In 2.3.0 the line of code which invokes the “get” method for this particular scenario is at https://github.com/grails/grails-core/blob/v2.3.0/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/plugins/web/api/ControllersApi.java#L427.
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