Including a groovy script in another groovy

Another way to do this is to define the functions in a groovy class and parse and add the file to the classpath at runtime:

File sourceFile = new File("path_to_file.groovy");
Class groovyClass = new GroovyClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader()).parseClass(sourceFile);
GroovyObject myObject = (GroovyObject) groovyClass.newInstance();

As of Groovy 2.2 it is possible to declare a base script class with the new @BaseScript AST transform annotation.

Example:

file MainScript.groovy:

abstract class MainScript extends Script {
    def meaningOfLife = 42
}

file test.groovy:

import groovy.transform.BaseScript
@BaseScript MainScript mainScript

println "$meaningOfLife" //works as expected

evaluate(new File("../tools/Tools.groovy"))

Put that at the top of your script. That will bring in the contents of a groovy file (just replace the file name between the double quotes with your groovy script).

I do this with a class surprisingly called "Tools.groovy".