Grails link taglib use outside of GSP

Question

I'm trying to use the taglib call there's attribute parameters, but also the stuff inside the tag itself which the link taglib uses. I can't find the attribute to pass in to a g.link() call to have it render the text of the link. I've tried 'body' and 'link' and 'text' and 'linkText' already - none of those work.

I'm expecting to be able to call

g.link(action:"foo", controller:"bar", _____:"text of the link here")

but don't know what to put in _

Answer 1

There is no parameter to pass in (for better or for worse).

To get the text in the link, you pass it as a closure.

g.link(action:"foo", controller:"bar") { "text of the link here" }

Answer 2

Usually you do it like this:

g.link(action:"foo", controller:"bar", "text of the link here")

The link text doesn't need to be the last parameter, it may appear anywhere:

g.link("text of the link here", action:"foo", controller:"bar")

.

Usage with closure:

Instead of the string you can use a closure which returns a string:

g.link(action:"foo", controller:"bar", {"text of the link here"})

And, as with any groovy closure which is the last parameter for a method call, you can put it after the closing parentheses:

g.link(action:"foo", controller:"bar") {"text of the link here"}