Question

I’m using Grails to set properties on a domain class if the property is not null. Currently, the code looks something like this:

def product = Product.getById(5);

if (!product.Name) {
    product.Name = "Default Product"
}
if (!product.Price) {
    product.Price = 5;
}
if (!product.Type) {
    product.Type = "Shampoo"
}

What is a better way of implementing this code block in Groovy? I managed to simplify it to:

product.Name = product.Name ?: "Default Product"
product.Price = product.Price ?: 5
product.Type = product.Type = "Shampoo"

But I’d like to be able to do something like this (not valid code):

product {
    Name = product.Name ?: "Default Product",
    Price = product.Price ?: 5,
    Type = product.Type ?: "Shampoo"
}

What would you guys recommend I do?

Answer 1

Use the with method call on your last example:

product.with {
    Name = Name ?: "Default Produce"
    Price = Price ?: 5
    Type = Type ?: "Shampoo"
}