Package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation

Class ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler

java.lang.Object
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler
All Implemented Interfaces:
org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler
public class ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler extends Object implements org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler
Handles return values of types void and String interpreting them as view name reference. As of 4.2, it also handles general CharSequence types, e.g. StringBuilder or Groovy's GString, as view names.

A null return value, either due to a void return type or as the actual return value is left as-is allowing the configured RequestToViewNameTranslator to select a view name by convention.

A String return value can be interpreted in more than one way depending on the presence of annotations like @ModelAttribute or @ResponseBody. Therefore, this handler should be configured after the handlers that support these annotations.

Since:
3.1
Author:
Rossen Stoyanchev, Juergen Hoeller

  • Constructor Details

    • ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler

      public ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler()

  • Method Details

    • setRedirectPatterns

      public void setRedirectPatterns(@Nullable String... redirectPatterns)
      Configure one more simple patterns (as described in PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)) to use in order to recognize custom redirect prefixes in addition to "redirect:".

      Note that simply configuring this property will not make a custom redirect prefix work. There must be a custom View that recognizes the prefix as well.

      Since:
      4.1

    • getRedirectPatterns

      @Nullable public String[] getRedirectPatterns()
      The configured redirect patterns, if any.

    • supportsReturnType

      public boolean supportsReturnType(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter returnType)
      Specified by:
      supportsReturnType in interface org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler

    • handleReturnValue

      public void handleReturnValue(@Nullable Object returnValue, org.springframework.core.MethodParameter returnType, org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer, org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest webRequest) throws Exception
      Specified by:
      handleReturnValue in interface org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler
      Throws:
      Exception

    • isRedirectViewName

      protected boolean isRedirectViewName(String viewName)
      Whether the given view name is a redirect view reference. The default implementation checks the configured redirect patterns and also if the view name starts with the "redirect:" prefix.
      Parameters:
      viewName - the view name to check, never null
      Returns:
      "true" if the given view name is recognized as a redirect view reference; "false" otherwise.