## org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass
Class FindByPersistentMethod

    java.lang.Object
      org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.metaclass.AbstractStaticMethodInvocation
          org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractStaticPersistentMethod
              org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod
                  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.FindByPersistentMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:
  StaticMethodInvocation

    public class FindByPersistentMethod

extends AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod

The "findBy*" static persistent method. This method allows querying for instances of grails domain classes based on their properties. This method returns the first result of the query eg. Account.findByHolder("Joe Blogs"); // Where class "Account" has a property called "holder" Account.findByHolderAndBranch("Joe Blogs", "London" ); // Where class "Account" has a properties called "holder" and "branch"

Since:
  31-Aug-2005
Author:
  Graeme Rocher

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod
`AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod.GrailsMethodExpression`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod
`application`

Constructor Summary
`FindByPersistentMethod(GrailsApplication application, org.hibernate.SessionFactory sessionFactory, ClassLoader classLoader)`

Method Summary
`protected Object` `doInvokeInternalWithExpressions(Class clazz, String methodName, Object[] arguments, List expressions, String operatorInUse)`

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod
`doInvokeInternal`

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate.metaclass.AbstractStaticPersistentMethod
`getHibernateTemplate, invoke`

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.metaclass.AbstractStaticMethodInvocation
`getPattern, isMethodMatch, setPattern, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### FindByPersistentMethod

    public FindByPersistentMethod(GrailsApplication application,
                                  org.hibernate.SessionFactory sessionFactory,
                                  ClassLoader classLoader)

Method Detail

### doInvokeInternalWithExpressions

    protected Object doInvokeInternalWithExpressions(Class clazz,
                                                     String methodName,
                                                     Object[] arguments,
                                                     List expressions,
                                                     String operatorInUse)

  Specified by:
    `doInvokeInternalWithExpressions` in class `AbstractClausedStaticPersistentMethod`

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