Spring cache @Cacheable method ignored when called from within the same class

Question

I\'m trying to call a @Cacheable method from within the same class:

@Cacheable(value = \"defaultCache\", key = \"#id\")
public Person findPerson         


        

Answer 1

For anyone using the Grails Spring Cache plugin, a workaround is described in the documentation. I had this issue on a grails app, but unfortunately the accepted answer seems to be unusable for Grails. The solution is ugly, IMHO, but it works.

The example code demonstrates it well:

class ExampleService {
    def grailsApplication

    def nonCachedMethod() {
        grailsApplication.mainContext.exampleService.cachedMethod()
    }

    @Cacheable('cachedMethodCache')
    def cachedMethod() {
        // do some expensive stuff
    }
}

Simply replace exampleService.cachedMethod() with your own service and method.