I am currently trying to specify custom error messages in grails for the default constraints but so far all I get back is the default error message.
I know that I have to edit the grails-app/i18n/messages.properties file
If I change the following default error codes message, it will correctly display the new error message
default.blank.message=Property [{0}] of class [{1}] cannot be blank
However, this is not what I am trying to do. I need more granular error reporting and have more than one field that can be blank etc. What I would like to be able to do would be, display custom messages for each field in a class
package com.mycompany.myapp
class Test{
String name
def constraints = {
name(nullable:false, blank:false)
}
}
(following codes appended to end of messages.properties)
test.name.blank=Name cannot be blank
test.name.nullable=Name cannot be nullable
According to the grails documentation this should work correctly, either with or without the package name - className.propertyName.blank
grails.org/doc/latest/ (constraints section) & (section 7.4 - validation & internationalization)
I have tried all comnbinations that I can think of, but it always displays the custom message
I have also tried installing the grails i18n templates plugin
http://www.grails.org/I18n+Templates+Plugin
which generated the error codes automatically for me. I appended the new error codes to the end of the existing messages.properties file but I still get the default error messages.
However, there was something different with the error codes that were generated by the plugin.
instead of the format specified in the grails doc - test.name.null=......, it automatically generated test.name.null.error=Custom Message
I have also tried deleting the default error messages completely, but they are still displayed
If anyone has experienced this issue before, I would appreciate any help that anyone can give me
Thanks in advance
put def messageSource (in controller or service)
item.errors?.allErrors?.each{
println messageSource.getMessage(it, null)
};
I also found a good link which explains this better
http://johnrellis.blogspot.com/2010/02/retrieve-grails-domain-errors-from.html