You can make it smaller, but IMHO you should not d...

# gradle

[jmfayard]

You can make it smaller, but IMHO you should not do that. I would use that syntax even in Groovy. Aiming for the smallest amount of characters to type is a fun game called "Code Golf", but it's not what I recommend if you want to maintain your codebase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_golf