public Binding() 
{

}

 public Binding(Map variables) 
{
        this.variables = variables;
}

 public Binding(String[] args) 
{
        this();
        setVariable("args", args);
}

A helper constructor used in main(String[]) method calls

Parameters:

args - are the command line arguments from a main()

 public Object getProperty(String property) 
{
        /** @todo we should check if we have the property with the metaClass instead of try/catch  */
        try {
            return super.getProperty(property);
        }
        catch (MissingPropertyException e) {
            return getVariable(property);
        }
}

Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator

 public Object getVariable(String name) 
{
        if (variables == null)
            throw new MissingPropertyException(name, this.getClass());
        Object result = variables.get(name);
        if (result == null && !variables.containsKey(name)) {
            throw new MissingPropertyException(name, this.getClass());
        }
        return result;
}

 public Map getVariables() 
{
        if (variables == null)
            variables = new LinkedHashMap();
        return variables;
}

 public  void setProperty(String property,
    Object newValue) 
{
        /** @todo we should check if we have the property with the metaClass instead of try/catch  */
        try {
            super.setProperty(property, newValue);
        }
        catch (MissingPropertyException e) {
            setVariable(property, newValue);
        }
}

Overloaded to make variables appear as bean properties or via the subscript operator

 public  void setVariable(String name,
    Object value) 
{
        if (variables == null)
            variables = new LinkedHashMap();
        variables.put(name, value);
}

Sets the value of the given variable