(Quick Reference) ## cascade ### Purpose Configures the cascading behavior of an association. ### Examples
    class Author {

        static hasMany = [books: Book]

        static mapping = {
            books cascade: 'all-delete-orphan'
        }
    }
### Description Usage: `association_name(cascade:string)` Arguments: `cascade` - The cascading behavior to define. Can be one or more (comma-separated) of `all`, `merge`, `save-update`, `delete`, `lock`, `refresh`, `evict`, `replicate` or `all-delete-orphan` (one-to-many associations only). By default GORM configures a cascading policy of "all" in the case where one entity "belongs to" another. For example:
    class Book {
        static belongsTo = [author: Author]
    }
    class Author {
        static hasMany = [books: Book]
    }
Here all persistence operations will cascade from the `Author` domain to the `Book` domain. So when an `Author` is deleted so will all the associated books. If the association doesn’t define an owner (a "belongs to" relationship):
    class Book {
    }
    class Author {
        static hasMany = [books: Book]
    }
then GORM uses a cascading policy of "save-update" by default. So if an `Author` is deleted the `Book` associated domains won’t be deleted. Use the `cascade` argument on an association to customize this behavior:
    class Author {

        static hasMany = [books: Book]

        static mapping = {
            books cascade: 'all-delete-orphan'
        }
    }
Using this configuration a `Book` will also be deleted if it is removed (orphaned) from an `Author’s `books` association. See the section on transitive persistence in the Hibernate user guide. | Quick Reference (hide)