(Quick Reference)
validate
Purpose
Validates a domain class against the applied constraints (see
Validation)
Description
The
validate method will validate a domain class based on its defined
constraints. The errors will be stored within the
errors object.
The
validate method accepts an optional
List argument which may contain the names of the properties that should be validated. When a
List is passed to the
validate method, only the properties defined in the
List will be validated.
Examples
def b = new Book(title:"The Shining")
if( !b.validate() ) {
b.errors.each {
println it
}
}def a = new Album(artist: "Genesis", title: "Nursery Cryme", releaseDate: 1971)// only validate title and releaseDate
if( !a.validate(["title", "releaseDate"]) ) {
a.errors.each {
println it
}
}Parameters:
deepValidate (optional) - Determines whether associations of the domain instance should also be validated, i.e. whether validation cascades or not. This is true by default - set to false to disable cascading validation.
