Gremlin Overloaded Index Put Method to Accept Map and JSON

index.groovy

import java.util.Map.Entry;
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper;


com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.impls.tg.TinkerIndex.metaClass.put = { 
  final Map<String, Object> properties, final Element element ->
  for (final Entry<String, Object> entry: properties.entrySet()) {
    put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), element);
  }
}

// JSON
com.tinkerpop.blueprints.pgm.impls.tg.TinkerIndex.metaClass.put = { 
  final String jsonProperties, final Element element ->
  def slurper = new JsonSlurper();
  def Map<String, Object> properties = slurper.parseText(jsonProperties);
  for (final Entry<String, Object> entry: properties.entrySet()) {
    put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue(), element);
  }
}