codeconsole commented on code in PR #15732:
URL: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/15732#discussion_r3417021921


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grails-web-core/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/servlet/HttpServletRequestExtension.groovy:
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@@ -251,4 +252,26 @@ class HttpServletRequestExtension {
     static Date date(HttpServletRequest request, String name, 
Collection<String> formats) {
         TypeConverters.toDate(request.getAttribute(name), formats)
     }
+    /**
+     * Null-safe, typed read of an attribute. Returns the attribute when it is 
an
+     * instance of {@code type}; otherwise {@code null}. No coercion is 
attempted —
+     * use the named converters ({@code string}, {@code int}, ...) for type 
conversion.
+     */
+    static <T> T getAttribute(HttpServletRequest request, String name, 
Class<T> type) {
+        if (type == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException('type must not be null - use 
getAttribute(name) for an untyped read')
+        }
+        Object value = request.getAttribute(name)
+        Class<T> resolvedType = (Class<T>) 
ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(type)
+        resolvedType.isInstance(value) ? resolvedType.cast(value) : null

Review Comment:
   @jdaugherty I added a test example



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