Question

During an archive process I am copying the details from an existing domain object to a new instance of that domain. Both domain objects have a hasMany relationship:

static hasMany = [pets:Pet]

When I have the following scenario:

def ownerOne = (logic to find owner)
def ownerTwo = new Owner
****ownerTwo.pets = ownerOne.pets****

How do I do that starred line? I’ve tired this:

Set<Pet> ownerTwoPets = new TreeSet<Pet>()
   for(Pet p : ownerOne.pets) {
      ownerTwoPets.add(p)
   }
ownerTwo.pets = ownerTwoPets

With no luck. I can do it with String objects in a hasMany without problem. But I cannot figure it out with domain objects in a hasMany

Answer 1

Grails has a built in method to add to a relationship like this one. Try this:

ownerOne.pets.each { Pet p ->
  ownerTwo.addToPets(p)
}