Pass method as parameter in Groovy

.& operator to the rescue!

class Quux { 
    def foo(Closure c) {
        c(arg1: "baz", arg2:"qux")
    }

    def bar(Map args) {
        println('arg1: ' + args['arg1'])
        println('arg2: ' + args['arg2'])
    }

    def quuux() { 
      foo(this.&bar)
    }
} 

new Quux().quuux()
// arg1: baz
// arg2: qux

In general, obj.&method will return a bound method, i.e. a closure that calls method on obj.