public class

BeanNameViewResolver

extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
implements Ordered ViewResolver
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
     ↳ org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
       ↳ org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver

Class Overview

Simple implementation of ViewResolver that interprets a view name as bean name in the current application context, i.e. 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 normal applications, XmlViewResolver will be the better choice, as it separates the XML view bean definitions into a dedicated views file. View beans should virtually never have references to any other application beans - such a separation will make this clear.

This ViewResolver does not support internationalization. Conside ResourceBundleViewResolver if you need to apply different view resources per locale.

Note: This ViewResolver implements the Ordered interface 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.

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From interface org.springframework.core.Ordered
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Inherited Fields
From class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
Public Constructors
BeanNameViewResolver()
Public Methods
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)
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Inherited Methods
From class org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
From class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware
From interface org.springframework.core.Ordered
From interface org.springframework.web.context.ServletContextAware
From interface org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver

Public Constructors

public BeanNameViewResolver ()

Public Methods

public int getOrder ()

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).

Returns
  • the order value

public View resolveViewName (String viewName, Locale locale)

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).

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)

public void setOrder (int order)