How to know programmatically if a view or a layout file exists in grails

Question

I want to know programmatically if a view or a layout exists in grails.

I am thinking in obtain the absolutepath and ask for File.exists but I don\'t know how to obt

Answer 1

Additionally to what amra said, you can also use grailsAttributes(see docs for GrailsApplicationAttributes). Quick example:

private templateExists(String name) {
    def template = grailsAttributes.getTemplateUri(name, request)
    def resource = grailsAttributes.pagesTemplateEngine
                                   .getResourceForUri(template)
    return resource && resource.file && resource.exists()
}

This example is of course for templates but as you can see from the docs, similar method exists for views too.