Index: branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/ImprovedDealerController.groovy
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diff -u -r9525 -r9530
--- branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/ImprovedDealerController.groovy	(.../ImprovedDealerController.groovy)	(revision 9525)
+++ branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/ImprovedDealerController.groovy	(.../ImprovedDealerController.groovy)	(revision 9530)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import com.lemans.LemansApiController
 import com.lemans.LemansLegacyPackager
 
-class ImprovedDealerController extends LemansApiController implements LemansLegacyPackager {
+class ImprovedDealerController extends AbstractDealerCheckingController {
 	
 	def dealerService
 
@@ -17,13 +17,4 @@
 		Map data = dealerService.findDealer(criteria)
 		render toJson(legacyPackage(data))
 	}
-
-	protected final List checkDealer(String dealerCode) {
-		if (dealerCode) {
-			boolean dealerExists = dealerService.dealerExists(dealerCode)
-			if (!dealerExists) {
-				[[field: 'dealerCode', message: "Dealer $dealerCode cannot be found", code: 'WM-200']]
-			}
-		}
-	}
 }
Index: branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/activities/DealerActivityReportingController.groovy
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diff -u -r9525 -r9530
--- branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/activities/DealerActivityReportingController.groovy	(.../DealerActivityReportingController.groovy)	(revision 9525)
+++ branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/activities/DealerActivityReportingController.groovy	(.../DealerActivityReportingController.groovy)	(revision 9530)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.lemans.LemansApiController
 import com.lemans.LemansLegacyPackager
+import com.lemans.dealer.AbstractDealerCheckingController
 import grails.converters.JSON
 import org.json.JSONObject
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 import java.text.ParseException
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 
-class DealerActivityReportingController extends LemansApiController implements LemansLegacyPackager {
+class DealerActivityReportingController extends AbstractDealerCheckingController  {
 
 	static final String ACTIVITY_LOG_DATE_FORMAT = 'MM/dd/yyyy'
 
@@ -167,13 +168,4 @@
 	private String message(String code) {
 		messageSource.getMessage(code, [] as Object[], Locale.default)
 	}
-
-	protected final List checkDealer(String dealerCode) {
-		if (dealerCode) {
-			boolean dealerExists = dealerService.dealerExists(dealerCode)
-			if (!dealerExists) {
-				[[field: 'dealerCode', message: "Dealer $dealerCode cannot be found", code: 'WM-200']]
-			}
-		}
-	}
 }
Index: branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/AbstractDealerCheckingController.groovy
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diff -u -r9353 -r9530
--- branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/AbstractDealerCheckingController.groovy	(.../AbstractDealerCheckingController.groovy)	(revision 9353)
+++ branches/grails3_dealer-service/grails-app/controllers/com/lemans/dealer/AbstractDealerCheckingController.groovy	(.../AbstractDealerCheckingController.groovy)	(revision 9530)
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.lemans.dealer
 
-import com.lemans.LemansController
+import com.lemans.LemansApiController
+import com.lemans.LemansLegacyPackager
 
-abstract class AbstractDealerCheckingController extends LemansController {
+abstract class AbstractDealerCheckingController extends LemansApiController implements LemansLegacyPackager {
 
+	def dealerService
 	/**
 	 * Provides an error List if the dealerCode is specified and does not exist.
 	 *