Grails - Access request object in domain class

Question

Is there a possibility to access the properties of the request object within a method of a domain class?

Thus, I would like to access request.getRemoteAddr() inside beforeInsert() and beforeUpdate() of my domain base class in order to save the IP-Address automatically and would not have to code it within every controller.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You shouldn't access the request or session in your domain class directly, as you can never know, in which context the domain object gets saved/updated. This is by design.

If the situation is really desperate, you can use a workaround:

import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder 

def request = RequestContextHolder.currentRequestAttributes()