Re: "findOrCreateBy"

> I'm not looking for that flexibility.  I'm looking to eliminate this repeated code:
>
> def nameArg = ...
> Item.findByName(nameArg) ?: new Item(name:nameArg)
>
> In that idiom, I repeat the class twice, the attribute twice, the argument twice, and it looks
> scarier than it should.  And since I use this idiom all over the place, I'd like to fix that.
>
> Don't take this personally, but I'm not looking for feedback on whether other people think it's a
> good idea or not.  As far as APIs go, I figure that if you don't like it, you don't have to use it.
>   There's no harm being done to the code on your side: a method existing where one didn't before
> won't break your code.  And since this is going into GORM Labs and not core Grails, and since I find
> it useful and there's no harm being done, I don't feel the need to vet it by the community.
>
> I'm really just wondering if someone else has a better name, because I'd like to create something
> that others might find useful and use now and again, too.  And a good name helps adoption quite a
> bit.  :)
>
> ~~ Robert.
>
> Scott Burch wrote:
> > Do we need a new method for this or is this too much.  Seems like not
> > that much to me.
> >
> > def item = Item.findByName('someName') ?: new Item()
> >
> > Certainly, this would be more flexible.
> >
> > def item = Item.findByName('someName') ?: new Item(name:'default', property:'something')
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 15:41 -0400, Robert Fischer wrote:
> >> I'm adding "findOrCreateBy" in GORM Labs (does a find, and failing that, instantiates a new one).
> >> Anyone have a nicer nomenclature for that?
> >>
> >> ~~ Robert Fischer, Smokejumper IT Consulting.
> >> Enfranchised Mind Blog http://EnfranchisedMind.com/blog
> >>
> >> Check out my book, "Grails Persistence with GORM and GSQL"!
> >> http://www.smokejumperit.com/redirect.html
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit:
> >>
> >>     http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit:
> >
> >     http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
> >
> >
> >
>