Can I configure Grails with no datasource?

Question

I have a Grails app that loads its data from xml files and delivers rss feeds via rome. I don\'t have any domain classes and my app has no datasource. I don\'t want Grails t

Answer 1

This is a good guide: http://digitalbreed.com/2011/using-grails-without-a-database

Remove Grails’ Hibernate plugin.

1. grails uninstall-plugin hibernate
2. Delete the datasource configuration file conf/DataSource.groovy

3. Explicitly declare services as non-transactional. The default is true and your class methods would be proxied, but without the Hibernate plugin there is no transaction manager and the deployment will fail.

   class SomeService { static transactional = false // ... }

4. Use command objects instead of domain objects, particularly if you need validation.