is it possible to break out of closure in groovy

Question

is there a way to \'break\' out of a groovy closure.

maybe something like this:

[1, 2, 3].each { 
  println(it)
  if (it == 2)
    break 
}
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Answer 1

There is an other solution. Although, that groovy stuff like each/find/any is quite cool: if it doesn't fit, don't use it. You can still use the plain old

for (def element : list)

Especially, if you want to leave the method, too. Now you are free to use continue/break/return as you like. The resulting code might not be cool, but it is easy and understandable.