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

I prefer item1.with if I have concrete variables to change

item1.with {
    name = "lalal"
    weight = 86
    high = 100
}

I prefer InvokerHelper.setProperties when I have map of properties (can be any size)

@ToString
class Item{
    def name
    def weight
}
Item item1 = new Item( name: "foo", weight: "150")

println "before: $item1"
use(InvokerHelper) {
    item1.setProperties weight: 22, name: "abc"
}
println "after : $item1"

Output:

before: Item(foo, 150)
after : Item(abc, 22)