(Quick Reference)
constraints
Purpose
Allows the definition of declarative validation constraints. See
Validation in the user guide.
Examples
class Book { String title
Author author static constraints = {
title blank: false, size: 5..150
author nullable: true
}
}
Description
Constraints are defined using the declarative constraints DSL as described in the
Validation section of the user guide. Once evaluated, validation can be applied through the use of the
validate method:
def b = new Book()
assert !b.validate()
At runtime the static
constraints
property is a Map such that the keys in the Map are property names and the values associated with the keys are instances of
ConstrainedProperty:
def constraintsMap = Book.constraints
for(entry in constraintsMap) {
// propertyName is a String
def propertyName = entry.key // constrainedProperty is a ConstrainedProperty
def constrainedProperty = entry.value // …
}