org.springframework.webflow.engine.builder
Interface ViewFactoryCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

JsfViewFactoryCreator, MvcViewFactoryCreator

public interface ViewFactoryCreator

A factory for ViewFactory objects. This is an SPI interface and conceals specific types of view factories from the flow builder infrastructure.

Method Summary

ViewFactory	createViewFactory(Expression viewId, ExpressionParser expressionParser, ConversionService conversionService, BinderConfiguration binderConfiguration, org.springframework.validation.Validator validator, ValidationHintResolver validationHintResolver) Create a view factory capable of creating View objects that can render the view template with the provided identifier.
java.lang.String	getViewIdByConvention(java.lang.String viewStateId) Get the default id of the view to render in the provided view state by convention.

Method Detail

createViewFactory

ViewFactory createViewFactory(Expression viewId,
                              ExpressionParser expressionParser,
                              ConversionService conversionService,
                              BinderConfiguration binderConfiguration,
                              org.springframework.validation.Validator validator,
                              ValidationHintResolver validationHintResolver)

Create a view factory capable of creating View objects that can render the view template with the provided identifier.

Parameters:

viewId - an expression that resolves the id of the view to render

expressionParser - an optional expression parser to use to resolve view expressions

conversionService - an optional conversion service to use to format text values

binderConfiguration - information on how the rendered view binds to a model that provides its data

validator - a global validator to invoke

validationHintResolver - a custom ValidationHintResolver to use

Returns:

the view factory

getViewIdByConvention

java.lang.String getViewIdByConvention(java.lang.String viewStateId)

Get the default id of the view to render in the provided view state by convention.

Parameters:

viewStateId - the view state id

Returns:

the default view id