Question

I am wondering where methods can be defined and used in groovy/grails.

Specifically in the bootstrap init, I would like to do something like this:

def init = {
  def util() {
    return 'so helpful!'
  }

  def someObj = new someObj(phrase: util()).save()
}

Is this possible, or does util need to be defined outside of init?

Answer 1

I think defining named function within a function is not allowed. You can use a closure instead.

def init = {

   def util = {->
       "hello"
   }
   def someObj = new someObj(phrase: util()).save()
}