org.springframework.web.servlet.view
Class RedirectView

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
      extended by org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
          extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
              extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractUrlBasedView
                  extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.view.RedirectView
All Implemented Interfaces:
Aware, BeanNameAware, InitializingBean, ApplicationContextAware, ServletContextAware, SmartView, View

public class RedirectView
extends AbstractUrlBasedView
implements SmartView

View that redirects to an absolute, context relative, or current request relative URL. The URL may be a URI template in which case the URI template variables will be replaced with values available in the model. By default all primitive model attributes (or collections thereof) are exposed as HTTP query parameters (assuming they've not been used as URI template variables), but this behavior can be changed by overriding the isEligibleProperty(String, Object) method.

A URL for this view is supposed to be a HTTP redirect URL, i.e. suitable for HttpServletResponse's sendRedirect method, which is what actually does the redirect if the HTTP 1.0 flag is on, or via sending back an HTTP 303 code - if the HTTP 1.0 compatibility flag is off.

Note that while the default value for the "contextRelative" flag is off, you will probably want to almost always set it to true. With the flag off, URLs starting with "/" are considered relative to the web server root, while with the flag on, they are considered relative to the web application root. Since most web applications will never know or care what their context path actually is, they are much better off setting this flag to true, and submitting paths which are to be considered relative to the web application root.

NOTE when using this redirect view in a Portlet environment: Make sure that your controller respects the Portlet sendRedirect constraints. When e.g. using SimpleFormController, make sure to set your controller's "redirectAction" property to "true", in order to make the controller base class behave accordingly.

Author:
Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller, Colin Sampaleanu, Sam Brannen, Arjen Poutsma, Rossen Stoyanchev
See Also:
setContextRelative(boolean), setHttp10Compatible(boolean), setExposeModelAttributes(boolean), HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect(java.lang.String)

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE
 
Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
logger
 
Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.web.servlet.View
PATH_VARIABLES, RESPONSE_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE
 
Constructor Summary
RedirectView()
          Constructor for use as a bean.
RedirectView(String url)
          Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.
RedirectView(String url, boolean contextRelative)
          Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.
RedirectView(String url, boolean contextRelative, boolean http10Compatible)
          Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.
RedirectView(String url, boolean contextRelative, boolean http10Compatible, boolean exposeModelAttributes)
          Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.
 
Method Summary
protected  void appendQueryProperties(StringBuilder targetUrl, Map<String,Object> model, String encodingScheme)
          Append query properties to the redirect URL.
protected  String createTargetUrl(Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletRequest request)
          Creates the target URL by checking if the redirect string is a URI template first, expanding it with the given model, and then optionally appending simple type model attributes as query String parameters.
protected  HttpStatus getHttp11StatusCode(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String targetUrl)
          Determines the status code to use for HTTP 1.1 compatible requests.
protected  boolean isContextRequired()
          An ApplicationContext is not strictly required for RedirectView.
protected  boolean isEligibleProperty(String key, Object value)
          Determine whether the given model element should be exposed as a query property.
protected  boolean isEligibleValue(Object value)
          Determine whether the given model element value is eligible for exposure.
 boolean isRedirectView()
          Returns "true" indicating this view performs a redirect.
protected  Map<String,Object> queryProperties(Map<String,Object> model)
          Determine name-value pairs for query strings, which will be stringified, URL-encoded and formatted by appendQueryProperties(java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.Map, java.lang.String).
protected  void renderMergedOutputModel(Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
          Convert model to request parameters and redirect to the given URL.
protected  StringBuilder replaceUriTemplateVariables(String targetUrl, Map<String,Object> model, Map<String,String> currentUriVariables, String encodingScheme)
          Replace URI template variables in the target URL with encoded model attributes or URI variables from the current request.
protected  void sendRedirect(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String targetUrl, boolean http10Compatible)
          Send a redirect back to the HTTP client
 void setContextRelative(boolean contextRelative)
          Set whether to interpret a given URL that starts with a slash ("/") as relative to the current ServletContext, i.e.
 void setEncodingScheme(String encodingScheme)
          Set the encoding scheme for this view.
 void setExposeModelAttributes(boolean exposeModelAttributes)
          Set the exposeModelAttributes flag which denotes whether or not model attributes should be exposed as HTTP query parameters.
 void setHttp10Compatible(boolean http10Compatible)
          Set whether to stay compatible with HTTP 1.0 clients.
 void setStatusCode(HttpStatus statusCode)
          Set the status code for this view.
protected  String updateTargetUrl(String targetUrl, Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
          Find the registered RequestDataValueProcessor, if any, and allow it to update the redirect target URL.
protected  String urlEncode(String input, String encodingScheme)
          URL-encode the given input String with the given encoding scheme.
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractUrlBasedView
afterPropertiesSet, checkResource, getUrl, isUrlRequired, setUrl, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView
addStaticAttribute, createMergedOutputModel, createRequestContext, createTemporaryOutputStream, exposeModelAsRequestAttributes, generatesDownloadContent, getAttributesMap, getBeanName, getContentType, getRequestContextAttribute, getStaticAttributes, isExposePathVariables, prepareResponse, render, setAttributes, setAttributesCSV, setAttributesMap, setBeanName, setContentType, setExposePathVariables, setRequestContextAttribute, writeToResponse
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
getServletContext, getTempDir, getWebApplicationContext, initApplicationContext, initServletContext, setServletContext
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
getApplicationContext, getMessageSourceAccessor, initApplicationContext, requiredContextClass, setApplicationContext
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.web.servlet.View
getContentType, render
 

Constructor Detail

RedirectView

public RedirectView()
Constructor for use as a bean.


RedirectView

public RedirectView(String url)
Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.

The given URL will be considered as relative to the web server, not as relative to the current ServletContext.

Parameters:
url - the URL to redirect to
See Also:
RedirectView(String, boolean)

RedirectView

public RedirectView(String url,
                    boolean contextRelative)
Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.

Parameters:
url - the URL to redirect to
contextRelative - whether to interpret the given URL as relative to the current ServletContext

RedirectView

public RedirectView(String url,
                    boolean contextRelative,
                    boolean http10Compatible)
Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.

Parameters:
url - the URL to redirect to
contextRelative - whether to interpret the given URL as relative to the current ServletContext
http10Compatible - whether to stay compatible with HTTP 1.0 clients

RedirectView

public RedirectView(String url,
                    boolean contextRelative,
                    boolean http10Compatible,
                    boolean exposeModelAttributes)
Create a new RedirectView with the given URL.

Parameters:
url - the URL to redirect to
contextRelative - whether to interpret the given URL as relative to the current ServletContext
http10Compatible - whether to stay compatible with HTTP 1.0 clients
exposeModelAttributes - whether or not model attributes should be exposed as query parameters
Method Detail

setContextRelative

public void setContextRelative(boolean contextRelative)
Set whether to interpret a given URL that starts with a slash ("/") as relative to the current ServletContext, i.e. as relative to the web application root.

Default is "false": A URL that starts with a slash will be interpreted as absolute, i.e. taken as-is. If "true", the context path will be prepended to the URL in such a case.

See Also:
HttpServletRequest.getContextPath()

setHttp10Compatible

public void setHttp10Compatible(boolean http10Compatible)
Set whether to stay compatible with HTTP 1.0 clients.

In the default implementation, this will enforce HTTP status code 302 in any case, i.e. delegate to HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect. Turning this off will send HTTP status code 303, which is the correct code for HTTP 1.1 clients, but not understood by HTTP 1.0 clients.

Many HTTP 1.1 clients treat 302 just like 303, not making any difference. However, some clients depend on 303 when redirecting after a POST request; turn this flag off in such a scenario.

See Also:
HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect(java.lang.String)

setExposeModelAttributes

public void setExposeModelAttributes(boolean exposeModelAttributes)
Set the exposeModelAttributes flag which denotes whether or not model attributes should be exposed as HTTP query parameters.

Defaults to true.


setEncodingScheme

public void setEncodingScheme(String encodingScheme)
Set the encoding scheme for this view.

Default is the request's encoding scheme (which is ISO-8859-1 if not specified otherwise).


setStatusCode

public void setStatusCode(HttpStatus statusCode)
Set the status code for this view.

Default is to send 302/303, depending on the value of the http10Compatible flag.


isRedirectView

public boolean isRedirectView()
Returns "true" indicating this view performs a redirect.

Specified by:
isRedirectView in interface SmartView

isContextRequired

protected boolean isContextRequired()
An ApplicationContext is not strictly required for RedirectView.

Overrides:
isContextRequired in class WebApplicationObjectSupport
See Also:
ApplicationObjectSupport.getApplicationContext(), ApplicationObjectSupport.getMessageSourceAccessor(), WebApplicationObjectSupport.getWebApplicationContext(), WebApplicationObjectSupport.getServletContext(), WebApplicationObjectSupport.getTempDir()

renderMergedOutputModel

protected void renderMergedOutputModel(Map<String,Object> model,
                                       HttpServletRequest request,
                                       HttpServletResponse response)
                                throws IOException
Convert model to request parameters and redirect to the given URL.

Specified by:
renderMergedOutputModel in class AbstractView
Parameters:
model - combined output Map (never null), with dynamic values taking precedence over static attributes
request - current HTTP request
response - current HTTP response
Throws:
IOException
See Also:
appendQueryProperties(java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.Map, java.lang.String), sendRedirect(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, java.lang.String, boolean)

createTargetUrl

protected final String createTargetUrl(Map<String,Object> model,
                                       HttpServletRequest request)
                                throws UnsupportedEncodingException
Creates the target URL by checking if the redirect string is a URI template first, expanding it with the given model, and then optionally appending simple type model attributes as query String parameters.

Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException

replaceUriTemplateVariables

protected StringBuilder replaceUriTemplateVariables(String targetUrl,
                                                    Map<String,Object> model,
                                                    Map<String,String> currentUriVariables,
                                                    String encodingScheme)
                                             throws UnsupportedEncodingException
Replace URI template variables in the target URL with encoded model attributes or URI variables from the current request. Model attributes referenced in the URL are removed from the model.

Parameters:
targetUrl - the redirect URL
model - Map that contains model attributes
currentUriVariables - current request URI variables to use
encodingScheme - the encoding scheme to use
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException - if string encoding failed

appendQueryProperties

protected void appendQueryProperties(StringBuilder targetUrl,
                                     Map<String,Object> model,
                                     String encodingScheme)
                              throws UnsupportedEncodingException
Append query properties to the redirect URL. Stringifies, URL-encodes and formats model attributes as query properties.

Parameters:
targetUrl - the StringBuilder to append the properties to
model - Map that contains model attributes
encodingScheme - the encoding scheme to use
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException - if string encoding failed
See Also:
queryProperties(java.util.Map)

queryProperties

protected Map<String,Object> queryProperties(Map<String,Object> model)
Determine name-value pairs for query strings, which will be stringified, URL-encoded and formatted by appendQueryProperties(java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.Map, java.lang.String).

This implementation filters the model through checking isEligibleProperty(String, Object) for each element, by default accepting Strings, primitives and primitive wrappers only.

Parameters:
model - the original model Map
Returns:
the filtered Map of eligible query properties
See Also:
isEligibleProperty(String, Object)

isEligibleProperty

protected boolean isEligibleProperty(String key,
                                     Object value)
Determine whether the given model element should be exposed as a query property.

The default implementation considers Strings and primitives as eligible, and also arrays and Collections/Iterables with corresponding elements. This can be overridden in subclasses.

Parameters:
key - the key of the model element
value - the value of the model element
Returns:
whether the element is eligible as query property

isEligibleValue

protected boolean isEligibleValue(Object value)
Determine whether the given model element value is eligible for exposure.

The default implementation considers primitives, Strings, Numbers, Dates, URIs, URLs and Locale objects as eligible. This can be overridden in subclasses.

Parameters:
value - the model element value
Returns:
whether the element value is eligible
See Also:
BeanUtils.isSimpleValueType(java.lang.Class)

urlEncode

protected String urlEncode(String input,
                           String encodingScheme)
                    throws UnsupportedEncodingException
URL-encode the given input String with the given encoding scheme.

The default implementation uses URLEncoder.encode(input, enc).

Parameters:
input - the unencoded input String
encodingScheme - the encoding scheme
Returns:
the encoded output String
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException - if thrown by the JDK URLEncoder
See Also:
URLEncoder.encode(String, String), URLEncoder.encode(String)

updateTargetUrl

protected String updateTargetUrl(String targetUrl,
                                 Map<String,Object> model,
                                 HttpServletRequest request,
                                 HttpServletResponse response)
Find the registered RequestDataValueProcessor, if any, and allow it to update the redirect target URL.

Returns:
the updated URL or the same as URL as the one passed in

sendRedirect

protected void sendRedirect(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response,
                            String targetUrl,
                            boolean http10Compatible)
                     throws IOException
Send a redirect back to the HTTP client

Parameters:
request - current HTTP request (allows for reacting to request method)
response - current HTTP response (for sending response headers)
targetUrl - the target URL to redirect to
http10Compatible - whether to stay compatible with HTTP 1.0 clients
Throws:
IOException - if thrown by response methods

getHttp11StatusCode

protected HttpStatus getHttp11StatusCode(HttpServletRequest request,
                                         HttpServletResponse response,
                                         String targetUrl)
Determines the status code to use for HTTP 1.1 compatible requests.

The default implementation returns the statusCode property if set, or the value of the View.RESPONSE_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE attribute. If neither are set, it defaults to HttpStatus.SEE_OTHER (303).

Parameters:
request - the request to inspect
response - the servlet response
targetUrl - the target URL
Returns:
the response status