How can i use 'log' inside a src/groovy/ class

Question

I'm encountering this error:

groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: log for class: org.utils.MyClass

Here's the content of the class:

package org.utils

class MyClass {
    int organizationCount = 0

    public int getOrganizationCount(){
        log.debug "There are ${organizationCount} organization(s) found."
        return organizationCount
    }

}

Do i need to add an import statement? What do i need to add? Note that the class is located in src/groovy/org/utils. I know that the 'log' variable is accessible in controllers, services, etc. Not sure in 'src' classes.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The log variable is injected by grails and thus only available in the grails-specific classes like controllers, services, etc. - and I don't think you can "import" that in any way.

Outside these classes, you'll just have to use log4j "regularly", i.e.

Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class).debug()