Joint compilation
In the preceding examples in this chapter, we declared an interface in Java and implemented it in Groovy and Scala respectively. It was possible because the classes compiled by the java plugin are available to Groovy and Scala classes.
If we want a Java class to have access to Groovy or Scala classes for its compilation, then we must compile the Java source file using the joint compilation supported by the respective plugin. Both the groovy and scala plugins support joint compilation and can compile Java sources.
For referencing Groovy classes in a Java class, the easiest way is to move the corresponding Java source file into src/main/groovy (or in any of the Groovy srcDirs configured for sourceSets), and the Groovy compiler makes ...
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