Constructor or equivalent for "Global Variables" in libraries

[Michael Lasevich]

So, what is the proper way to initialize the fields in the "Global Variables" found in the /vars dir in library code?

I know it is supposed to be a singleton instantiated on first call, and I know I can SET new fields by just setting them, but what if I want them to have default value when object is created? Something like:

// vars/myListAdder.groovy

def myList = []


def call(item){
  this.myList << item
}

I would expect this to work, but it doesn't as it cannot find myList defined

I worked around it for now by using a try/catch to initialize myList on first call, but that seems wrong. There has got to be a proper way to do this, but I am not sure what it is - nothing I tried seems to work

Thanks,

-M

[Martina]

Try the following:

myList = []


def call(item){
  myList << item
}

Martina

[Michael Lasevich]

No dice,

groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: myList for class: myListTest

-M

[Martina]

In a big standalone groovy I have

class myClass {
    List myList = []

    public myCall (item) {
          myList.add(item)
    }
}

I am pretty sure I have used it without the class stuff in smaller snippets.

Martina

[Michael Lasevich]

Yeah, I would expect it to work as well, but it simply does not.

It is probably something to do with either the way this is loaded or CPS, we have already seen that CPS has hard time handling some basic Groovy concepts like getters/setters - I was just hoping I was missing something obvious  :-(

-M