How can I declare inList constraints from a contro

Question

Can anyone show me how to declare an inList constraint within a Grails controller?

Let’s say I have this class:

class A {
    List hello
}

How can I add the inList constraint for the hello List from within the controller?

Answer 1

Define a constraint in which a List property has values validated against a list of lists? Sounds weird. But you can do it. With this class:

class A {
    List hello
    static constraint = {
        hello inList:[['abc','def','ghi'],[1,2,3],['a','b']]
    }
}

you can do this in your controller:

def instance1 = new A(hello:['abc','def','ghi']).save()    //valid
def instance2 = new A(hello:[1,2,3]).save()                //valid
def instance3 = new A(hello:['a','b']).save()              //valid
def instance4 = new A(hello:['a','b','c']).save()    //invalid
def instance5 = new A(hello:[1,2]).save()            //invalid

If A is a domain class whose instances are persisted in a traditional database, however, the hello property would be dropped, so you’d need to define it using

static hasMany = [hello: SomeClass]

instead.

Answer 2

You can write a custom validator to your fields that check if data are in List. You will have to implement the in list checking manually. You can find here the official documentation. There are some stackoverflow entries that can help you like

Grails: Custom validator based on a previous value of the field