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package org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc;
import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
import org.springframework.web.portlet.ModelAndView;
/**
* <p>Trivial controller that always returns a named view. The view
* can be configured using an exposed configuration property. This
* controller offers an alternative to sending a request straight to a view
* such as a JSP. The advantage here is that the client is not exposed to
* the concrete view technology but rather just to the controller URL;
* the concrete view will be determined by the ViewResolver.</p>
*
* <p><b><a name="workflow">Workflow
* (<a href="AbstractController.html#workflow">and that defined by superclass</a>):</b><br>
* <ol>
* <li>Render request is received by the controller</li>
* <li>call to {@link #handleRenderRequestInternal handleRenderRequestInternal} which
* just returns the view, named by the configuration property
* <code>viewName</code>. Nothing more, nothing less</li>
* </ol>
* </p>
*
* <p>This controller does not handle action requests.</p>
*
* <p><b><a name="config">Exposed configuration properties</a>
* (<a href="AbstractController.html#config">and those defined by superclass</a>):</b><br>
* <table border="1">
* <tr>
* <td><b>name</b></td>
* <td><b>default</b></td>
* <td><b>description</b></td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td>viewName</td>
* <td><i>null</i></td>
* <td>the name of the view the viewResolver will use to forward to
* (if this property is not set, an exception will be thrown during
* initialization)</td>
* </tr>
* </table>
* </p>
*
* @author John A. Lewis
* @since 2.0
*/
public class ParameterizableViewController extends AbstractController {
private String viewName;
/**
* Set the name of the view to delegate to.
*/
public void setViewName(String viewName) {
this.viewName = viewName;
}
/**
* Return the name of the view to delegate to.
*/
public String getViewName() {
return this.viewName;
}
@Override
protected void initApplicationContext() {
if (this.viewName == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property 'viewName' is required");
}
}
/**
* Return a ModelAndView object with the specified view name.
*/
@Override
protected ModelAndView handleRenderRequestInternal(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
throws Exception {
return new ModelAndView(getViewName());
}
}