(Quick Reference)

domainClass

Purpose

The domainClass plug-in sets up Grails domain classes as prototyped beans in the Spring ApplicationContext

An example domain class:

class Book {
	String title
	Date releaseDate
	Author author
}

Refer to the section on GORM in the Grails user guide which details how to create Grails domain classes.

Configured Spring Beans given a domain class of Book:

BookValidator - A org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.GrailsDomainClassValidator that validates a domain class' defined constraints.
BookPersistentClass - The java.lang.Class for the domain class Book
BookDomainClass - The org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.GrailsDomainClass instance which understands the conventions defined within a domain class and is used by GORM to perform ORM mapping.
Book - A prototyped bean that will create a new instance of Book every time requested. This bean is used to perform auto-wiring of domain classes when constructed with the new operator.