org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc

Interface ResourceAwareController

All Known Implementing Classes:

PortletWrappingController

public interface ResourceAwareController

Extension of the Portlet Controller interface that allows for handling Portlet 2.0 resource requests as well. Can also be implemented by AbstractController subclasses.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

javax.portlet.ResourceServingPortlet, Controller, EventAwareController

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ModelAndView	handleResourceRequest(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response) Process the resource request and return a ModelAndView object which the DispatcherPortlet will render.

Method Detail

handleResourceRequest

ModelAndView handleResourceRequest(ResourceRequest request,
                                   ResourceResponse response)
                            throws java.lang.Exception

Process the resource request and return a ModelAndView object which the DispatcherPortlet will render. A null return value is not an error: It indicates that this object completed request processing itself, thus there is no ModelAndView to render.

Parameters:

request - current portlet resource request

response - current portlet resource response

Returns:

a ModelAndView to render, or null if handled directly

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - in case of errors