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package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.web.servlet.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 you're decoupling the controller
 * and the view, letter the some the configuration determine (instead of
 * the controller) the viewtechnology.</p>
 *
 * <p>An alternative to the ParameterizableViewController is of the
 * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction MultiAction controllers},
 * some of which allow the same behavior, but then for more views at in one
 * controller.</p>
 *
 * <p><b><a name="workflow">Workflow
 * (<a href="AbstractController.html#workflow">and that defined by superclass</a>):</b><br>
 * <ol>
 *  <li>Request is received by the controller</li>
 *  <li>call to {@link #handleRequestInternal handleRequestInternal} which
 *      just returns the view, named by the configuration property
 *      <code>viewName</code>. Nothing more, nothing less</li>
 * </ol>
 * </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 Rod Johnson
 */
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 viewName;
	}

	protected void initApplicationContext() {
		if (this.viewName == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("viewName is required");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return a ModelAndView object with the specified view name.
	 */
	protected ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws Exception {
		return new ModelAndView(this.viewName);
	}

}