Question

I’m trying to implement initial data load functionality form a tab delimited text file and wonder what’s the best/recommended place for placing such a file. My initial thought would be to put it in a place like /WEB-INF/data-load, but then how do I access that from the Bootstrap.grooy ?? Or should I read it in from /MyWebApp/data-load/ directory?
Thanks

Answer 1

…. finally figured it out. Here’s what happens in the Bootstrap.groovy

class BootStrap {

    GrailsApplication grailsApplication

    /* stuff omitted for brevity */

        if( Information.count < 1 ) {
            dataLoadService.loadInformation( 
                 grailsApplication.mainContext.getResource( '/WEB-INF/data-load/Information.tsv').file )
        }

… that simple 🙂