Externalized BuildConfig in Grails

Question

We can load different configuration files for Config.groovy by specifying a class that is a config script. Externalized Configuration:

grails.config.locations = [com.my.app.MyConfig]

Is it possible to do something similar for BuildConfig.groovy?

I want to place CodeNarc configuration in another config file. As it uses Groovy's ConfigSlurper syntax, I try to merge config objects, but not works.

def config = new ConfigSlurper().parse(..)    
this.merge(config)

Any different trick?

Answer 1

You don't need to so that.

The Codenarc plugin lets you keep your codenarc configuration externally. See here http://grails.org/plugin/codenarc#Configuring The Codenarc Properties

Included here is an example codenarc setup I have in BuildConfig.groovy

codenarc.processTestUnit = false
codenarc.processTestIntegration = false
codenarc.processViews = true
codenarc.propertiesFile = 'grails-app/conf/codenarc.properties'
codenarc.ruleSetFiles = [
        "rulesets/basic.xml",
        "rulesets/braces.xml",
        "rulesets/grails.xml",
        "rulesets/groovyism.xml",
]

Here we also define an external codenarc.properties file which we use to turn parts of rules from each of the included rulesets on/off. Example of this codenarc.properties file contents is included here:

# some gsp's MUST have embedded CSS and/or embedded Javascript which requires the use of semicolons.
UnnecessarySemicolon.doNotApplyToFileNames = *.gsp
# we're not going to enforce these
UnnecessaryGString.enabled = false
UnnecessaryReturnKeyword.enabled = false

So you can steer away from polluting your BuildConfig with un-wanted things as Tomas mentioned.

Hope this helps.

Tom