Related post: https://lihbr.com/blog/one-link-component-to-rule-them-all

getLinkTag.js

const ANCHOR_TAG = "a";
const FRAMEWORK_LINK = "router-link"; // or "nuxt-link", "g-link"...

const getLinkTag = ({ href, blank, external }) => {
  if (blank || external) {
    return ANCHOR_TAG;
  } else if (/^\/(?!\/).*$/.test(href)) { // regex101.com/r/LU1iFL/1
    return FRAMEWORK_LINK;
  } else {
    return ANCHOR_TAG;
  }
};

export { getLinkTag as default, ANCHOR_TAG, FRAMEWORK_LINK };

SmartLink.js

/* Vue 2 Functional Component: https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/render-function.html#Functional-Components */
import { mergeData } from "vue-functional-data-merge";
import getLinkTag, { ANCHOR_TAG, FRAMEWORK_LINK } from "./getLinkTag";

const SmartLink = {
  functional: true,
  props: {
    href: {
      type: String,
      default: ""
    },
    blank: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false
    },
    external: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false
    }
  },
  // It's a convention to rename `createElement` to `h`
  render(h, context) {
    const tag = getLinkTag(context.props);

    // Map our attributes correctly
    const attrs = {};
    let on = {};
    switch (tag) {
      case ANCHOR_TAG:
        // Map `href` prop to the correct attribute
        attrs.href = context.props.href;

        // Handle `blank` prop
        if (context.props.blank) {
          attrs.target = "_blank";
          attrs.rel = "noopener";
        }

        // Transform native events to regular events for HTML anchor tag
        on = { ...context.data.nativeOn };
        delete context.data.nativeOn;
        break;

      case FRAMEWORK_LINK:
        // Map `href` prop to the correct attribute
        attrs.to = context.props.href;
        break;

      default:
        break;
    }

    // Merge our new data with existing ones
    const data = mergeData(context.data, { attrs, on });

    // Return a new virtual node
    return h(tag, data, context.children);
  }
};

export default SmartLink;

SmartLink.Vue3.js

/* Vue 3 Render Function: https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/render-function */
// Import utilities from Vue
import { h, resolveComponent } from "vue";
import getLinkTag, { ANCHOR_TAG, FRAMEWORK_LINK } from "./getLinkTag";

const SmartLink = {
  props: {
    href: {
      type: String,
      default: ""
    },
    blank: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false
    },
    external: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false
    }
  },
  render() {
    const tag = getLinkTag(this);

    // Map our attributes correctly
    const attrs = {};
    let nodeTag;
    switch (tag) {
      case ANCHOR_TAG:
        // Resolve the final tag
        nodeTag = tag;

        // Map `href` prop to the correct attribute
        attrs.href = this.href;

        // Handle `blank` prop
        if (this.blank) {
          attrs.target = "_blank";
          attrs.rel = "noopener";
        }
        break;

      case FRAMEWORK_LINK:
        // Resolve the final component
        nodeTag = resolveComponent(FRAMEWORK_LINK)

        // Map `href` prop to the correct attribute
        attrs.to = this.href;
        break;

      default:
        break;
    }

    // Return a new virtual node
    return h(nodeTag, attrs, this.$slots.default());
  }
};

export default SmartLink;