Interfaces are named collections of method signatures in Groovy. Here’s an example demonstrating the concept:
To run this Groovy script, save it to a file (e.g., interfaces.groovy) and execute it using the groovy command:
In this example, we’ve defined an interface Geometry and implemented it in two classes: Rectangle and Circle. The measure function demonstrates how we can use interface types to work with different implementations in a uniform way.
Groovy’s implementation of interfaces is similar to Java’s, but with some added syntactic sugar and dynamic features. The implements keyword is used to declare that a class implements an interface, and all methods defined in the interface must be implemented in the class.
Interfaces in Groovy provide a powerful way to define contracts that classes must adhere to, enabling polymorphism and promoting loose coupling in your code.