Groovy: Accessing Closure Object's elements - groovy

Question

I am new to Groovy, and was wondering:
If I define a object like this:
def buildParentXML(){
def parentXMLElement = {
ParentElement {
CreationDate(new Date())
out << buildChildXML()
ChildElementFK(buildChildXML().childElement.ChildPK) //Something like this
}
}
}
def buildChildXML() {
def childElement {
ChildPK("12345679")
Operator("Don't Know")
}
}
How would I access the value of Element1 or Element2?
I tried
println obj.RootElement.Element1
println obj[RootElement].[Element1]
println obj['RootElement'].['Element1']
Simple Example
<SavePolicy>
<Segment>
<IssueState>AK</IssueState>
<OptionCode>ADD</OptionCode>
<SegmentStatus>Aive</SegmentStatus>
<ApplicationReceivedDate>09/17/2013</ApplicationReceivedDate>
<ApplicationSignedDate>09/17/2013</ApplicationSignedDate>
<CreationDate>09/17/2013</CreationDate>
<EffeiveDate>09/17/2013</EffeiveDate>
<IssueDate>09/17/2013</IssueDate>
<TerminationDate>09/17/2013</TerminationDate>
<RateSeriesDate>09/17/2013</RateSeriesDate>
</Segment>
<Life>
<FaceAmount>250.00</FaceAmount>
</Life>
Will Be converted into
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SEGRequestVO>
<Service>Policy</Service>
<Operation>submit</Operation>
<Operator>N/A</Operator>
<IgnoreEditWarningsNF/>
<RequestParameters>
<SubmissionType>SaveIt</SubmissionType>
<ContraNumber/>
<SegmentVO>
<IssueState>AK</IssueState>
<OptionCode>DD</OptionCode>
<SegmentStatus>Aive</SegmentStatus>
<ApplicationReceivedDate>09/17/2013</ApplicationReceivedDate>
<ApplicationSignedDate>09/17/2013</ApplicationSignedDate>
<CreationDate>09/17/2013</CreationDate>
<EffeiveDate>09/17/2013</EffeiveDate>
<IssueDate>09/17/2013</IssueDate>
<TerminationDate>09/17/2013</TerminationDate>
<RateSeriesDate>09/17/2013</RateSeriesDate>
<ContraNumber/>
<ProduStruureFK>01</ProduStruureFK>
<LifeVO>
<FaceAmount>250.00</FaceAmount>
<LifePK>-123464646</LifePK>
<SegmentFK/>
</LifeVO></SegmentVO>
</RequestParameters>
</SEGRequestVO>

Answer 1

Right, I took a wild guess...is this what you mean?
import groovy.xml.*
def buildChildXML = {
ChildPK("12345679")
Operator("Don't Know")
return "12345679"
}
def buildParentXML = {
ParentElement {
CreationDate(new Date())
def pk = buildChildXML()
ChildElementFK( pk )
}
}
println XmlUtil.serialize( new StreamingMarkupBuilder().bind { it ->
buildParentXML.delegate = it
buildChildXML.delegate = it
buildParentXML()
} )
That prints:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ParentElement>
<CreationDate>Mon Sep 16 17:02:42 BST 2013</CreationDate>
<ChildPK>12345679</ChildPK>
<Operator>Don't Know</Operator>
<ChildElementFK>12345679</ChildElementFK>
</ParentElement>