Groovy call another script to set variables - groovy

Question

I'm trying to define variables in another groovy script that I want to use in my current script. I have two scripts like this:
script1.groovy
thing = evaluate(new File("script2.groovy"))
thing.setLocalEnv()
println(state)
script2.groovy
static def setLocalEnv(){
def state = "hi"
def item = "hey"
}
When I println(state), I get a missing property exception. Basically I want script2 to have config variables that I can load in the context of script1. How can I do this?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what/how you want to do exactly, but I guess you can achieve your goal using one of the class available in groovy dynamique scripting capabilities: groovy.lang.Binding or GroovyClassLoader or GroovyScriptEngine, here is an example using GroovyShell class:
abstract class MyScript extends Script {
String name
String greet() {
"Hello, $name!"
}
}
import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration
def config = new CompilerConfiguration()
config.scriptBaseClass = 'MyScript'
def shell = new GroovyShell(this.class.classLoader, new Binding(), config)
def script = shell.parse('greet()')
assert script instanceof MyScript
script.setName('covfefe')
assert script.run() == 'Hello, covfefe!'
This is one way to bind a variable to an external script file, more examples from the doc:
http://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/documentation/guide-integrating.html
P.S. Loading external file can be done with GroovyClassLoader:
def gcl = new GroovyClassLoader()
def clazz2 = gcl.parseClass(new File(file.absolutePath))
Hope this helps.