Package groovy.transform

# Annotation Type Field

@Documented @Retention(SOURCE) @Target(LOCAL_VARIABLE) public @interface Field
Variable annotation used for changing the scope of a variable within a script from being within the run method of the script to being at the class level for the script.

The annotated variable will become a private field of the script class. The type of the field will be the same as the type of the variable. Example usage:

     import groovy.transform.Field
     @Field List awe = [1, 2, 3]
     def awesum() { awe.sum() }
     assert awesum() == 6

In this example, without the annotation, variable `awe` would be a local script variable (technically speaking it will be a local variable within the `run` method of the script class). Such a local variable would not be visible inside the `awesum` method. With the annotation, `awe` becomes a private List field in the script class and is visible within the `awesum` method.

Since:
  1.8.0
Author:
  Paul King