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Raymond Holguin
Raymond Holguin

Reputation: 1122

Grails 3: Binding multiple command objects via POST

I have a controller with a method that I want to bind multiple command objects too. When I call the method via GET, it works great and both objects get bound. The issue is if I call the method via POST, only the first command object gets bound and the second one is completely ignored.

Simple example:

def register(MembershipCommand cmd1, RegisterCommand cmd2) {
        println(cmd1.email);
        println(cmd2.pass);
        respond([:]);
}

If I call /register?email=test&pass=test then cmd1 and cmd2 get populated

If I call /register with POST data {email:test,pass:test}, cmd1 gets populated and cmd2.pass is null.

Is there a way to make this data binding work using POST? I can't really use GET because file uploads are involved and plus the forms are fairly large.

I know that another option would be to just split the method into 2, 1 for each object and have my form submit to each separately but I want to avoid that if I can.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 411

Answers (3)

David Ha
David Ha

Reputation: 327

For Grails 3.3.X having multiple command objects doesn't seem to be supported.

Upvotes: 0

Tung
Tung

Reputation: 1671

I have created a minimal working project to test your idea. It works like a charm. Below is the snippets.

RegisterCmd.groovy

class RegisterCmd {
    String email
}

edit.gsp

<g:form resource="${this.player}" method="POST" action="customisedUpdate">
        <g:hiddenField name="version" value="${this.player?.version}" />
        <fieldset class="form">
            <f:field bean="player" property="name" />
            <f:field bean="player" property="game" />
            <f:field bean="player" property="region" />
            <label>Email</label><g:field type="text" name="email"/>
        </fieldset>
        <fieldset class="buttons">
            <input class="save" type="submit" value="${message(code: 'default.button.update.label', default: 'Update')}" />
        </fieldset>
    </g:form>

PlayerController.groovy

    @Transactional
    def customisedUpdate(Player player, RegisterCmd registerCmd) {
        println "Calling save ${player.dump()}"
        println "RegisterCmd: ${registerCmd.dump()}"
        //end::save[]
        //tag::save-handleErrors[]
        if (player == null) {
            render status: HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND
            return
        }

        if (player.hasErrors()) {
            respond player.errors, view: 'create'
            return
        }
        //end::save-handleErrors[]

        player.save flush: true

        request.withFormat {
            form multipartForm { redirect player }
            '*' { respond player, status: HttpStatus.CREATED }
        }
        //tag::save[]
    }

The output looks like:

Calling save <com.itersdesktop.javatechs.grails.Player@1c25113d name=Alexis Barnett game=Pandemic region=EAST wins=96 losses=30 id=1 version=4 org_grails_datastore_mapping_dirty_checking_DirtyCheckable_
_$changedProperties=[name:HUE THI MY NGO] org_grails_datastore_gorm_GormValidateable__errors=org.grails.datastore.mapping.validation.ValidationErrors: 0 errors org_grails_datastore_gorm_GormValidateable
__skipValidate=false>
RegisterCmd: <com.itersdesktop.javatechs.grails.RegisterCmd@7ee6bb8c [email protected] grails_validation_Validateable__beforeValidateHelper=org.grails.datastore.gorm.support.BeforeValidateH
elper@3409999e grails_validation_Validateable__errors=grails.validation.ValidationErrors: 0 errors>

If you are interested in the project, please consult it at https://bitbucket.org/itersdesktop/command-objects/src/master/

Upvotes: 0

Raymond Holguin
Raymond Holguin

Reputation: 1122

The solution to get POST working was to restructure my form data into an object style format.

So instead of {email:test,pass:test}

I would have {cmd1:{email:test}, cmd2:{pass:test}}

Upvotes: 0

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