Access grailsApplication or Service in groovy class

Question

I am trying to access grailsApplication in groovy class under src/groovy but I get a null pointer exception. I also tried to inject a service into the

Answer 1

The ApplicationHolder class is deprecated in newer Grails versions (2.0 and above).

There is another way, which is described in one of Burt's blogposts: http://burtbeckwith.com/blog/?p=1017