Grails JSON array

Question

I\'m converting a list of Foo objects to a JSON string. I need to parse the JSON string back into a list of Foos. However in the following example, parsing gives me a list of JS

Answer 1

As of Grails 2.5, this is possible:

Period test = new Period()
test.periodText = 'test'
String j = test as JSON
def p = JSON.parse(j)
test = p.asType(Period)
println(test.periodText)

Output:

test

I am unsure of when it became an option.