Groovy include new Groovy script - groovy

Question

I'm pretty new to Groovy an I want to import a class from another groovy script in the main groovy script. I saw already this post. However due to environment restrictions I can't us functions like GroovyClassLoader or or import any libs/frameworks. The only possibility I have is to use the evaluate method.
I tried this:
main script (The evaluate does not throw any error)
File csvFile = new File("./Csvreader.groovy");
evaluate(csvFile);
Csvreader script
class CSVReader{
def csvFile = new File('./test.csv');
def separatorChar = ";"
def values = [];
def headers = [];
void setSeperator(String s){
if(s != ""){
separatorChar = s;
}
}
void readCsv(){
csvFile.eachLine{ line, number ->
if(number == 1){
def head = line.split(separatorChar);
for (entry in head) {
headers.add(entry);
}
} else{
def value = line.split(separatorChar);
def map =[:];
def i = 0;
for (entry in value) {
map.put(headers[i], entry);
i++;
}
values.add(map);
}
}
}
def getValues(){
return values;
}
def getHeaders(){
return headers;
}
def getSize(){
return values.size();
}
def getLine(def keyParam, def value){
for(int i = 0; i < values.size(); i++){
def line = values[i];
if(values[i][keyParam] == value){
return values[i];
}
}
}
}
However I would need to pass parameters with the evaluate call (and I would move the methods outside the class) or I need to create an instance of the class.
Unfortunately I don't really know how I can do that, does anyone have a solution for that?

Answer 1

you could try to put at the end of your Csvreader.groovy file the expression return CSVReader.class that will return you a compiled class.
Then in your caller script you could create an instance of this class and use it as any other class instance.
Csvreader.groovy
class CSVReader{
def separatorChar = ";"
void setSeparator(String s){
if(s != ""){
separatorChar = s;
}
}
}
return CSVReader.class
caller script
File csvFile = new File("./Csvreader.groovy")
def CSVReaderClass = evaluate(csvFile)
def cvsReader = CSVReaderClass.newInstance()
cvsReader.setSeparator("Z")
println cvsReader.separatorChar