GRAILS-11175 - improve binding XML to non domain objects

Author: jeffscottbrown

grails-test-suite-persistence/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/orm/GrailsWebDataBinderBindingXmlSpec.groovy

@@ -95,7 +95,29 @@ class GrailsWebDataBinderBindingXmlSpec extends Specification {
         obj.somethings[0].name == 'One'
     }
 
-
+    @Issue('GRAILS-11175')
+    void 'Test binding multiple XML child elements to a List in a non domain class'() {
+        given:
+        def binder = new GrailsWebDataBinder(grailsApplication)
+        def obj = new CommandObject()
+        
+        when:
+        def xml = new XmlSlurper().parseText("""
+  <commandObject>
+    <somethings>
+        <something><name>One</name></something>
+        <something><name>Two</name></something>
+    </somethings>
+  </commandObject>
+""")
+        binder.bind obj, xml
+        
+        then:
+        !obj.hasErrors()
+        obj.somethings?.size() == 2
+        obj.somethings[0].name == 'One'
+        obj.somethings[1].name == 'Two'
+    }
 }
 
 @Validateable