script

def src = new File('temp.clj')
src.text = '''
(defn factorial [n]
   (if (< n 2)
       1
       (* n (factorial (- n 1)))))
(println (factorial 4))
'''
def path = System.getProperty('user.home') + '/.groovy/grapes/org.clojure/clojure/jars/clojure-1.0.0.jar'
new AntBuilder().with {
    java(classname:Script.name, classpath:path) {
        arg(value:src.path)
    }
}

Another option is to use the Clojure API like this:

@Grab(group='org.clojure', module='clojure', version='1.0.0')
import clojure.lang.Compiler
import clojure.lang.RT

def src = new File('temp.clj')
src.text = '''
(ns groovy)
(defn factorial [n]
   (if (< n 2)
       1
       (* n (factorial (- n 1)))))
'''

src.withReader { reader ->
    Compiler.load reader
}

def fac = RT.var('groovy', 'factorial')    
println fac.invoke(5)

There is also a Clojure plugin for Grails which provides easy access to execute clojure code from any Grails artifact (controllers, taglibs, services etc...): http://grails.org/plugin/clojure
Not to be left behind Griffon also sports a clojure plugin, based on the Grails one: http://griffon.codehaus.org/Clojure+Plugin. Among it's features you'll find: script loading at runtime (like Grails), class generation using clojure's macros and a repl.

Calling Clojure from Groovy

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