GRAILS-11420 - deprecate the spring data binder

Author: jeffscottbrown

grails-plugin-databinding/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/plugins/databinding/DataBindingGrailsPlugin.groovy

@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.databinding
 
 import grails.util.GrailsUtil
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.BindEventListenerAdapter
-import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.DataBindingUtils
-import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.GrailsWebDataBinder
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.DataBindingSourceRegistry
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.DefaultDataBindingSourceRegistry
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.HalJsonDataBindingSourceCreator
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.HalXmlDataBindingSourceCreator
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.JsonDataBindingSourceCreator
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.bindingsource.XmlDataBindingSourceCreator
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.DataBindingUtils
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.GrailsWebDataBinder
 import org.grails.databinding.converters.DateConversionHelper
 import org.grails.databinding.converters.TimeZoneConverter
 import org.grails.databinding.converters.web.LocaleAwareBigDecimalConverter
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ class DataBindingGrailsPlugin {
 
         databindingConfig = application?.config?.grails?.databinding
 
+        if(Boolean.TRUE.equals(databindingConfig?.useSpringBinder)) {
+            def msg = 'The grails.databinding.useSpringBinder config property is set to true.  The Spring data binder has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Grails.'
+            def log = LogFactory.getLog(DataBindingGrailsPlugin)
+            log.warn msg
+        }
+
         def autoGrowCollectionLimitSetting = databindingConfig?.autoGrowCollectionLimit
 
         "${DataBindingUtils.DATA_BINDER_BEAN_NAME}"(GrailsWebDataBinder, ref('grailsApplication')) {

grails-web-databinding-spring/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/binding/GrailsDataBinder.java

@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@
  * This would set the property "myDate" of type java.util.Date with the specified values.
  *
  * @author Graeme Rocher
+ * @deprecated
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+@Deprecated
 public class GrailsDataBinder extends ServletRequestDataBinder implements SpringWebDataBinder {
 
     private static final String BIND_EVENT_LISTENERS = "org.codehaus.groovy.grails.BIND_EVENT_LISTENERS";