Update UrlMapping : extensions points - syntax - results

UrlMapping is a powerful artefact for url routing. However it could be improved to

• Let plugins add custom cases :

    "/$controller/$action?" cache:10.minutes
    "/secured/$controller/$action?" secure:'ROLE_USER'
  

• GString :

    def var = 'repeated-stuff'
    "/${var}/some/1" controller:'some'
    "/${var}/sample/2" controller:'sample', action:'wanabeeAction'
    "/${var}/test/3" controller:'test'
  

• Redirect/Forward

    "/some/old" redirect:[controller:'some']
    "/some/old/2" redirect:"/test/2"
    "/some/old/3" forward:"/test/3"
  

• REST syntax

     post "/some/post" , controller:'test'
     put "/some/put" , controller:'test'
     [post,put,get] "/some/rand" , controller : 'test'
  

• General Routing syntax, and changing UrlMapping artefact to Route artefact

    mail from:'*', bean:'myService', method:'bla'
    amqp topic: 'bla', bean:'myService', method:'bla'
    event topic: 'afterInsert', bean:'myService', method:'bla' //bla signature : def bla(Domain data)
  

• Static checking for routes

    // warn/error on start/compile 
    "/$controller/sample" action:'doesntExist' 
  

• Static compile for routes : routes could be AST'ed to improve runtime lookup

• Namespacing

  admin {
       "/user"(controller:"user")
  }
  

• Default values for namespaces

    admin(action:'test',cache:10.minutes) // all routes under admin namespace apply that rules if not overriden
  

• Assign namespaces for plugins

  compile ":weceem:1.0", {
     namespace "weceem"
  }
  

• Event urls (Pluggable behavior)

   "/$controller/$action" event:'topic'
   "/background/$controller/$action" eventAsync:"topic-$controller-$action"
  

• Push registration / Broadcast (Pluggable behavior)

    "/stream/api/$id" suspend:true
    "/user/save" broadcast:'/stream/api/*'