The Griffon Guide

$ curl -s http://get.sdkman.io | bash

$ sdk install lazybones

  
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bintrayRepositories = [
    "griffon/griffon-lazybones-templates",
    "pledbrook/lazybones-templates"
]

$ lazybones list
Available templates in griffon/griffon-lazybones-templates:

    griffon-javafx-groovy
    griffon-javafx-java
    griffon-javafx-kotlin
    griffon-lanterna-java
    griffon-lanterna-groovy
    griffon-pivot-java
    griffon-pivot-groovy
    griffon-swing-java
    griffon-swing-groovy
    griffon-plugin

$ lazybones create griffon-swing-groovy console
Creating project from template griffon-swing-groovy (latest) in 'console'
Define value for 'group' [org.example]: console
Define value for 'version' [0.1.0-SNAPSHOT]:
Define value for 'package' [console]:
Define value for 'griffonVersion' [2.8.0]:

console
├── griffon-app
│   ├── conf
│   ├── controllers
│   ├── i18n
│   ├── lifecycle
│   ├── models
│   ├── resources
│   ├── services
│   └── views
└── src
    ├── integration-test
    │   └── groovy
    ├── main
    │   ├── groovy
    │   └── resources
    └── test
        ├── groovy
        └── resources

$ ./gradlew run

$ mvn -Prun

  
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package console

import griffon.core.artifact.ArtifactManager
import griffon.core.injection.Module
import griffon.core.test.GriffonUnitRule
import griffon.core.test.TestFor
import griffon.inject.DependsOn
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractTestingModule
import org.junit.Rule
import org.junit.Test

import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import javax.inject.Inject

import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS
import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await
import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.fieldIn
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue

@TestFor(ConsoleController)                                                   (1)
class ConsoleControllerTest {
    private ConsoleController controller                                      (2)

    @Inject
    private ArtifactManager artifactManager                                   (3)

    @Rule
    public final GriffonUnitRule griffon = new GriffonUnitRule()              (4)

    @Test
    void testExecuteScriptAction() {
        // given:                                                             (5)
        ConsoleModel model = artifactManager.newInstance(ConsoleModel.class)
        controller.model = model

        // when:                                                              (6)
        String input = 'var = "Griffon"'
        model.scriptSource = input
        controller.invokeAction('executeScript')

        // then:                                                              (7)
        await().atMost(2, SECONDS)
            .until(fieldIn(model)
            .ofType(Object)
            .andWithName('scriptResult'),
            notNullValue())
        assert input == model.scriptResult
    }

    private static class EchoEvaluator implements Evaluator {                 (8)
        @Override
        Object evaluate(String input) {
            input
        }
    }

    @DependsOn('application')
    private static class TestModule extends AbstractTestingModule {
        @Override
        protected void doConfigure() {
            bind(Evaluator)
                .to(EchoEvaluator)
                .asSingleton()
        }
    }

    @Nonnull
    private List<Module> moduleOverrides() {
        [new TestModule()]
    }
}

$ ./gradlew test

$ mvn test

  
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package sample.swing.groovy

application {
    title = 'Swing + Groovy'
    startupGroups = ['sample']
    autoShutdown = true
}
mvcGroups {
    // MVC Group for "sample"
    'sample' {
        model      = 'sample.swing.groovy.SampleModel'
        view       = 'sample.swing.groovy.SampleView'
        controller = 'sample.swing.groovy.SampleController'
    }
}

  
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package sample.swing.java;

import griffon.util.AbstractMapResourceBundle;
import griffon.util.CollectionUtils;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.util.Map;

import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

public class Config extends AbstractMapResourceBundle {
    @Override
    protected void initialize(@Nonnull Map<String, Object> entries) {
        CollectionUtils.map(entries)
            .e("application", CollectionUtils.map()
                .e("title", "Swing + Java")
                .e("startupGroups", asList("sample"))
                .e("autoShutdown", true)
            )
            .e("mvcGroups", CollectionUtils.map()
                .e("sample", CollectionUtils.map()
                    .e("model", "sample.swing.java.SampleModel")
                    .e("view", "sample.swing.java.SampleView")
                    .e("controller", "sample.swing.java.SampleController")
                )
            );
    }
}

  
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application.title = Swing + Groovy
application.startupGroups = sample
application.autoShutdown = true
mvcGroups.sample.model = sample.swing.groovy.SampleModel
mvcGroups.sample.view = sample.swing.groovy.SampleView
mvcGroups.sample.controller = sample.swing.groovy.SampleController

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.injection.Module;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.ConfigurationDecoratorFactory;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.MutableConfigurationDecoratorFactory;

import static griffon.util.AnnotationUtils.named;

@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
public class ApplicationModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(ConfigurationDecoratorFactory.class)
            .toProvider(MutableConfigurationDecoratorFactory.class)
            .asSingleton();
    }
}

  
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package sample

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
import griffon.core.env.Metadata
import griffon.inject.MVCMember
import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor

import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import javax.inject.Inject

@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonView)
class SampleView {
    @MVCMember @Nonnull FactoryBuilderSupport builder

    @Inject Metadata metadata

    void initUI() {
        builder.with {
            application(pack: true,
                title: application.configuration['application.title']) {
                label "Hello, I'm ${metadata['application.name']}-${metadata['application.version']}"
            }
        }
    }
}

  
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package org.opendolphin.demo

import griffon.core.env.Feature
import griffon.core.injection.Module
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor
import org.opendolphin.core.client.comm.ClientConnector
import org.opendolphin.demo.injection.HttpClientConnectorProvider
import org.opendolphin.demo.injection.InMemoryClientConnectorProvider

@ServiceProviderFor(Module)
class DolphinModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(ClientConnector)
            .toProvider(InMemoryClientConnectorProvider)
            .asSingleton()

        Feature.withFeature('dolphin.remote') {
            bind(ClientConnector)
                .toProvider(HttpClientConnectorProvider)
                .asSingleton()
        }
    }
}

  
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dolphin.remote=true

  
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package sample

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
import griffon.core.env.Metadata
import griffon.core.env.Environment
import griffon.inject.MVCMember
import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor

import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import javax.inject.Inject

@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonView)
class SampleView {
    @MVCMember @Nonnull FactoryBuilderSupport builder

    @Inject Metadata metadata
    @Inject Environment environment

    void initUI() {
        builder.with {
            application(pack: true,
                title: application.configuration['application.title']) {
                gridLayout cols: 1, rows: 2
                label "Hello, I'm ${metadata['application.name']}-${metadata['application.version']}"
                label "Current environment is ${environment}"
            }
        }
    }
}

  
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package sample

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
import griffon.core.env.Metadata
import griffon.core.env.Environment
import griffon.inject.MVCMember
import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
import static griffon.core.env.GriffonEnvironment.*

import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import javax.inject.Inject

@ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonView)
class SampleView {
    @MVCMember @Nonnull FactoryBuilderSupport builder

    @Inject Metadata metadata
    @Inject Environment environment

    void initUI() {
        builder.with {
            application(pack: true,
                title: application.configuration['application.title']) {
                gridLayout cols: 1, rows: 6
                label "Hello, I'm ${metadata['application.name']}-${metadata['application.version']}"
                label "Current environment is ${environment}"
                label "Griffon version is ${getGriffonVersion()}"
                label "Build date/time is ${getBuildDateTime()}"
                label "JVM version is ${getJvmVersion()}"
                label "OS version is ${getOsVersion()}"
            }
        }
    }
}

  
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public interface Module {
    @Nonnull
    List<Binding<?>> getBindings();

    void configure();
}

  
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package org.example;

import griffon.core.injection.Module;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;

import javax.inject.Named;

@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
@Named
public class CustomModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        // bindings
    }
}

  
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package org.example;

import griffon.core.injection.Module;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;

import javax.inject.Named;

@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
@Named("custom")
public class CustomModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        // bindings
    }
}

  
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import griffon.core.injection.Module;
import griffon.inject.DependsOn;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;

import javax.inject.Named;

@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
@DependsOn("parent-module")
@Named
public class CustomModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        // bindings
    }
}

bind(Context.class)
    .withClassifier(griffon.util.AnnotationUtils.named("applicationContext"))
    .toProvider(DefaultContextProvider.class)
    .asSingleton();

  
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package com.acme;

import org.apache.onami.scheduler.QuartzModule;
import com.google.inject.Module;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;

@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
public class MyQuartzModule extends QuartzModule {
    @Override
    protected void schedule() {
        scheduleJob(MyJobClass.class);
    }
}

  
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# Generated by org.kordamp.jipsy.processor.service.ServiceProviderProcessor (0.4.0)
# Thu, 7 Aug 2014 21:02:58 +0200
com.acme.MyQuartzModule

  
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mvcGroups {
    'app' {
        model      = 'org.example.AppModel'
        view       = 'org.example.AppView'
        controller = 'org.example.AppController'
    },
    'tab' {
        model      = 'org.example.TabModel'
        view       = 'org.example.TabView'
        controller = 'org.example.TabController'
    }
}

MVCGroup appGroup = createMVCGroup('app')
MVCGroup tabGroup = appGroup.createMVCGroup('tab')
assert appGroup == tabGroup.parentGroup

class TabView {
    private JComponent tab

    void initUI() {
        tab = ... // initialize
    }

    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
        group.parentGroup.view.tabContainer.addTab(group.mvcId, tab)
    }
}

class TabView {
    private JComponent tab
    AppView parentView

    void initUI() {
        tab = ... // initialize
    }

    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
        parentView.tabContainer.addTab(group.mvcId, tab)
    }
}

bind(source: bean1, sourceProperty: 'prop1',
     target: bean2, targetProperty: 'prop2')

bean(bean1, prop1: bind(target: bean2, targetProperty: 'prop2'))

bean(bean2, prop2: bind(source: bean1, sourceProperty: 'prop1'))

bean(bean1, prop1: bind('prop2', target: bean2))

bean(bean2, prop2: bind{ bean1.prop1 })

  
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import griffon.transform.Observable
import groovy.swing.SwingBuilder

class MyModel {
    @Observable String value
}

def model = new MyModel()
def swing  = new SwingBuilder()
swing.edt {
    frame(title: 'Binding', pack: true, visible: true) {
        gridLayout(cols: 2, rows: 3)
        label 'Normal'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model))
        label 'Bidirectional'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model, mutual: true))
        label 'Model'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', source: model))
    }
}

  
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import griffon.transform.Observable
import groovy.swing.SwingBuilder

class MyModel {
    @Observable String value
}

def convertValue = { val ->
    '*' * val?.size()
}

def model = new MyModel()
def swing  = new SwingBuilder()
swing.edt {
    frame(title: 'Binding', pack: true, visible: true) {
        gridLayout(cols: 2, rows: 3)
        label 'Normal'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model))
        label 'Converter'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model, converter: convertValue))
        label 'Model'
        textField(columns: 20, text:  bind('value', source: model))
    }
}

  
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import griffon.transform.Observable
import groovy.swing.SwingBuilder

class MyModel {
    @Observable String value
}

def isNumber = { val ->
    if(!val) return true
    try {
        Double.parseDouble(val)
    } catch(NumberFormatException e) {
        false
    }
}

def model = new MyModel()
def swing  = new SwingBuilder()
swing.edt {
    frame(title: 'Binding', pack: true, visible: true) {
        gridLayout(cols: 2, rows: 3)
        label 'Normal'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model))
        label 'Converter'
        textField(columns: 20, text: bind('value', target: model, validator: isNumber))
        label 'Model'
        textField(columns: 20, text:  bind('value', source: model))
    }
}

  
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import griffon.transform.Observable
import groovy.swing.SwingBuilder

class MyModel {
    @Observable String value
}

def model = new MyModel()
def swing  = new SwingBuilder()
swing.edt {
    frame(title: 'Binding', pack: true, visible: true) {
        gridLayout(cols: 2, rows: 3)
        label 'Text'
        textField(columns: 20, id: 'tf1')
        label 'Trigger'
        button('Copy Text', id: 'bt1')
        bind(source: bt1,
             sourceEvent: 'actionPerformed',
             sourceValue: {tf1.text},
             target: model,
             targetProperty: 'value')
        label 'Model'
        textField(columns: 20, text:  bind('value', source: model))
    }
}

  
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class MyModel {
    @FXObservable String value
}

  
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import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty

class MyModel {
    private StringProperty value

    String getValue() { valueProperty().get() }
    void setValue(String s) { valueProperty().set(s) }

    StringProperty getValueProperty() { valueProperty() }
    StringProperty valueProperty() {
        if (value == null) {
            value = new SimpleStringProperty(this, 'value')
        }
        value
    }
}

  
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package sample

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController

@griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
class SampleController {
    void close(ActionEvent evt) { ... }
    void newAction(ActionEvent evt) { ... }
}

  
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sample.SampleController.action.New.name = New
sample.SampleController.action.Open.name = Open
sample.SampleController.action.Close.name = Close
sample.SampleController.action.Delete.name = Delete
# additional keys per action elided

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.controller.Action
import griffon.core.controller.ActionExecutionStatus
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.controller.AbstractActionHandler

import javax.inject.Named

@Named('tracer')
class TracerActionHandler extends AbstractActionHandler {
    private final Map<String, Long> TIMES = [:]

    Object[] before(Action action, Object[] args) {
        TIMES[action.fullyQuallifiedName] = System.currentTimeMillis()
        return super.before(controller, actionName, args)
    }

    void after(ActionExecutionStatus status, Action action, Object[] args) {
        long time = System.currentTimeMillis() - TIMES[action.fullyQuallifiedName]
        println("Action ${action.fullyQuallifiedName} took ${time} ms [${status}]")
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.injection.Module
import griffon.core.controller.ActionHandler
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor

import javax.inject.Named

@ServiceProviderFor(Module)
@Named('application')
public class ApplicationModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(ActionHandler)
            .to(TracerActionHandler)
            .asSingleton()
    }
}

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windowManager {
    myWindowName = [
        show: {name, window -> ... },
        hide: {name, window -> ... }
    ]
    myOtherWindowName = [
        show: {name, window -> ... }
    ]
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windowManager {
    defaultHandler = new MyCustomWindowDisplayHandler()
}

  
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windowManager {
    defaultShow: {name, window -> ... },
    myWindowName = [
        show: {name, window -> ... },
        hide: {name, window -> ... }
    ]
    myOtherWindowName = [
        show: {name, window -> ... }
    ]
}

  
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windowManager {
    startingWindow = 'primary'
}

  
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package sample

import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.swing.DefaultSwingWindowDisplayHandler

import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import java.awt.Window

import static griffon.swing.support.SwingUtils.centerOnScreen

class CenteringWindowDisplayHandler extends DefaultSwingWindowDisplayHandler {
    @Override
    void show(@Nonnull String name, @Nonnull Window window) {
        centerOnScreen(window)
        super.show(name, window)
    }
}

  
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package sample

import griffon.core.injection.Module
import griffon.inject.DependsOn
import griffon.swing.SwingWindowDisplayHandler
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor

import static griffon.util.AnnotationUtils.named

@DependsOn('swing')
@ServiceProviderFor(Module)
class ApplicationModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(SwingWindowDisplayHandler)
            .withClassifier(named('defaultWindowDisplayHandler'))
            .to(CenteringWindowDisplayHandler)
            .asSingleton()
    }
}

  
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package griffon.builder.swing;

import griffon.inject.DependsOn;
import groovy.swing.factory.LayoutFactory;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
import groovy.util.Factory;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.groovy.view.AbstractBuilderCustomizer;

import javax.inject.Named;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

@DependsOn("swing")
@Named("miglayout-swing")
public class MiglayoutSwingBuilderCustomizer extends AbstractBuilderCustomizer {
    public MiglayoutSwingBuilderCustomizer() {
        Map<String, Factory> factories = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        factories.put("migLayout", new LayoutFactory(MigLayout.class));
        setFactories(factories);
    }
}

  
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package org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.miglayout;

import griffon.builder.swing.MiglayoutSwingBuilderCustomizer;
import griffon.core.injection.Module;
import griffon.inject.DependsOn;
import griffon.util.BuilderCustomizer;
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule;
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor;

import javax.inject.Named;

@DependsOn("swing-groovy")
@Named("miglayout-swing-groovy")
@ServiceProviderFor(Module.class)
public class MiglayoutSwingGroovyModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(BuilderCustomizer.class)
            .to(MiglayoutSwingBuilderCustomizer.class)
            .asSingleton();
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.GriffonApplication
import griffon.core.event.EventHandler

class ApplicationEventHandler implements EventHandler {
    void onBootstrapEnd(GriffonApplication application) {
        println """
            Application configuration has finished loading.
            MVC Groups will be initialized now.
        """.stripIndent(12)
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.event.EventHandler
import griffon.core.injection.Module
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.core.injection.AbstractModule
import org.kordamp.jipsy.ServiceProviderFor

@ServiceProviderFor(Module)
class ApplicationModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void doConfigure() {
        bind(EventHandler)
            .to(ApplicationEventHandler)
            .asSingleton()
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController

@griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
class MyController {
    void onShutdownStart(application)
        println "${application.configuration['application.title']} is shutting down"
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController

@griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
class MyController {
    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
        application.eventRouter.addEventListener([
            Foo: { println 'got foo!' } as RunnableWithArgs
        ])
    }

    void fooAction() {
        // do something
        application.eventRouter.publishEvent('Foo')
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController

@griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
class MyController {
    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
        application.eventRouter.addEventListener('Foo',
            { println 'got foo!' } as RunnableWithArgs
        ])
    }

    void fooAction() {
        // do something
        application.eventRouter.publishEvent('Foo')
    }
}

  
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package com.acme

import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonController

@griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
class MyController {
    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
        application.eventRouter.addListener(Foo) { e -> assert e instanceof Foo }
    }

    void fooAction() {
        // do something
        application.eventRouter.publishEvent(new MyController.Foo(this))
    }

    static class Foo extends griffon.core.Event {
        Foo(Object source) { super(source) }
    }
}

  
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famous.quote = This is {0}!
hello.world = @[famous.quote]

assert getApplication()
           .getMessageSource()
           .getMessage('famous.quote', ['Sparta']) == 'This is Sparta!'

assert getApplication()
          .getMessageSource()
          .getMessage('hello.world', ['Griffon']) == 'This is Griffon!'