createLinkTo

Purpose

Creates a link that can be used where necessary (for example in an href, javascript, ajax call etc.)

Examples

Example controller for an application called "shop":

Example usages for the "shop" app:

<g:createLinkTo dir="css" file="main.css" /> == /shop/css/main.css

Example as a method call in GSP only:

<link type="text/css" href="${createLinkTo(dir:'css',file:'main.css')}" />

Results in:

<link type="text/css" href="/shop/css/main.css" />

Description

Attributes

• dir (optional) - the name of the directory within the grails app to link to
• file (optional) - the name of the file within the grails app to link to

Source

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def createLinkTo = { attrs -> 
		def writer = out
		if (attrs.base) {
		    writer << attrs.remove('base')
		} else {
		    handleAbsolute(attrs)
	    }
        writer << grailsAttributes.getApplicationUri(request);
        if(attrs['dir'] ) {
           writer << "/${attrs['dir']}";
        }
        if(attrs['file']) {
           writer << "/${attrs['file']}"
        }
    }