org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xslt
Class XsltView

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.xslt.XsltView
All Implemented Interfaces:
Aware, BeanNameAware, InitializingBean, ApplicationContextAware, ServletContextAware, View

public class XsltView
extends AbstractUrlBasedView

XSLT-driven View that allows for response context to be rendered as the result of an XSLT transformation.

The XSLT Source object is supplied as a parameter in the model and then detected during response rendering. Users can either specify a specific entry in the model via the sourceKey property or have Spring locate the Source object. This class also provides basic conversion of objects into Source implementations. See here for more details.

All model parameters are passed to the XSLT Transformer as parameters. In addition the user can configure output properties to be passed to the Transformer.

Since:
2.0
Author:
Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller

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
XsltView()
           
 
Method Summary
protected  void configureIndentation(Transformer transformer)
          Configure the indentation settings for the supplied Transformer.
protected  void configureResponse(Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletResponse response, Transformer transformer)
          Configure the supplied HttpServletResponse.
protected  void configureTransformer(Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletResponse response, Transformer transformer)
          Configure the supplied Transformer instance.
protected  Source convertSource(Object source)
          Convert the supplied Object into an XSLT Source if the Object type is supported.
protected  void copyModelParameters(Map<String,Object> model, Transformer transformer)
          Copy all entries from the supplied Map into the parameter set of the supplied Transformer.
protected  void copyOutputProperties(Transformer transformer)
          Copy the configured output Properties, if any, into the output property set of the supplied Transformer.
protected  Result createResult(HttpServletResponse response)
          Create the XSLT Result used to render the result of the transformation.
protected  Transformer createTransformer(Templates templates)
          Create the Transformer instance used to prefer the XSLT transformation.
protected  Class[] getSourceTypes()
          Return the array of Classes that are supported when converting to an XSLT Source.
protected  Source getStylesheetSource()
          Get the XSLT Source for the XSLT template under the configured URL.
protected  TransformerFactory getTransformerFactory()
          Return the TransformerFactory that this XsltView uses.
protected  void initApplicationContext()
          Initialize this XsltView's TransformerFactory.
protected  Source locateSource(Map<String,Object> model)
          Locate the Source object in the supplied model, converting objects as required.
protected  TransformerFactory newTransformerFactory(Class transformerFactoryClass)
          Instantiate a new TransformerFactory for this view.
protected  void renderMergedOutputModel(Map<String,Object> model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
          Subclasses must implement this method to actually render the view.
 void setCacheTemplates(boolean cacheTemplates)
          Turn on/off the caching of the XSLT Templates instance.
 void setErrorListener(ErrorListener errorListener)
          Set an implementation of the ErrorListener interface for custom handling of transformation errors and warnings.
 void setIndent(boolean indent)
          Set whether the XSLT transformer may add additional whitespace when outputting the result tree.
 void setOutputProperties(Properties outputProperties)
          Set arbitrary transformer output properties to be applied to the stylesheet.
 void setSourceKey(String sourceKey)
          Set the name of the model attribute that represents the XSLT Source.
 void setTransformerFactoryClass(Class transformerFactoryClass)
          Specify the XSLT TransformerFactory class to use.
 void setUriResolver(URIResolver uriResolver)
          Set the URIResolver used in the transform.
 
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, isContextRequired, setServletContext
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
getApplicationContext, getMessageSourceAccessor, requiredContextClass, setApplicationContext
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

XsltView

public XsltView()
Method Detail

setTransformerFactoryClass

public void setTransformerFactoryClass(Class transformerFactoryClass)
Specify the XSLT TransformerFactory class to use.

The default constructor of the specified class will be called to build the TransformerFactory for this view.


setSourceKey

public void setSourceKey(String sourceKey)
Set the name of the model attribute that represents the XSLT Source. If not specified, the model map will be searched for a matching value type.

The following source types are supported out of the box: Source, Document, Node, Reader, InputStream and Resource.

See Also:
getSourceTypes(), convertSource(java.lang.Object)

setUriResolver

public void setUriResolver(URIResolver uriResolver)
Set the URIResolver used in the transform.

The URIResolver handles calls to the XSLT document() function.


setErrorListener

public void setErrorListener(ErrorListener errorListener)
Set an implementation of the ErrorListener interface for custom handling of transformation errors and warnings.

If not set, a default SimpleTransformErrorListener is used that simply logs warnings using the logger instance of the view class, and rethrows errors to discontinue the XML transformation.

See Also:
SimpleTransformErrorListener

setIndent

public void setIndent(boolean indent)
Set whether the XSLT transformer may add additional whitespace when outputting the result tree.

Default is true (on); set this to false (off) to not specify an "indent" key, leaving the choice up to the stylesheet.

See Also:
OutputKeys.INDENT

setOutputProperties

public void setOutputProperties(Properties outputProperties)
Set arbitrary transformer output properties to be applied to the stylesheet.

Any values specified here will override defaults that this view sets programmatically.

See Also:
Transformer.setOutputProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

setCacheTemplates

public void setCacheTemplates(boolean cacheTemplates)
Turn on/off the caching of the XSLT Templates instance.

The default value is "true". Only set this to "false" in development, where caching does not seriously impact performance.


initApplicationContext

protected void initApplicationContext()
                               throws BeansException
Initialize this XsltView's TransformerFactory.

Overrides:
initApplicationContext in class ApplicationObjectSupport
Throws:
ApplicationContextException - in case of initialization errors
BeansException - if thrown by ApplicationContext methods
See Also:
ApplicationObjectSupport.setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)

newTransformerFactory

protected TransformerFactory newTransformerFactory(Class transformerFactoryClass)
Instantiate a new TransformerFactory for this view.

The default implementation simply calls TransformerFactory.newInstance(). If a "transformerFactoryClass" has been specified explicitly, the default constructor of the specified class will be called instead.

Can be overridden in subclasses.

Parameters:
transformerFactoryClass - the specified factory class (if any)
Returns:
the new TransactionFactory instance
See Also:
setTransformerFactoryClass(java.lang.Class), getTransformerFactory()

getTransformerFactory

protected final TransformerFactory getTransformerFactory()
Return the TransformerFactory that this XsltView uses.

Returns:
the TransformerFactory (never null)

renderMergedOutputModel

protected void renderMergedOutputModel(Map<String,Object> model,
                                       HttpServletRequest request,
                                       HttpServletResponse response)
                                throws Exception
Description copied from class: AbstractView
Subclasses must implement this method to actually render the view.

The first step will be preparing the request: In the JSP case, this would mean setting model objects as request attributes. The second step will be the actual rendering of the view, for example including the JSP via a RequestDispatcher.

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:
Exception - if rendering failed

createResult

protected Result createResult(HttpServletResponse response)
                       throws Exception
Create the XSLT Result used to render the result of the transformation.

The default implementation creates a StreamResult wrapping the supplied HttpServletResponse's OutputStream.

Parameters:
response - current HTTP response
Returns:
the XSLT Result to use
Throws:
Exception - if the Result cannot be built

locateSource

protected Source locateSource(Map<String,Object> model)
                       throws Exception

Locate the Source object in the supplied model, converting objects as required. The default implementation first attempts to look under the configured source key, if any, before attempting to locate an object of supported type.

Parameters:
model - the merged model Map
Returns:
the XSLT Source object (or null if none found)
Throws:
Exception - if an error occured during locating the source
See Also:
setSourceKey(java.lang.String), convertSource(java.lang.Object)

getSourceTypes

protected Class[] getSourceTypes()
Return the array of Classes that are supported when converting to an XSLT Source.

Currently supports Source, Document, Node, Reader, InputStream and Resource.

Returns:
the supported source types

convertSource

protected Source convertSource(Object source)
                        throws Exception
Convert the supplied Object into an XSLT Source if the Object type is supported.

Parameters:
source - the original source object
Returns:
the adapted XSLT Source
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the given Object is not of a supported type
Exception

configureTransformer

protected void configureTransformer(Map<String,Object> model,
                                    HttpServletResponse response,
                                    Transformer transformer)
Configure the supplied Transformer instance.

The default implementation copies parameters from the model into the Transformer's parameter set. This implementation also copies the output properties into the Transformer output properties. Indentation properties are set as well.

Parameters:
model - merged output Map (never null)
response - current HTTP response
transformer - the target transformer
See Also:
copyModelParameters(Map, Transformer), copyOutputProperties(Transformer), configureIndentation(Transformer)

configureIndentation

protected final void configureIndentation(Transformer transformer)
Configure the indentation settings for the supplied Transformer.

Parameters:
transformer - the target transformer
See Also:
TransformerUtils.enableIndenting(javax.xml.transform.Transformer), TransformerUtils.disableIndenting(javax.xml.transform.Transformer)

copyOutputProperties

protected final void copyOutputProperties(Transformer transformer)
Copy the configured output Properties, if any, into the output property set of the supplied Transformer.

Parameters:
transformer - the target transformer

copyModelParameters

protected final void copyModelParameters(Map<String,Object> model,
                                         Transformer transformer)
Copy all entries from the supplied Map into the parameter set of the supplied Transformer.

Parameters:
model - merged output Map (never null)
transformer - the target transformer

configureResponse

protected void configureResponse(Map<String,Object> model,
                                 HttpServletResponse response,
                                 Transformer transformer)
Configure the supplied HttpServletResponse.

The default implementation of this method sets the content type and encoding from the "media-type" and "encoding" output properties specified in the Transformer.

Parameters:
model - merged output Map (never null)
response - current HTTP response
transformer - the target transformer

createTransformer

protected Transformer createTransformer(Templates templates)
                                 throws TransformerConfigurationException
Create the Transformer instance used to prefer the XSLT transformation.

The default implementation simply calls Templates.newTransformer(), and configures the Transformer with the custom URIResolver if specified.

Parameters:
templates - the XSLT Templates instance to create a Transformer for
Returns:
the Transformer object
Throws:
TransformerConfigurationException - in case of creation failure

getStylesheetSource

protected Source getStylesheetSource()
Get the XSLT Source for the XSLT template under the configured URL.

Returns:
the Source object