grails error: The requested resource is not available

Question

Can you tell me why I would get an HTTP Status 404 resource not available error when adding a new action to my controller in the following trivial way:

First, I added a statement, println "in list action", to the list action which Grails generated, to make sure I'm seeing the file updates made to the controller. This println then comes out on the console.
I added a new action "abc" in the controller, directly copying its code from the index action, i.e. making it simply redirect to the list action.

When I enter the browser address: http://localhost:8080/myApp/user/abc it returns resource not available. Re-starting grails did not help. If I enter http://localhost:8080/myApp/user/index, it works as expected.

Thanks

is your action a closure or a method? also, showing us the controller code would help — hvgotcodes
Are you using a clean new Grails application? If not, you might have fiddled with security filters, URL mappings or whatever. Are there any? — Victor Sergienko

OverZealous OverZealous · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03T21:05:02

I just tested it using Grails 1.3.7. You can safely end a controller action with redirect(action: "index"), and it won't throw an error.

I'm guessing you did this:

def index = { [foo: "bar"] }
def abc = { [foo: "bar"] }

In that case, you'd need a dedicated view for both index and abc.

If you instead do this:

def abc = { redirect(action: "index") }

You'll get redirected correctly.

grails error: The requested resource is not available

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