Grails java.lang.IllegalStateException: Method on class [] was used outside of a Grails application

Question

Grails version: 2.3.4

Hibernate plugin: runtime ":hibernate:3.6.10.6"

The line in Bootstrap.groovy that generates error:

def adminRole = new Role(authority: 'ROLE_USER').save(flush: true)

Actually any save operation in any class (controller, Bootstrap.groovy) results in this error.

But when I get domain classes that are created in another computer, that works fine,no error.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Full stacktrace:

ERROR context.GrailsContextLoader Error initializing the application: Method on class [com.hib.Role] was used outside of a Grails application. If running in the context of a test using the mocking API or bootstrap Grails correctly.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Method on class [com.hib.Role] was used outside of a Grails application. If running in the context of a test using the mocking API or bootstrap Grails correctly.
    at BootStrap$_closure1.doCall(BootStrap.groovy:9)
    at grails.util.Environment.evaluateEnvironmentSpecificBlock(Environment.java:308)
    at grails.util.Environment.executeForEnvironment(Environment.java:301)
    at grails.util.Environment.executeForCurrentEnvironment(Environment.java:277)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

I am not using maven or mocking.

Botstrap.groovy

    class BootStrap {

      def init = { servletContext ->

      def adminRole = new Role(authority: 'ROLE_ADMIN').save(flush: true)

   }
            def destroy = {
        }
    }

Can you post your Bootstrap.groovy? Sounds like you're running a closure outside of the init closure — tim_yates
I added Bootstrap.groovy. Related code is inside of the init closure. — atahan
i think it is related to windows 8. Because in Mac OS X and windows 7 there is no error. — atahan

pherris pherris · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-07T02:44:15

@user3414639's hint helped me out. In my situation the code is made up of several projects which can pull in a common module of GORM objects. I saw this error when a PostInsert event on one GORM object triggered a different GORM object's to save (the second GORM object was mapped to a new data source).

Adding the new connection to the test section of the project's datasource.groovy in the project resolved the errors for me. I'm going to keep digging into the configuration (not sure why GORM object #1 didnt fail as well), but at least this gets me on the right track.

dataSource {
}
environments {
    test {
        dataSource_missing {
            driverClassName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
            url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/testdomain?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8"
            username = ""
            password = ""
        }
    }
}

Grails java.lang.IllegalStateException: Method on class [] was used outside of a Grails application

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