grails create-controller book

package myapp

class BookController {

    def index() { }
}

class BookController {

    def list() {

        // do controller logic
        // create model

        return model
    }
}

static defaultAction = "list"

class BookController {
    def find() {
        def findBy = params["findBy"]
        def appContext = request["foo"]
        def loggedUser = session["logged_user"]
    }
}

class BookController {
    def find() {
        def findBy = params.findBy
        def appContext = request.foo
        def loggedUser = session.logged_user
    }
}

def delete() {
    def b = Book.get(params.id)
    if (!b) {
        flash.message = "User not found for id ${params.id}"
        redirect(action:list)
    }
    ... // remaining code
}

static scope = "singleton"

grails:
    controllers:
        defaultScope: singleton

def show() {
    [book: Book.get(params.id)]
}

import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView

def index() {
    // get some books just for the index page, perhaps your favorites
    def favoriteBooks = ...

    // forward to the list view to show them
    return new ModelAndView("/book/list", [ bookList : favoriteBooks ])
}

class BookController {
    def show() {
         [book: Book.get(params.id)]
    }
}

def show() {
    def map = [book: Book.get(params.id)]
    render(view: "display", model: map)
}

def show() {
    def map = [book: Book.get(params.id)]
    render(view: "/shared/display", model: map)
}

class ReportingController {
    static namespace = 'business'

    def humanResources() {
        // This will render grails-app/views/business/reporting/humanResources.gsp
        // if it exists.

        // If grails-app/views/business/reporting/humanResources.gsp does not
        // exist the fallback will be grails-app/views/reporting/humanResources.gsp.

        // The namespaced GSP will take precedence over the non-namespaced GSP.

        [numberOfEmployees: 9]
    }


    def accountsReceivable() {
        // This will render grails-app/views/business/reporting/numberCrunch.gsp
        // if it exists.

        // If grails-app/views/business/reporting/numberCrunch.gsp does not
        // exist the fallback will be grails-app/views/reporting/numberCrunch.gsp.

        // The namespaced GSP will take precedence over the non-namespaced GSP.

        render view: 'numberCrunch', model: [numberOfEmployees: 13]
    }
}

render "Hello World!"

// write some markup
render {
   for (b in books) {
      div(id: b.id, b.title)
   }
}

// render a specific view
render(view: 'show')

// render a template for each item in a collection
render(template: 'book_template', collection: Book.list())

// render some text with encoding and content type
render(text: "<xml>some xml</xml>", contentType: "text/xml", encoding: "UTF-8")

import groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder
...
def login() {
    def writer = new StringWriter()
    def builder = new MarkupBuilder(writer)
    builder.html {
        head {
            title 'Log in'
        }
        body {
            h1 'Hello'
            form {
            }
        }
    }

    def html = writer.toString()
    render html
}

def login() {
    // ...
    body {
        h1 'Hello'
        builder.form {
        }
    }
    // ...
}

class OverviewController {

    def login() {}

    def find() {
        if (!session.user)
            redirect(action: 'login')
            return
        }
        ...
    }
}

// Also redirects to the index action in the home controller
redirect(controller: 'home', action: 'index')

// Redirect to an explicit URI
redirect(uri: "/login.html")

// Redirect to a URL
redirect(url: "http://grails.org")

// Redirect to the domain instance
Book book = ... // obtain a domain instance
redirect book

redirect(action: 'myaction', params: [myparam: "myvalue"])

redirect(action: "next", params: params)

redirect(controller: "test", action: "show", fragment: "profile")

class ExampleChainController {

    def first() {
        chain(action: second, model: [one: 1])
    }

    def second () {
        chain(action: third, model: [two: 2])
    }

    def third() {
        [three: 3])
    }
}

[one: 1, two: 2, three: 3]

class ChainController {

    def nextInChain() {
        def model = chainModel.myModel
        ...
    }
}

chain(action: "action1", model: [one: 1], params: [myparam: "param1"])

class Person {
    String firstName
    String lastName
    Integer age
}

def bindingMap = [firstName: 'Peter', lastName: 'Gabriel', age: 63]

def person = new Person(bindingMap)

assert person.firstName == 'Peter'
assert person.lastName == 'Gabriel'
assert person.age == 63

def bindingMap = [firstName: 'Peter', lastName: 'Gabriel', age: 63]

def person = Person.get(someId)
person.properties = bindingMap

assert person.firstName == 'Peter'
assert person.lastName == 'Gabriel'
assert person.age == 63

class Person {
    String firstName
    String lastName
    Integer age
    Address homeAddress
}

class Address {
    String county
    String country
}

def bindingMap = [firstName: 'Peter', lastName: 'Gabriel', age: 63, homeAddress: [county: 'Surrey', country: 'England'] ]

def person = new Person(bindingMap)

assert person.firstName == 'Peter'
assert person.lastName == 'Gabriel'
assert person.age == 63
assert person.homeAddress.county == 'Surrey'
assert person.homeAddress.country == 'England'

class Band {
    String name
    static hasMany = [albums: Album]
    List albums
}

class Album {
    String title
    Integer numberOfTracks
}

def bindingMap = [name: 'Genesis',
                  'albums[0]': [title: 'Foxtrot', numberOfTracks: 6],
                  'albums[1]': [title: 'Nursery Cryme', numberOfTracks: 7]]

def band = new Band(bindingMap)

assert band.name == 'Genesis'
assert band.albums.size() == 2
assert band.albums[0].title == 'Foxtrot'
assert band.albums[0].numberOfTracks == 6
assert band.albums[1].title == 'Nursery Cryme'
assert band.albums[1].numberOfTracks == 7

/*
 * The value of the indexes 0 and 1 in albums[0] and albums[1] are arbitrary
 * values that can be anything as long as they are unique within the Map.
 * They do not correspond to the order of elements in albums because albums
 * is a Set.
 */
def bindingMap = ['albums[0]': [id: 9, title: 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway']
                  'albums[1]': [id: 4, title: 'Selling England By The Pound']]

def band = Band.get(someBandId)

/*
 * This will find the Album in albums that has an id of 9 and will set its title
 * to 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' and will find the Album in albums that has
 * an id of 4 and set its title to 'Selling England By The Pound'.  In both
 * cases if the Album cannot be found in albums then the album will be retrieved
 * from the database by id, the Album will be added to albums and will be updated
 * with the values described above.  If a Album with the specified id cannot be
 * found in the database, then a binding error will be created and associated
 * with the band object.  More on binding errors later.
 */
band.properties = bindingMap

class Album {
    String title
    static hasMany = [players: Player]
    Map players
}

class Player {
    String name
}

def bindingMap = [title: 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway',
                  'players[guitar]': [name: 'Steve Hackett'],
                  'players[vocals]': [name: 'Peter Gabriel'],
                  'players[keyboards]': [name: 'Tony Banks']]

def album = new Album(bindingMap)

assert album.title == 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
assert album.players.size() == 3
assert album.players.guitar.name == 'Steve Hackett'
assert album.players.vocals.name == 'Peter Gabriel'
assert album.players.keyboards.name == 'Tony Banks'

def bindingMap = [title: 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway',
                  'players[guitar]': [name: 'Steve Hackett'],
                  'players[vocals]': [name: 'Peter Gabriel'],
                  'players[keyboards]': [name: 'Tony Banks']]

def album = new Album(bindingMap)

assert album.title == 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
assert album.players.size() == 3
assert album.players.guitar.name == 'Steve Hackett'
assert album.players.vocals.name  == 'Peter Gabriel'
assert album.players.keyboards.name  == 'Tony Banks'

def updatedBindingMap = ['players[drums]': [name: 'Phil Collins'],
                         'players[keyboards]': [name: 'Anthony George Banks']]

album.properties = updatedBindingMap

assert album.title == 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
assert album.players.size() == 4
assert album.players.guitar.name == 'Steve Hackett'
assert album.players.vocals.name == 'Peter Gabriel'
assert album.players.keyboards.name == 'Anthony George Banks'
assert album.players.drums.name == 'Phil Collins'

[person: [homeAddress: [country: 'USA', city: 'St. Louis']]]

def save() {
    def b = new Book(params)
    b.save()
}

/book/save?title=The%20Stand&author=Stephen%20King

def save() {
    def b = Book.get(params.id)
    b.properties = params
    b.save()
}

// the default value is true
grails.databinding.trimStrings = false

// ...

// the default value is true
grails.databinding.convertEmptyStringsToNull = false

// ...

/book/save?author.id=20

def b = new Book(params)

/book/save?author.id=null

<g:select name="books"
          from="${Book.list()}"
          size="5" multiple="yes" optionKey="id"
          value="${author?.books}" />

<g:textField name="books[0].title" value="the Stand" />
<g:textField name="books[1].title" value="the Shining" />

<g:textField name="books[0].title" value="the Stand" />
<g:textField name="books[1].title" value="the Shining" />
<g:textField name="books[2].title" value="Red Madder" />

<g:select name="books[0].id" from="${bookList}"
          value="${author?.books[0]?.id}" />

<g:select name="books[1].id" from="${bookList}"
          value="${author?.books[1]?.id}" />

<g:select name="books[2].id" from="${bookList}"
          value="${author?.books[2]?.id}" />

<g:select name="books[0].id"
          from="${Book.list()}"
          value="${author?.books[0]?.id}"
          noSelection="['null': '']"/>

<g:select name="images[cover].id"
          from="${Image.list()}"
          value="${book?.images[cover]?.id}"
          noSelection="['null': '']"/>

// the default value is 256
grails.databinding.autoGrowCollectionLimit = 128

// ...

/book/save?book.title=The%20Stand&author.name=Stephen%20King

def b = new Book(params.book)

def a = new Author(params.author)

class AccountingController {

   // accountNumber will be initialized with the value of params.accountNumber
   // accountType will be initialized with params.accountType
   def displayInvoice(String accountNumber, int accountType) {
       // ...
   }
}

/accounting/displayInvoice?accountNumber=B59786&accountType=bogusValue

import grails.web.RequestParameter

class AccountingController {

   // mainAccountNumber will be initialized with the value of params.accountNumber
   // accountType will be initialized with params.accountType
   def displayInvoice(@RequestParameter('accountNumber') String mainAccountNumber, int accountType) {
       // ...
   }
}

class Book {
    ...
    URL publisherURL
}

/book/save?publisherURL=a-bad-url

def b = new Book(params)

if (b.hasErrors()) {
    println "The value ${b.errors.getFieldError('publisherURL').rejectedValue}" +
            " is not a valid URL!"
}

typeMismatch.java.net.URL=The field {0} is not a valid URL

typeMismatch.Book.publisherURL=The publisher URL you specified is not a valid URL

import grails.databinding.BindUsing

class SomeClass {
    @BindUsing({obj, source ->

        //source is DataSourceBinding which is similar to a Map
        //and defines getAt operation but source.name cannot be used here.
        //In order to get name from source use getAt instead as shown below.

        source['name']?.toUpperCase()
    })
    String name
}

@BindUsing(SomeClassWhichImplementsBindingHelper)
class SomeClass {
    String someProperty
    Integer someOtherProperty
}

import grails.databinding.BindInitializer

class Account{}

class User {
  Account account

  // BindInitializer expects you to return a instance of the type
  // where it's declared on. You can use source as a parameter, in this case user.
  @BindInitializer({user-> new Contact(account:user.account) })
  Contact contact
}
class Contact{
  Account account
  String firstName
}

package com.myapp.converters

import grails.databinding.converters.ValueConverter

/**
 * A custom converter which will convert String of the
 * form 'city:state' into an Address object.
 */
class AddressValueConverter implements ValueConverter {

    boolean canConvert(value) {
        value instanceof String
    }

    def convert(value) {
        def pieces = value.split(':')
        new com.myapp.Address(city: pieces[0], state: pieces[1])
    }

    Class<?> getTargetType() {
        com.myapp.Address
    }
}

beans = {
    addressConverter com.myapp.converters.AddressValueConverter
    // ...
}

class Person {
    String firstName
    Address homeAddress
}

class Address {
    String city
    String state
}

def person = new Person()
person.properties = [firstName: 'Jeff', homeAddress: "O'Fallon:Missouri"]
assert person.firstName == 'Jeff'
assert person.homeAddress.city = "O'Fallon"
assert person.homeAddress.state = 'Missouri'

import grails.databinding.BindingFormat

class Person {
    @BindingFormat('MMddyyyy')
    Date birthDate
}

grails.databinding.dateFormats = ['MMddyyyy', 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S', "yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ss'Z'"]

package com.myapp.converters

import grails.databinding.converters.FormattedValueConverter

class FormattedStringValueConverter implements FormattedValueConverter {
    def convert(value, String format) {
        if('UPPERCASE' == format) {
            value = value.toUpperCase()
        } else if('LOWERCASE' == format) {
            value = value.toLowerCase()
        }
        value
    }

    Class getTargetType() {
        // specifies the type to which this converter may be applied
        String
    }
}

beans = {
    formattedStringConverter com.myapp.converters.FormattedStringValueConverter
    // ...
}

import grails.databinding.BindingFormat

class Person {
    @BindingFormat('UPPERCASE')
    String someUpperCaseString

    @BindingFormat('LOWERCASE')
    String someLowerCaseString

    String someOtherString
}

import grails.databinding.BindingFormat

class Person {
    @BindingFormat(code='date.formats.birthdays')
    Date birthDate
}

# grails-app/conf/i18n/messages.properties
date.formats.birthdays=MMddyyyy

# grails-app/conf/i18n/messages_es.properties
date.formats.birthdays=ddMMyyyy

package databinding

class Gadget {
    Shape expandedShape
    Shape compressedShape
}

package databinding

class Shape {
    int area
}

package databinding.converters

import databinding.Shape

import org.grails.databinding.converters.AbstractStructuredBindingEditor

class StructuredShapeEditor extends AbstractStructuredBindingEditor<Shape> {

    public Shape getPropertyValue(Map values) {
        // retrieve the individual values from the Map
        def width = values.width as int
        def height = values.height as int

        // use the values to calculate the area of the Shape
        def area = width * height

        // create and return a Shape with the appropriate area
        new Shape(area: area)
    }
}

beans = {
    shapeEditor databinding.converters.StructuredShapeEditor
    // ...
}

class DemoController {

    def createGadget(Gadget gadget) {
        /*
        /demo/createGadget?expandedShape=struct&expandedShape_width=80&expandedShape_height=30
                          &compressedShape=struct&compressedShape_width=10&compressedShape_height=3

        */

        // with the request parameters shown above gadget.expandedShape.area would be 2400
        // and gadget.compressedShape.area would be 30
        // ...
    }
}

package grails.databinding.events;

import grails.databinding.errors.BindingError;

/**
 * A listener which will be notified of events generated during data binding.
 *
 * @author Jeff Brown
 * @since 3.0
 * @see DataBindingListenerAdapter
 */
public interface DataBindingListener {

    /**
     * @return true if the listener is interested in events for the specified type.
     */
    boolean supports(Class<?> clazz);

    /**
     * Called when data binding is about to start.
     *
     * @param target The object data binding is being imposed upon
     * @param errors the Spring Errors instance (a org.springframework.validation.BindingResult)
     * @return true if data binding should continue
     */
    Boolean beforeBinding(Object target, Object errors);

    /**
     * Called when data binding is about to imposed on a property
     *
     * @param target The object data binding is being imposed upon
     * @param propertyName The name of the property being bound to
     * @param value The value of the property being bound
     * @param errors the Spring Errors instance (a org.springframework.validation.BindingResult)
     * @return true if data binding should continue, otherwise return false
     */
    Boolean beforeBinding(Object target, String propertyName, Object value, Object errors);

    /**
     * Called after data binding has been imposed on a property
     *
     * @param target The object data binding is being imposed upon
     * @param propertyName The name of the property that was bound to
     * @param errors the Spring Errors instance (a org.springframework.validation.BindingResult)
     */
    void afterBinding(Object target, String propertyName, Object errors);

    /**
     * Called after data binding has finished.
     *
     * @param target The object data binding is being imposed upon
     * @param errors the Spring Errors instance (a org.springframework.validation.BindingResult)
     */
    void afterBinding(Object target, Object errors);

    /**
     * Called when an error occurs binding to a property
     * @param error encapsulates information about the binding error
     * @param errors the Spring Errors instance (a org.springframework.validation.BindingResult)
     * @see BindingError
     */
    void bindingError(BindingError error, Object errors);
}

package bindingdemo

class Widget {
    String name
    Integer size
}

package bindingdemo

class WidgetService {

    def updateWidget(Widget widget, Map data) {
        // this will throw an exception because
        // properties is read-only
        widget.properties = data
    }
}

package bindingdemo

import grails.databinding.SimpleMapDataBindingSource

class WidgetService {

    // this bean will be autowired into the service
    def grailsWebDataBinder

    def updateWidget(Widget widget, Map data) {
        grailsWebDataBinder.bind widget, data as SimpleMapDataBindingSource
    }

}

def p = Person.get(1)

p.properties['firstName','lastName'] = params

def p = new Person()
bindData(p, params)

def p = new Person()
bindData(p, params, [exclude: 'dateOfBirth'])

def p = new Person()
bindData(p, params, [include: ['firstName', 'lastName']])

package example

class BookController {
    def index() {
        respond Book.list()
    }
}

[
    {id:1,"title":"The Stand"},
    {id:2,"title":"Shining"}
]

package example

class BookController {
    static responseFormats = ['json', 'html']
    def index() {
        respond Book.list()
    }
}

@Field List<Book> bookList = []

json bookList, { Book book ->
    title book.title
}

// defaults to an empty list
@Field List<Book> bookList = []
...

respond bookList: Book.list()

respond Book.list(), [model: [bookCount: Book.count()]]

def list() {

    def results = Book.list()

    render(contentType: "application/json") {
        books(results) { Book b ->
            title b.title
        }
    }
}

[
    {"title":"The Stand"},
    {"title":"Shining"}
]

Upload Form: <br />
    <g:uploadForm action="upload">
        <input type="file" name="myFile" />
        <input type="submit" />
    </g:uploadForm>

def upload() {
    def f = request.getFile('myFile')
    if (f.empty) {
        flash.message = 'file cannot be empty'
        render(view: 'uploadForm')
        return
    }

    f.transferTo(new File('/some/local/dir/myfile.txt'))
    response.sendError(200, 'Done')
}

class Image {
    byte[] myFile

    static constraints = {
        // Limit upload file size to 2MB
        myFile maxSize: 1024 * 1024 * 2
    }
}

def img = new Image(params)

class Image {
   String myFile
}

org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartException: Could not parse multipart servlet request; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.apache.tomcat.util.http.fileupload.FileUploadBase$SizeLimitExceededException

grails:
    controllers:
        upload:
            maxFileSize: 2000000
            maxRequestSize: 2000000

class LoginCommand implements grails.validation.Validateable {
    String username
    String password

    static constraints = {
        username(blank: false, minSize: 6)
        password(blank: false, minSize: 6)
    }
}

class AuthorSearchCommand implements grails.validation.Validateable {
    String  name
    Integer age

    static boolean defaultNullable() {
        true
    }
}

class LoginController {

    def login(LoginCommand cmd) {
        if (cmd.hasErrors()) {
            redirect(action: 'loginForm')
            return
        }

        // work with the command object data
    }
}

class StoreController {
    def buy(Person buyer) {
        // ...
    }
}

class Person {
    String name
    Address address
}

class Address {
    String city
}

class StoreController {
    def buy(Person buyer, Product product) {
        // ...
    }
}

class Person {
    String name
    Address address
}

class Address {
    String city
}

class Product {
    String name
}

class StoreController {
    def buy(Person buyer, Person seller, Product product) {
        // ...
    }
}

class Person {
    String name
    Address address
}

class Address {
    String city
}

class Product {
    String name
}

class LoginCommand implements grails.validation.Validateable {

    def loginService

    String username
    String password

    static constraints = {
        username validator: { val, obj ->
            obj.loginService.canLogin(obj.username, obj.password)
        }
    }
}

package bindingdemo

class DemoController {

    def createWidget(Widget w) {
        render "Name: ${w?.name}, Size: ${w?.size}"
    }
}

class Widget {
    String name
    Integer size
}

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"Some Widget","42"}'[size] localhost:8080/demo/createWidget
 Name: Some Widget, Size: 42

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -d '<widget><name>Some Other Widget</name><size>2112</size></widget>' localhost:8080/bodybind/demo/createWidget
 Name: Some Other Widget, Size: 2112

package bindingdemo

class DemoController {

    def createWidget(Widget w) {
        // this will fail because it requires reading the body,
        // which has already been read.
        def json = request.JSON

        // ...

    }
}

class DemoController {

    def createAuthor(AuthorCommand command) {
        // ...

    }

    class AuthorCommand {
        String fullName
        List<BookCommand> books
    }

    class BookCommand {
        String title
        String isbn
    }
}

<g:form name="submit-author-books" controller="demo" action="createAuthor">
    <g:fieldValue name="fullName" value=""/>
    <ul>
        <li>
            <g:fieldValue name="books[0].title" value=""/>
            <g:fieldValue name="books[0].isbn" value=""/>
        </li>

        <li>
            <g:fieldValue name="books[1].title" value=""/>
            <g:fieldValue name="books[1].isbn" value=""/>
        </li>
    </ul>
</g:form>

{
    "fullName": "Graeme Rocher",
    "books": [{
        "title": "The Definitive Guide to Grails",
        "isbn": "1111-343455-1111"
    }, {
        "title": "The Definitive Guide to Grails 2",
        "isbn": "1111-343455-1112"
    }],
}

def total = params.int('total')

def total = params.int('total', 42)

for (name in params.list('name')) {
    println name
}

"/books"(resources:'book')

get "/books"(controller:"book", action:"index")
get "/books/create"(controller:"book", action:"create")
post "/books"(controller:"book", action:"save")
get "/books/$id"(controller:"book", action:"show")
get "/books/$id/edit"(controller:"book", action:"edit")
put "/books/$id"(controller:"book", action:"update")
delete "/books/$id"(controller:"book", action:"delete")

"/book"(single:'book')

"/books"(resources:'book') {
  "/authors"(resources:"author")
}

"/books"(resources: "book") {
    "/publisher"(controller:"publisher")
}

"/books"(resources: "book") {
    collection {
        "/publisher"(controller:"publisher")
    }
}

<g:link controller="book" action="index">My Link</g:link>

<g:link resource="${book}">My Link</g:link>

"/books"(resources:'book') {
  "/authors"(resources:"author")
}

// Results in /books/1/authors/2
<g:link controller="author" action="show" method="GET" params="[bookId:1]" id="2">The Author</g:link>

// Results in /books/1/authors/2
<g:link resource="book/author" action="show" bookId="1" id="2">My Link</g:link>

static mappings = {
  "/product/$id"(controller: "product")
}

class ProductController {
     def index() { render params.id }
}

static mappings = {
   "/$blog/$year/$month/$day/$id"(controller: "blog", action: "show")
}

/graemerocher/2007/01/10/my_funky_blog_entry

static mappings = {
    "/$controller/$action?/$id?"()
}

static mappings = {
    "/$controller" {
        action = { params.goHere }
    }
}

static mappings = {
    "/$blog/$year?/$month?/$day?/$id?"(controller:"blog", action:"show")
}

/graemerocher/2007/01/10/my_funky_blog_entry
/graemerocher/2007/01/10
/graemerocher/2007/01
/graemerocher/2007
/graemerocher

"/$controller/$action?/$id?(.$format)?"()

def index() {
    render "extension is ${response.format}"
}

"/holiday/win" {
     id = "Marrakech"
     year = 2007
}

"/holiday/win" {
     id = { params.id }
     isEligible = { session.user != null } // must be logged in
}

static mappings = {
   "403"(view: "/errors/forbidden")
   "404"(view: "/errors/notFound")
   "500"(controller: "errors", action: "illegalArgument",
         exception: IllegalArgumentException)
   "500"(controller: "errors", action: "nullPointer",
         exception: NullPointerException)
   "500"(controller: "errors", action: "customException",
         exception: MyException)
   "500"(view: "/errors/serverError")
}

class ErrorsController {
    def handleError() {
        def exception = request.exception
        // perform desired processing to handle the exception
    }
}

grails:
    mime:
        types:
            all: '*/*'
            atom: application/atom+xml
            css: text/css
            csv: text/csv
            form: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
            html:
              - text/html
              - application/xhtml+xml
            js: text/javascript
            json:
              - application/json
              - text/json
            multipartForm: multipart/form-data
            rss: application/rss+xml
            text: text/plain
            hal:
              - application/hal+json
              - application/hal+xml
            xml:
              - text/xml
              - application/xml

grails.mime.types = [ // the first one is the default format
    all:           '*/*', // 'all' maps to '*' or the first available format in withFormat
    atom:          'application/atom+xml',
    css:           'text/css',
    csv:           'text/csv',
    form:          'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    html:          ['text/html','application/xhtml+xml'],
    js:            'text/javascript',
    json:          ['application/json', 'text/json'],
    multipartForm: 'multipart/form-data',
    rss:           'application/rss+xml',
    text:          'text/plain',
    hal:           ['application/hal+json','application/hal+xml'],
    xml:           ['text/xml', 'application/xml']
]

http://my.domain.org/books.xml

"/book/list"(controller:"book", action:"list") {
    format = "xml"
}

import grails.converters.JSON
import grails.converters.XML

class BookController {

    def list() {
        def books = Book.list()

        withFormat {
            html bookList: books
            json { render books as JSON }
            xml { render books as XML }
            '*' { render books as JSON }
        }
    }
}

withFormat {
    html bookList: books
    json { render books as JSON }
    xml { render books as XML }
}

*/*

text/xml, application/xml, application/xhtml+xml, text/html;q=0.9, \
    text/plain;q=0.8, image/png, */*;q=0.5

application/json

grails.mime.disable.accept.header.userAgents = ['Gecko', 'WebKit', 'Presto', 'Trident']

request.withFormat {
    xml {
        // read XML
    }
    json {
        // read JSON
    }
}

/book/list.xml

"/$controller/$action?/$id?(.$format)?"{

"/$controller/$action?/$id?"{

void testJavascriptOutput() {
    def controller = new TestController()
    controller.request.addHeader "Accept",
              "text/javascript, text/html, application/xml, text/xml, */*"

    controller.testAction()
    assertEquals "alert('hello')", controller.response.contentAsString
}

void testJavascriptOutput() {
    def controller = new TestController()
    controller.params.format = 'js'

    controller.testAction()
    assertEquals "alert('hello')", controller.response.contentAsString
}