Fortunately, Groovy 1.6 (I’m using 1.6.2) provides built-in JSR 223 support that makes it really easy to embed Groovy within Java.

The Apache Software Foundation's Groovy team has announced the release of Groovy 4.0.0, the latest version of the open source, general-purpose programming language for the Java Virtual Machine.

I mostly use Groovy for scripting and many of my scripting needs require the ability to navigate directory structures. In writing such scripts, it is helpful to know which properties are available ...

The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.