Can I call GORM "find" methods on an object instead of the class?

Question

I'm trying to take advantage of the fact that groovy is more dynamic than java. I'd like to have a block of code that does

TypeA type = //do something to build an object
TypeA dbType = TypeA.findBySomethingAndSomething(something, somethingelse)
if(dbType != null)
   type.id = dbType.id
type.save()

but that can work for multiple objects that support the same findBySomethingAndSomething method.

Is it possible to say

def type = //do something to build an object
def dbType = type.findBySomethingAndSomething(type.identifier, type.otheridentifier)
if(dbType != null)
   type.id = dbType.id
type.save()

Is there a "better" way to accomplish this? I'm trying to avoid a large switch statement or if / else series that does essentially the same thing for each type.

Answer 1

You can always get the class object from an instance via instance.getClass(). Therefore the following should work:

instance.getClass().findBySomethingAndSomething(type.identifier, type.otheridentifier)

as long as the instance's class supports findBySomethingAndSomething