org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.condition

Interface RequestCondition<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of objects that this RequestCondition can be combined with and compared to

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRequestCondition, CompositeRequestCondition, ConsumesRequestCondition, HeadersRequestCondition, ParamsRequestCondition, PatternsRequestCondition, ProducesRequestCondition, RequestConditionHolder, RequestMappingInfo, RequestMethodsRequestCondition

public interface RequestCondition<T>

The contract for request conditions in Spring MVC's mapping infrastructure.

Request conditions can be combined via combine(Object), matched to a request via getMatchingCondition(HttpServletRequest), and compared to each other via compareTo(Object, HttpServletRequest) to determine which matches a request more closely.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev, Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	combine(T other) Defines the rules for combining this condition (i.e.
int	compareTo(T other, HttpServletRequest request) Compares this condition to another condition in the context of a specific request.
T	getMatchingCondition(HttpServletRequest request) Checks if this condition matches the given request and returns a potentially new request condition with content tailored to the current request.

Method Detail

combine

T combine(T other)

Defines the rules for combining this condition (i.e. the current instance) with another condition. For example combining type- and method-level RequestMapping conditions.

Parameters:

other - the condition to combine with.

Returns:

a request condition instance that is the result of combining the two condition instances.

getMatchingCondition

T getMatchingCondition(HttpServletRequest request)

Checks if this condition matches the given request and returns a potentially new request condition with content tailored to the current request. For example a condition with URL patterns might return a new condition that contains matching patterns sorted with best matching patterns on top.

Returns:

a condition instance in case of a match; or null if there is no match

compareTo

int compareTo(T other,
              HttpServletRequest request)

Compares this condition to another condition in the context of a specific request. This method assumes both instances have been obtained via getMatchingCondition(HttpServletRequest) to ensure they have content relevant to current request only.