Elegant way for do … while in groovy

Question

How to do code something like this in groovy?

do {

  x.doIt()

} while (!x.isFinished())

Because there is no do ... w

Answer 1

Update Groovy 2.6 has been abandoned to concentrate on 3.0.

From Groovy 2.6 on, do-while is supported when enabling the new Parrot Parser, from Groovy 3.0 on this is the default. See release notes:

// classic Java-style do..while loop
def count = 5
def fact = 1
do {
    fact *= count--
} while(count > 1)
assert fact == 120