Reference things from imported class in groovysh

Question

Say I have a SomeThings.groovy file:

def someVar = 'abc'
def someFunc(a) {
  a + 1
}

I start groovysh with the above file on the classpath and do:

groovy:000> import SomeThings
===> SomeThings
groovy:000>

All good. However:

groovy:000> someVar
Unknown property: someVar
groovy:000> someFunc(1)
ERROR groovy.lang.MissingMethodException:
No signature of method: groovysh_evaluate.someFunc() is applicable for argument types: (java.lang.Integer) values: [1]
groovy:000>

How do I reference someVar and someFunc from groovysh?

Answer 1

Modify SomeThings.groovy as below:

//SomeThings.groovy
someVar = 'abc' // remove def to make variable available to shell
def someFunc(a) {
  a + 1
}

Then the file has to be loaded to shell as below (load SomeThings.groovy can also be used instead). :h or :help will show its usage.

groovy:000> . SomeThings.groovy 
===> abc
===> true
groovy:000> someVar
===> abc
groovy:000> someFunc(1)
===> 2
groovy:000>