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
// … }