Shorthand way for assigning object properties in Groovy?

Question

I create Groovy objects using this convention...

Item item1 = new Item( name: \"foo\", weight: \"150\")

...is there a shorthand convention for

Answer 1

You have the with method, as described by the great Mr Haki

item1.with{
    name = "hello"
    weight = "175"
}