Controller not finding domain class

[jcroley]

I have been attempting to add some new functionality to an existing grails application. I started by adding a simple domain class through the console:

package com.xfitlog

class ProgramType {
	String name
	String description
		
    static constraints = {
		name( nullable: false, unique: true )
		description( nullable: false )
    }
	
	String toString() {
		"${name}"	
	}
}

I then created a simple controller through the console:

package com.xfitlog

class ProgramTypeController {

    static scaffold = ProgramType
}

When I execute grails run-app and navigate to the controller page I get this error:

ERROR plugins.DefaultGrailsPlugin - Cannot generate controller logic for scaffolded class class com.xfitlog.ProgramType. It is not a domain class!

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this in an application that is already up and running?

[pledbrook]

When you say you added a simple domain class "through the console", what do you mean exactly? In other words, what were your exact steps? Were you in interactive mode?

[jcroley]

I first created the domain class using the grails create-domain-class command in the windows command prompt. I then opened up the .groovy file that was created and edited it. After that I created the controller through the windows command prompt with grails create-controller. I then opened up the controller file created and edited it.

[jcroley]

I've also noticed that the controller does not appear on the Available Controllers list after the project builds. If I make any change to the controller file then save it I will get the following error:

[Thread-610] ERROR plugins.DefaultGrailsPlugin - Cannot generate controller logic for scaffolded class class com.xfitlog.ProgramType. It is not a domain class!

I think that something has gone wrong with the grails files or hibernate, but I'm not sure where to start looking.

[pledbrook]

What version of Grails? Are you doing any of these steps from an IDE? How are you starting the application?

[jcroley]

I'm using version 1.3.7 and I haven't had any problems with it up until I tried to create this new domain class. All of these steps are through the Windows Command Prompt and Notepad++.

Thanks

[pledbrook]

So you have other domain classes that you can scaffold fine? If so, that would indicate issues with the domain class definition. Perhaps its name. Try a different class name, such as ProgType. If that doesn't work, try adding this line to your logging configuration:

debug  'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate'

You'll have to remove that package from the 'error' or 'warn' line at the same time.

[jcroley]

I changed the name of the domain and controller to 'ProgType' and got the same error.

Can you tell me where the logging configuration file is?

[pledbrook]

grails-app/conf/Config.groovy - you'll find a line starting 'log4j = {' which is where the logging configuration is.

[jcroley]

Thanks!

I've got the Config.groovy logging code set and I've restarted the app. The debug spit out a ton of stuff but I don't see anything that mentions 'ProgramType'.

What do I need to look for in the debug log?