jamesfredley commented on code in PR #16491:
URL: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16491#discussion_r4174531757


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grails-web-databinding/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/databinding/BindingIncludeLists.java:
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@@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ public static List forType(final Class type, final 
boolean denyByDefault) {
                 // target's constraints and would otherwise run on every bind 
of a cached class.
                 final List runtimeBindableNames = denyByDefault ? 
bindablePropertyNames(type) : null;
                 includeList = runtimeBindableNames;
-                final Field legacyWhiteListField = getField(type, 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.LEGACY_DATABINDING_WHITELIST);
+                // Compatibility metadata describes its declaring class, not 
an unenhanced subclass.
+                // Match Grails 7's class-local lookup so a parent's generated 
list cannot hide new properties.
+                final Field legacyWhiteListField = 
getPublicDeclaredField(type, 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.LEGACY_DATABINDING_WHITELIST);
                 final Field defaultWhiteListField = denyByDefault ?
                         getPairedField(type, 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.DEFAULT_DATABINDING_WHITELIST,
                                 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.LEGACY_DATABINDING_WHITELIST) :
-                        getField(type, 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.DEFAULT_DATABINDING_WHITELIST);
+                        getPublicDeclaredField(type, 
DefaultASTDatabindingHelper.DEFAULT_DATABINDING_WHITELIST);

Review Comment:
   Class-local lookup is the right fix for a genuine command subclass, but 
these `getPublicDeclaredField` calls also drop protections the hierarchy walk 
provided.
   
   1. A child that inherits `Validateable` without reimplementing it can bind a 
child-local `bindable: false` property. 
`DataBindingUtils.getConstrainedProperties` accepts the inherited 
`getConstraintsMap()`, which contains only the parent constraints, so the child 
exclusion never reaches `SimpleDataBinder`. Previously the parent's generated 
allowlist excluded the new property. Reproduced: a child property initialized 
to `original` with `bindable: false` became `changed`.
   
   2. A Hibernate proxy declares neither generated whitelist, so compatibility 
mode now binds `id` and `version`. Reproduced against the previous lookup: this 
code set `id` to `2` and `version` to `4`; the previous lookup left them at `1` 
and `0`. Resolve proxy metadata against the persistent class, and keep 
class-local lookup for a real command subclass.
   
   Returning `null` from `propertyNames()` also makes `GrailsModelConverter` 
skip `markUnbound()` (`GrailsModelConverter.groovy` around lines 423 and 445, 
outside this diff), so inherited and local `bindable: false` properties lose 
their OpenAPI read-only mark.



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grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/grails/test/mixin/InheritedCommandBindingSpec.groovy:
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@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
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+package grails.test.mixin
+
+import java.time.LocalDate
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.Unroll
+
+import grails.artefact.Artefact
+import grails.testing.web.controllers.ControllerUnitTest
+import grails.validation.Validateable
+import grails.web.databinding.DataBindingUtils
+
+/**
+ * Reproduces binding a dynamically constructed command whose superclass was 
enhanced as an action parameter.
+ */
+class InheritedCommandBindingSpec extends Specification implements 
ControllerUnitTest<InheritedCommandBindingController> {
+
+    private static final LocalDate DATE_VALUE = LocalDate.of(2000, 1, 2)
+
+    void setup() {
+        grailsApplication.config.grails.databinding.denyByDefault = false
+        params.putAll(requestValues())
+    }
+
+    void 'bindData binds subclass fields when only the superclass is an action 
parameter'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDynamic().command
+
+        then: 'the inherited and subclass properties are all bindable in 
compatibility mode'
+        verifyAll(command) {
+            baseValues == ['item-1']
+            textValue == 'updated text'
+            dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+            enabled
+        }
+    }
+
+    void 'DataBindingUtils also binds fields declared by the dynamically 
constructed subclass'() {
+        given:
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+
+        when:
+        DataBindingUtils.bindObjectToInstance(command, requestValues())
+
+        then:
+        verifyAll(command) {
+            baseValues == ['item-1']
+            textValue == 'updated text'
+            dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+            enabled
+        }
+    }
+
+    void 'an explicit include list can bind the same subclass fields'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDynamicExplicitly().command
+
+        then:
+        verifyAll(command) {
+            baseValues == ['item-1']
+            textValue == 'updated text'
+            dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+            enabled
+        }
+    }
+
+    void 'a subclass declared as an action parameter binds its own fields'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDeclared().command
+
+        then:
+        verifyAll(command) {
+            baseValues == ['item-1']
+            textValue == 'updated text'
+            dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+            enabled
+        }
+    }
+
+    void 'the same properties bind without an enhanced superclass'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindStandalone().command
+
+        then:
+        verifyAll(command) {
+            baseValues == ['item-1']
+            textValue == 'updated text'
+            dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+            enabled
+        }
+    }
+
+    void 'an explicit include list still restricts subclass binding'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDynamicRestricted().command
+
+        then:
+        command.baseValues == ['item-1']
+        command.textValue == 'updated text'
+        command.dateValue == null
+        !command.enabled
+    }
+
+    void 'an empty explicit include list still binds no properties'() {
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDynamicEmpty().command
+
+        then:
+        command.baseValues == null
+        command.textValue == null
+        command.dateValue == null
+        !command.enabled
+    }
+
+    @Unroll
+    void 'bindable false remains enforced with secure=#secure and explicit 
includes=#explicit'() {
+        given:
+        grailsApplication.config.grails.databinding.denyByDefault = secure
+
+        when:
+        def command = explicit ? controller.bindProtectedFields().command : 
controller.bindDynamic().command
+
+        then:
+        command.protectedBaseValue == 'base value'
+        command.protectedChildValue == 'child value'
+
+        where:
+        secure | explicit
+        false  | false
+        false  | true
+        true   | false
+        true   | true
+    }
+
+    void 'secure mode permits only explicitly bindable inherited and subclass 
properties'() {
+        given:
+        grailsApplication.config.grails.databinding.denyByDefault = true
+
+        when:
+        def command = controller.bindDynamic().command
+
+        then:
+        command.baseValues == ['item-1']
+        command.textValue == 'updated text'
+        command.dateValue == null
+        !command.enabled
+    }
+
+    void 'switching modes does not reuse the other modes cached include 
list'() {
+        expect:
+        controller.bindDynamic().command.dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+
+        when:
+        grailsApplication.config.grails.databinding.denyByDefault = true
+
+        then:
+        controller.bindDynamic().command.dateValue == null
+
+        when:
+        grailsApplication.config.grails.databinding.denyByDefault = false
+
+        then:
+        controller.bindDynamic().command.dateValue == DATE_VALUE
+    }
+
+    private static Map requestValues() {
+        [baseValues: ['item-1'], textValue: 'updated text', dateValue: 
DATE_VALUE, enabled: true,
+         protectedBaseValue: 'changed', protectedChildValue: 'changed']
+    }
+}
+
+@Artefact('Controller')
+class InheritedCommandBindingController {
+
+    // Referencing the base type generates its binding metadata without 
enhancing a dynamically constructed subclass.
+    def bindBase(InheritedBindingBaseCommand command) {
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindDynamic() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+        bindData(command, params)
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindDynamicExplicitly() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+        bindData(command, params, [include: ['baseValues', 'textValue', 
'dateValue', 'enabled']])
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindDynamicRestricted() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+        bindData(command, params, [include: ['baseValues', 'textValue']])
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindDynamicEmpty() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+        bindData(command, params, [include: []])
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindProtectedFields() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingDynamicCommand()
+        bindData(command, params, [include: ['protectedBaseValue', 
'protectedChildValue']])
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindDeclared(InheritedBindingDeclaredCommand command) {
+        [command: command]
+    }
+
+    def bindStandalone() {
+        def command = new InheritedBindingStandaloneCommand()
+        bindData(command, params)
+        [command: command]
+    }
+}
+
+trait InheritedBindingNullable extends Validateable implements Serializable {
+    static boolean defaultNullable() {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+class InheritedBindingBaseCommand implements InheritedBindingNullable {
+    List<String> baseValues
+    String protectedBaseValue = 'base value'
+
+    static constraints = {
+        baseValues bindable: true
+        protectedBaseValue bindable: false
+    }
+}
+
+abstract class InheritedBindingIntermediateCommand extends 
InheritedBindingBaseCommand {
+}
+
+class InheritedBindingDynamicCommand extends 
InheritedBindingIntermediateCommand implements InheritedBindingNullable {

Review Comment:
   This fixture reimplements `InheritedBindingNullable`, so the child gets its 
own constraints accessor and the inherited-trait `bindable: false` bypass is 
masked. Add a child that does not reimplement the trait, and assert through 
both `bindData` and `DataBindingUtils.bindObjectToInstance` that ordinary child 
properties bind while a child-local `bindable: false` property stays unchanged. 
A Hibernate proxy of a domain class needs the same public-API coverage for `id` 
and `version`.



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grails-doc/src/en/ref/Controllers/bindData.adoc:
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@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ Arguments:
 
 If no `include` list is supplied, `bindData` uses the target class default 
binding behavior.  By default, statically typed instance properties bind for 
compatibility unless they are marked `bindable: false`.  Existing `bindable: 
true` declarations and explicit `include` lists continue to bind exactly the 
properties they name without configuration changes.  An empty `include` list 
binds no properties.
 
+In compatibility mode, a command subclass's own properties remain bindable 
when the subclass is constructed dynamically, even if only its superclass is 
declared as a controller action parameter. Declaring a superclass as an action 
parameter does not restrict such a subclass to the superclass's properties. 
Inherited and locally declared `bindable: false` constraints still apply.

Review Comment:
   This overclaims the current behavior. Inherited and locally declared 
`bindable: false` constraints do not still apply when the subclass inherits 
`Validateable` without reimplementing it. Please qualify this sentence until 
the lookup resolves the runtime subclass's constraints.



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grails-web-databinding/src/test/groovy/grails/web/databinding/DataBindingUtilsSpec.groovy:
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@@ -98,22 +98,22 @@ class DataBindingUtilsSpec extends Specification {
         command.version == null
     }
 
-    void 'test a whitelist declared by a super class also restricts a sub 
class'() {
+    void 'test a superclass whitelist does not restrict an unenhanced subclass 
in compatibility mode'() {
         given:
         def command = new SubclassOfWhitelistedCommand()
 
         when:
         DataBindingUtils.bindObjectToInstance(command, [name: 'Grails', 
version: '8'])
 
-        then: 'the inherited whitelist applies to the sub class as well'
+        then: 'only a whitelist declared on the bound class describes its 
eligible properties'
         command.name == 'Grails'
-        command.version == null
+        command.version == '8'
     }
 
     void 'test the include list of a type is the one its instances are bound 
with'() {
         expect:
         BindingIncludeLists.propertyNames(WhitelistedCommand) == ['name']
-        BindingIncludeLists.propertyNames(SubclassOfWhitelistedCommand) == 
['name']
+        BindingIncludeLists.propertyNames(SubclassOfWhitelistedCommand) == null

Review Comment:
   `null` is the intended compatibility result for binding an unenhanced 
subclass, but `GrailsModelConverter` treats a null include list as "do not mark 
unbound properties read-only". A subclass without its own generated metadata 
then publishes inherited and local `bindable: false` properties as writable. 
That consumer is outside this diff (`GrailsModelConverter.groovy` around lines 
423 and 445). Please cover it with a document-generation regression: eligible 
child properties writable, prohibited properties read-only.



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