org.springframework.web.servlet.view

Class BeanNameViewResolver

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport

org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport

org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

Aware, ApplicationContextAware, Ordered, ServletContextAware, ViewResolver

public class BeanNameViewResolver
extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
implements ViewResolver, Ordered

A simple implementation of ViewResolver that interprets a view name as a bean name in the current application context, i.e. typically in the XML file of the executing DispatcherServlet.

This resolver can be handy for small applications, keeping all definitions ranging from controllers to views in the same place. For larger applications, XmlViewResolver will be the better choice, as it separates the XML view bean definitions into a dedicated views file.

Note: Neither this ViewResolver nor XmlViewResolver supports internationalization. Consider ResourceBundleViewResolver if you need to apply different view resources per locale.

Note: This ViewResolver implements the Ordered interface in order to allow for flexible participation in ViewResolver chaining. For example, some special views could be defined via this ViewResolver (giving it 0 as "order" value), while all remaining views could be resolved by a UrlBasedViewResolver.

Since:

18.06.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

XmlViewResolver, ResourceBundleViewResolver, UrlBasedViewResolver

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport

logger

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanNameViewResolver()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getOrder() Return the order value of this object, with a higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.
View	resolveViewName(String viewName, Locale locale) Resolve the given view by name.
void	setOrder(int order)

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, initApplicationContext, requiredContextClass, setApplicationContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanNameViewResolver

public BeanNameViewResolver()

Method Detail

setOrder

public void setOrder(int order)

getOrder

public int getOrder()

Description copied from interface: Ordered

Return the order value of this object, with a higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.

Normally starting with 0, with Integer.MAX_VALUE indicating the greatest value. Same order values will result in arbitrary positions for the affected objects.

Higher values can be interpreted as lower priority. As a consequence, the object with the lowest value has highest priority (somewhat analogous to Servlet "load-on-startup" values).

Specified by:

getOrder in interface Ordered

Returns:

the order value

resolveViewName

public View resolveViewName(String viewName,
                   Locale locale)
                     throws BeansException

Description copied from interface: ViewResolver

Resolve the given view by name.

Note: To allow for ViewResolver chaining, a ViewResolver should return null if a view with the given name is not defined in it. However, this is not required: Some ViewResolvers will always attempt to build View objects with the given name, unable to return null (rather throwing an exception when View creation failed).

Specified by:

resolveViewName in interface ViewResolver

Parameters:

viewName - name of the view to resolve

locale - Locale in which to resolve the view. ViewResolvers that support internationalization should respect this.

Returns:

the View object, or null if not found (optional, to allow for ViewResolver chaining)

Throws:

BeansException