This project contains some simple examples of creating a Spring Application Context using the Groovy Bean Builder from Java, exposed via the GenericGroovyApplicationContext introduced to the Spring framework in version 4.0.

All the examples are run from a JUnit test, GroovyBeanBuilderTests. Each test initializes and verifies one of the Application Contexts found in the config directory.

This may be run in gradle:

 $gradle test

Or from Intellij or Eclipse, e.g. run one of these gradle tasks before importing the project.

$gradle idea

or

$gradle eclipse

Note: When running from Intellij, I have found it necessary to exclude groovy from the resource path:

  File->Preferences->Compiler

then add ;!?*.groovy to Resource patterns