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<h3>Description</h3>

@Scalify simplifies the task of integrating Groovy and Scala code. This transformation adds the required bytecode to your Groovy classes to make them appear as native Scala classes. It also helps when implementing or extending a Scala trait/class from Groovy.

<h3>Usage</h3>
Place @Scalify at the class level, example;

trait Output {  
   @BeanProperty var output: String  
}

// -- end Scala code

// -- begin Groovy code
import groovyx.transform.Scalify 
 
@Scalify 
class GroovyOutput implements Output { 
 String output 
} 
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When the trait Output is compiled it will generate bytecode similar to

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public interface Output {
 public abstract void setOutput(java.lang.String);
 public abstract java.lang.String getOutput();
 public abstract void output_$eq(java.lang.String);
 public abstract java.lang.String output();
}
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The first pair of methods is your typical POJO accessors (generated by Scala's @BeanProperty) which Groovy can handle quite well. The second pair of methods represent Scala's native accessors, these will be written by @Scalify (if not present already in your class definition). Additionally @Scalify will make sure that your class implements <code>scala.ScalaObject</code> if it does not already.

One last trick up the sleeve is that @Scalify will generate operator friendly methods, these are the currently supported methods:

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<tr>
<th class="confluenceTh">Operator</th>
<th class="confluenceTh"> Groovy </th>
<th class="confluenceTh"> Scala </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">+	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">plus()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$plus()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">-	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">minus()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$minus()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">*	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">multiply()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$times()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">/	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">div()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$div()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">%	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">mod()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$percent()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">^	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">xor()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$up()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">&amp;	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">and()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$amp()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">|	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">or()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$bar()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">**	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">power()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$times$times()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">&lt;&lt;	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">leftShift()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$less$less()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">&gt;&gt;	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">rightShift()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">$greater$greater()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">-	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">negative()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">unary_$minus()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">+	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">positive()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">unary_$plus()</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd">~	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">bitwiseNegate()	</td>
<td class="confluenceTd">unary_$tilde()</td>
</tr>
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While @Scalify can generate all the require boilerplate code it cannot (at the moment) generate a required class attribute (called pickle) that the Scala compiler uses to gather metadata information about a Scala class. This means you won't be able to call a property setter using the short notation, in other words 
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 will result in a compilation error while the following will work 
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<h3>Dependencies</h3>
Make sure to have the Scala compiler &amp; libraries on your classpath. You will also need <code>asm</code>, grab the latest version available with your Groovy distribution