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Igor
Igor

Reputation: 1464

How to use Grails findAll with toString from a complex object?

Is there any way to use Grails findAll to a toString from a Complex Object?

I have an Object named Person (example).

Person has firstName and lastName attributes and there is a toString method that returns "FirstName: " + firstName + "LastName: " + lastName

And there is another object that have Person named Group. Group has an attribute of Person.

I want to search like:

Group.findAll{
    ilike("person.toString", "%FirstName%")
}

I'm getting the following:

could not resolve property: person.toString of: com.test.Group. Stacktrace follows:
Message: could not resolve property: person.toString of: com.test.Group
    Line | Method
->>  670 | doCall               in grails.gorm.DetachedCriteria$_list_closure2

Is there a way to use findAll comparing to a toString method? I can't create a getFirstAndLastName because the object is a plugin to another project and can't be modified.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 167

Answers (1)

Jeff Scott Brown
Jeff Scott Brown

Reputation: 27200

Is there a way to use findAll comparing to a toString method?

No. The only way to invoke toString, or any other method, on entities would be to retrieve them, bring them into the app so the instances can be created and then invoke the methods. If the toString happens to return something that you can simulate without actually invoking the method then you might have options but the answer to the question as asked is "no".

I hope that helps.

Upvotes: 1

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