Grails GORM & Enums

Question

I've a problem using Enumeration in Grails: I try to use an enumeraion in a grails domain object

code:

    package it.xxx.tools.kanban

    import java.util.Date;

    class Task {

        String name
        String description

        Priority priority

 static belongsTo = [user:User, project:Project]

        static constraints = {
           name(nullable:false, maxSize:25)
           description(nullable:false, maxSize:1500)
           priority(nullable:true)
        }
    }

package it.xxx.tools.kanban;

public enum Priority {

 VERY_LOW("Very Low"),
 LOW("Low"),
 MEDIUM("Medium"),
 HIGH("High"),
 VERY_HIGH("Very High")

 private final String value

 Priority(String value){
  this.value = value;
 }

 String toString() {
  value
 }

 String getKey() {
  name()
 }

 static list(){
  [VERY_LOW, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, VERY_HIGH]
 }
}

<tr class="prop">
    <td valign="top" class="name">
    <label for="priority">Priority:</label>
    </td>
    <td valign="top" class="value                          ${hasErrors(bean:taskInstance,field:'priority','errors')}">
    <g:select from="${it.weservice.tools.kanban.Priority?.values()}" value="${taskInstance?.priority}" name="priority" noSelection="['':'']"></g:select>
    </td>
</tr>

I use the grails generate-all command

When I try to save via the web application the Task object I have the following error:

Failed to convert property value of type [java.lang.String] to required type [it.weservice.tools.kanban.Priority] for property priority; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot convert value of type [java.lang.String] to required type [it.weservice.tools.kanban.Priority] for property priority: no matching editors or conversion strategy found

What version of Grails are you using? – Colin Harrington Dec 28 '09 at 15:43 — Colin Harrington, Dec 28 '09 at 15:43

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 15 '23 at 05:45

7

Consulting the documentation:

The optionKey="key" in the g:select tag was missing.

edited Feb 15 '23 at 05:45

Maicon Mauricio

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 12:16

pbanfi

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 09 '11 at 15:32

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You need to change the view, for example add optionValue="value" on the select in the create.gsp.

You don't need:

String toString() {
  value
}

String getKey() {
  name()
}

Yo need to have a getValue(), so change private final String value to final String value.

More info (in spanish): http://thewhitehatsolution.wordpress.com/

edited Mar 09 '11 at 15:32

Rob Hruska

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answered Dec 28 '09 at 16:16

Ricardo Yepes

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I'm sorry but I can't access the link you provided from my workplace I've been able to solve my problem following this: http://www.grails.org/TipsAndTricks I forgot the optionKey="key" in the g:select tag – pbanfi Dec 29 '09 at 08:52

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 14 '21 at 02:16

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If you're using scaffold = true in your controller, then you can also modify the template that generates the select tags in the views by editing the renderEditor.template file. To do this :

grails install-templates
Edit the file src/templates/scaffolding/renderEditor.template
Edit the method renderEnumEditor(...) and add in optionKey=\"key\" to the select tag's options.

edited May 14 '21 at 02:16

bad_coder

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answered Aug 22 '10 at 17:07

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