grails metaprogramming

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Published on 2010-05-25T08:07:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 8:11 UTC
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Hi,

My understanding is that there are two obvious places in a Grails app where one can do meta-programming:

  1. The init closure of Bootstrap.groovy
  2. The doWithDynamicMethods closure of a plugin

The meta-programming I'm referring to here should be visible throughout the metaprogramming, typical examples include adding (or replacing) methods of 3rd party classes.

String.metaClass.myCustomMethod = { /* implementation omitted */ }

The disadvantage of (1), is that the metaprogramming won't be applied when the application is dynamically reloaded. The disadvantage of (2) is that I need to create and maintain an entire plugin just for the sake of a little metaprogramming.

Is there a better place to do this kind of metaprogramming?

Thanks, Don

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