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16  
17  package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation;
18  
19  import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
20  import org.springframework.util.PatternMatchUtils;
21  import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
22  import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler;
23  import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
24  import org.springframework.web.servlet.RequestToViewNameTranslator;
25  
26  /**
27   * Handles return values of types {@code void} and {@code String} interpreting
28   * them as view name reference.
29   *
30   * <p>A {@code null} return value, either due to a {@code void} return type or
31   * as the actual return value is left as-is allowing the configured
32   * {@link RequestToViewNameTranslator} to select a view name by convention.
33   *
34   * <p>A String return value can be interpreted in more than one ways depending
35   * on the presence of annotations like {@code @ModelAttribute} or
36   * {@code @ResponseBody}. Therefore this handler should be configured after
37   * the handlers that support these annotations.
38   *
39   * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
40   * @since 3.1
41   */
42  public class ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler implements HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler {
43  
44  	private String[] redirectPatterns;
45  
46  
47  	/**
48  	 * Configure one more simple patterns (as described in
49  	 * {@link PatternMatchUtils#simpleMatch}) to use in order to recognize
50  	 * custom redirect prefixes in addition to "redirect:".
51  	 * <p>Note that simply configuring this property will not make a custom
52  	 * redirect prefix work. There must be a custom View that recognizes the
53  	 * prefix as well.
54  	 * @since 4.1
55  	 */
56  	public void setRedirectPatterns(String... redirectPatterns) {
57  		this.redirectPatterns = redirectPatterns;
58  	}
59  
60  	/**
61  	 * The configured redirect patterns, if any.
62  	 */
63  	public String[] getRedirectPatterns() {
64  		return this.redirectPatterns;
65  	}
66  
67  
68  	@Override
69  	public boolean supportsReturnType(MethodParameter returnType) {
70  		Class<?> paramType = returnType.getParameterType();
71  		return (void.class.equals(paramType) || String.class.equals(paramType));
72  	}
73  
74  	@Override
75  	public void handleReturnValue(Object returnValue, MethodParameter returnType,
76  			ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer, NativeWebRequest webRequest) throws Exception {
77  
78  		if (returnValue == null) {
79  			return;
80  		}
81  		else if (returnValue instanceof String) {
82  			String viewName = (String) returnValue;
83  			mavContainer.setViewName(viewName);
84  			if (isRedirectViewName(viewName)) {
85  				mavContainer.setRedirectModelScenario(true);
86  			}
87  		}
88  		else {
89  			// should not happen
90  			throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unexpected return type: " +
91  					returnType.getParameterType().getName() + " in method: " + returnType.getMethod());
92  		}
93  	}
94  
95  	/**
96  	 * Whether the given view name is a redirect view reference.
97  	 * The default implementation checks the configured redirect patterns and
98  	 * also if the view name starts with the "redirect:" prefix.
99  	 * @param viewName the view name to check, never {@code null}
100 	 * @return "true" if the given view name is recognized as a redirect view
101 	 * reference; "false" otherwise.
102 	 */
103 	protected boolean isRedirectViewName(String viewName) {
104 		if (PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(this.redirectPatterns, viewName)) {
105 			return true;
106 		}
107 		return viewName.startsWith("redirect:");
108 	}
109 
110 }