Grails Restful Link Generator

RestfulLinkGeneratorTrait.groovy

import grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2016 SharpTop Software, LLC
 */
trait RestfulLinkGeneratorTrait {

    LinkGenerator grailsLinkGenerator

    String generateLink(Map map) {
        map.controller = map.controller ?: this.controllerName
        map.absolute = map.absolute ?: true
        map.action = map.action ?: "show"
        grailsLinkGenerator.link(map).replace("/$map.action", "")
    }
}

/**
 * License
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