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

Since Grails 2.0, you can inject a GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator:

GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator groovyPageLocator

and call

groovyPageLocator.findViewByPath(...)
groovyPageLocator.findTemplateByPath(...)

to check if views or templates exist.