Overriding dateCreated for testing in Grails

Question

Is there any way I can override the value of dateCreated field in my domain class without turning off auto timestamping?

I need to test controller and I ha

Answer 1

As of grails 2.5.1, getMapping() method of GrailsDomainBinder class is not static,non of the above method works as is. However, @Volt0's method works with minor tweaking. Since all of us are trying to do so to make our tests working, instead of placing it in BootStrap, I placed it in actual integration test. Here is my tweak to Volt0's method:

def disableAutoTimestamp(Class domainClass) {
    Mapping mapping = new GrailsDomainBinder().getMapping(domainClass)
    mapping.autoTimestamp = false
}

def enableAutoTimestamp(Class domainClass) {
    Mapping mapping = new GrailsDomainBinder().getMapping(domainClass)
    mapping.autoTimestamp = true
}

And simply call these methods in tests like

disableAutoTimestamp(Domain.class)
//Your DB calls
enableAutoTimestamp(Domain.class)

The above code can also be placed in src directory and can be called in tests however I placed this in actual test as there was only one class in my app where I needed this.