A link viewhelper that can add a "active" class to a link

ItemViewhelper.php

<?php

namespace Vendor\Namespace\ViewHelpers\Navigation;

use TYPO3\Fluid\ViewHelpers\Link\ActionViewHelper;
use TYPO3\Flow\Mvc\ActionRequest;

class ItemViewHelper extends ActionViewHelper {
	public function render($action, $arguments = array(), $controller = NULL, $package = NULL, $subpackage = NULL, $section = '', $format = '', array $additionalParams = array(), $addQueryString = FALSE, array $argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString = array(), $useParentRequest = FALSE, $absolute = TRUE) {
		if ($action === NULL || $controller === NULL || $package === NULL) {
			throw new \Exception('I need action, controller and package arguments');
		}
		/** @var ActionRequest $request */
		$request = $this->controllerContext->getRequest();
		if (/*$action === $request->getControllerActionName() &&*/ $controller === $request->getControllerName() && $package === $request->getControllerPackageKey()) {
			if ($this->tag->hasAttribute('class') === TRUE) {
				$classAttribute = 'active ' . $this->tag->getAttribute('class');
				$this->tag->removeAttribute('class');
			} else {
				$classAttribute = 'active';
			}
			$this->tag->addAttribute('class', $classAttribute);
		}
		return parent::render($action, $arguments, $controller, $package, $subpackage, $section, $format, $additionalParams, $addQueryString, $argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString, $useParentRequest, $absolute); // TODO: Change the autogenerated stub
	}

}