Dynamic inList constraints

[Tim Yates]

Hi all!

I'm writing an archival tool for one of our systems, and have a property in one of my domain objects which should be a folder local to the server.

I first tried to use a service:

def fileService
static transients = [ 'fileService' ]
static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:fileService.listOriginFiles() )
}

But that failed with MissingPropertyExceptions on the fileService (oddly, suggesting I tried fileService):

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: fileService for class: org.picr.workflow.Project
Possible solutions: fileService

So then, I got rid of the service, and tried this:

static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:{ new File( CH.config.folder.origin ).listFiles().findAll { it.directory }*.name }() )
}

This works, but fetches the foldernames at startup, and then does not update when the folder structure updates

Is there any way to get this constraint to update?

Cheers,

Tim

[Erik Pragt]

Hi Tim,

You are using the 'inList'. Wouldn't it be better to use custom validation in this case? Maybe something like:

static constraints = {
  internalName( validator: { val, obj ->

      (new File( CH.config.folder.origin ).listFiles().findAll { it.directory }*.name }()).contains(val)

  )
}

Haven't tested it though, so it might not work

Erik Pragt

On 6 jul 2010, at 11:17, Tim Yates wrote:

Hi all!

I'm writing an archival tool for one of our systems, and have a property in one of my domain objects which should be a folder local to the server.

I first tried to use a service:

def fileService
static transients = [ 'fileService' ]
static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:fileService.listOriginFiles() )
}

But that failed with MissingPropertyExceptions on the fileService (oddly, suggesting I tried fileService):

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: fileService for class: org.picr.workflow.Project
Possible solutions: fileService

So then, I got rid of the service, and tried this:

static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:{ new File( CH.config.folder.origin ).listFiles().findAll { it.directory }*.name }() )
}

This works, but fetches the foldernames at startup, and then does not update when the folder structure updates

Is there any way to get this constraint to update?

Cheers,

Tim

[Tim Yates]

Hi Erik!

Yeah, that works great! Thanks!! :-)

 I was trying to use inList, as the same bit of code could fill my select box in the view as well (hence my first thought of using a service)

But I'll stick with this now as it works :-)

Shame we can't use services in custom validators though, as it would eliminate the code duplication

Thanks again,

Tim

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Erik Pragt <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Tim,

You are using the 'inList'. Wouldn't it be better to use custom validation in this case? Maybe something like:

static constraints = {
  internalName( validator: { val, obj ->

      (new File( CH.config.folder.origin ).listFiles().findAll { it.directory }*.name }()).contains(val)

  )
}

Haven't tested it though, so it might not work

Erik Pragt

On 6 jul 2010, at 11:17, Tim Yates wrote:

Hi all!

I'm writing an archival tool for one of our systems, and have a property in one of my domain objects which should be a folder local to the server.

I first tried to use a service:

def fileService
static transients = [ 'fileService' ]
static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:fileService.listOriginFiles() )
}

But that failed with MissingPropertyExceptions on the fileService (oddly, suggesting I tried fileService):

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: fileService for class: org.picr.workflow.Project
Possible solutions: fileService

So then, I got rid of the service, and tried this:

static constraints = {
  internalName( unique: true, inList:{ new File( CH.config.folder.origin ).listFiles().findAll { it.directory }*.name }() )
}

This works, but fetches the foldernames at startup, and then does not update when the folder structure updates

Is there any way to get this constraint to update?

Cheers,

Tim