1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.web.servlet; 18 19 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; 20 21 /** 22 * Strategy interface for translating an incoming 23 * {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest} into a 24 * logical view name when no view name is explicitly supplied. 25 * 26 * @author Rob Harrop 27 * @since 2.0 28 */ 29 public interface RequestToViewNameTranslator { 30 31 /** 32 * Translate the given {@link HttpServletRequest} into a view name. 33 * @param request the incoming {@link HttpServletRequest} providing 34 * the context from which a view name is to be resolved 35 * @return the view name (never <code>null</code>) 36 * @throws Exception if view name translation fails 37 */ 38 String getViewName(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception; 39 40 } 41