Map with default value created in a closure - groovy

Question

I want to store objects in a map (called result). The objects are created or updated from SQL rows.
For each row I read I access the map as follows:
def result = [:]
sql.eachRow('SELECT something') { row->
{
// check if the Entry is already existing
def theEntry = result[row.KEY]
if (theEntry == null) {
// create the entry
theEntry = new Entry(row.VALUE1, row.VALUE2)
// put the entry in the result map
result[row.KEY] = theEntry
}
// use the Entry (create or update the next hierarchie elements)
}
I want to minimize the code for checking and updating the map. How can this be done?
I know the function map.get(key, defaultValue), but I will not use it, because it is to expensive to create an instance on each iteration even if I don't need it.
What I would like to have is a get function with a closure for providing the default value. In this case I would have lazy evaluation.
Update
The solution dmahapatro provided is exactly what I want. Following an example of the usage.
// simulate the result from the select
def select = [[a:1, b:2, c:3], [a:1, b:5, c:6], [a:2, b:2, c:4], [a:2, b:3, c:5]]
// a sample class for building an object hierarchie
class Master {
int a
List<Detail> subs = []
String toString() { "Master(a:$a, subs:$subs)" }
}
// a sample class for building an object hierarchie
class Detail {
int b
int c
String toString() { "Detail(b:$b, c:$c)" }
}
// the goal is to build a tree from the SQL result with Master and Detail entries
// and store it in this map
def result = [:]
// iterate over the select, row is visible inside the closure
select.each { row ->
// provide a wrapper with a default value in a closure and get the key
// if it is not available then the closure is executed to create the object
// and put it in the result map -> much compacter than in my question
def theResult = result.withDefault {
new Master(a: row.a)
}.get(row.a)
// process the further columns
theResult.subs.add new Detail(b: row.b, c: row.c )
}
// result should be [
// 1:Master(a:1, subs:[Detail(b:2, c:3), Detail(b:5, c:6)]),
// 2:Master(a:2, subs:[Detail(b:2, c:4), Detail(b:3, c:5)])]
println result
What I learned from this sample:
withDefault returns a wrapper, so for manipulating the map use the wrapper and not the original map
row variable is visible in the closure!
create the wrapper for the map in each iteration again, since row var changed

Answer 1

You asked for it, Groovy has it for you. :)
def map = [:]
def decoratedMap = map.withDefault{
new Entry()
}
It works the same way you would expect it to work lazily. Have a look at withDefault API for a detailed explanation.