Groovy vs Java

	Java	Groovy
Access modifier (by default)	package	public
getters and setters	Need to provide for fields	Are automatically generated for class members
Utility methods	System.out.println	println
Support substitution		Can print dynamic content without string concatation Println(“Hello $name !”)
Specifying type definition		Instead use keyword def Mandatory for methods, optional for method arguments
Using semicolons	Every statements end with semicolon	optional
main method	To make a class executable	Don’t need
Initializing String arrays, static arrays	Curly braces { “abc”, “dfg”}	Square brackets [“abc”, “dfg”]
autoboxing/unboxing/conversion of primitives	yes	No, everything is Object and uses only Objects
Inner static classes	yes	no
Anonymous classes	yes	no

Author: learnwithsomayeh