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package org.springframework.web.servlet.view;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNameAware;
import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext;
/**
* Abstract base class for {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.View}
* implementations. Subclasses should be JavaBeans, to allow for
* convenient configuration as Spring-managed bean instances.
*
* <p>Provides support for static attributes, to be made available to the view,
* with a variety of ways to specify them. Static attributes will be merged
* with the given dynamic attributes (the model that the controller returned)
* for each render operation.
*
* <p>Extends {@link WebApplicationObjectSupport}, which will be helpful to
* some views. Subclasses just need to implement the actual rendering.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @see #setAttributes
* @see #setAttributesMap
* @see #renderMergedOutputModel
*/
public abstract class AbstractView extends WebApplicationObjectSupport implements View, BeanNameAware {
/** Default content type. Overridable as bean property. */
public static final String DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1";
/** Initial size for the temporary output byte array (if any) */
private static final int OUTPUT_BYTE_ARRAY_INITIAL_SIZE = 4096;
private String beanName;
private String contentType = DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE;
private String requestContextAttribute;
/** Map of static attributes, keyed by attribute name (String) */
private final Map staticAttributes = new HashMap();
/**
* Set the view's name. Helpful for traceability.
* <p>Framework code must call this when constructing views.
*/
public void setBeanName(String beanName) {
this.beanName = beanName;
}
/**
* Return the view's name. Should never be <code>null</code>,
* if the view was correctly configured.
*/
public String getBeanName() {
return this.beanName;
}
/**
* Set the content type for this view.
* Default is "text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1".
* <p>May be ignored by subclasses if the view itself is assumed
* to set the content type, e.g. in case of JSPs.
*/
public void setContentType(String contentType) {
this.contentType = contentType;
}
/**
* Return the content type for this view.
*/
public String getContentType() {
return this.contentType;
}
/**
* Set the name of the RequestContext attribute for this view.
* Default is none.
*/
public void setRequestContextAttribute(String requestContextAttribute) {
this.requestContextAttribute = requestContextAttribute;
}
/**
* Return the name of the RequestContext attribute, if any.
*/
public String getRequestContextAttribute() {
return this.requestContextAttribute;
}
/**
* Set static attributes as a CSV string.
* Format is: attname0={value1},attname1={value1}
* <p>"Static" attributes are fixed attributes that are specified in
* the View instance configuration. "Dynamic" attributes, on the other hand,
* are values passed in as part of the model.
*/
public void setAttributesCSV(String propString) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (propString != null) {
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(propString, ",");
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
String tok = st.nextToken();
int eqIdx = tok.indexOf("=");
if (eqIdx == -1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected = in attributes CSV string '" + propString + "'");
}
if (eqIdx >= tok.length() - 2) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"At least 2 characters ([]) required in attributes CSV string '" + propString + "'");
}
String name = tok.substring(0, eqIdx);
String value = tok.substring(eqIdx + 1);
// Delete first and last characters of value: { and }
value = value.substring(1);
value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1);
addStaticAttribute(name, value);
}
}
}
/**
* Set static attributes for this view from a
* <code>java.util.Properties</code> object.
* <p>"Static" attributes are fixed attributes that are specified in
* the View instance configuration. "Dynamic" attributes, on the other hand,
* are values passed in as part of the model.
* <p>This is the most convenient way to set static attributes. Note that
* static attributes can be overridden by dynamic attributes, if a value
* with the same name is included in the model.
* <p>Can be populated with a String "value" (parsed via PropertiesEditor)
* or a "props" element in XML bean definitions.
* @see org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.PropertiesEditor
*/
public void setAttributes(Properties attributes) {
CollectionUtils.mergePropertiesIntoMap(attributes, this.staticAttributes);
}
/**
* Set static attributes for this view from a Map. This allows to set
* any kind of attribute values, for example bean references.
* <p>"Static" attributes are fixed attributes that are specified in
* the View instance configuration. "Dynamic" attributes, on the other hand,
* are values passed in as part of the model.
* <p>Can be populated with a "map" or "props" element in XML bean definitions.
* @param attributes Map with name Strings as keys and attribute objects as values
*/
public void setAttributesMap(Map attributes) {
if (attributes != null) {
Iterator it = attributes.entrySet().iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
Object key = entry.getKey();
if (!(key instanceof String)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Invalid attribute key [" + key + "]: only Strings allowed");
}
addStaticAttribute((String) key, entry.getValue());
}
}
}
/**
* Allow Map access to the static attributes of this view,
* with the option to add or override specific entries.
* <p>Useful for specifying entries directly, for example via
* "attributesMap[myKey]". This is particularly useful for
* adding or overriding entries in child view definitions.
*/
public Map getAttributesMap() {
return this.staticAttributes;
}
/**
* Add static data to this view, exposed in each view.
* <p>"Static" attributes are fixed attributes that are specified in
* the View instance configuration. "Dynamic" attributes, on the other hand,
* are values passed in as part of the model.
* <p>Must be invoked before any calls to <code>render</code>.
* @param name the name of the attribute to expose
* @param value the attribute value to expose
* @see #render
*/
public void addStaticAttribute(String name, Object value) {
this.staticAttributes.put(name, value);
}
/**
* Return the static attributes for this view. Handy for testing.
* <p>Returns an unmodifiable Map, as this is not intended for
* manipulating the Map but rather just for checking the contents.
* @return the static attributes in this view
*/
public Map getStaticAttributes() {
return Collections.unmodifiableMap(this.staticAttributes);
}
/**
* Prepares the view given the specified model, merging it with static
* attributes and a RequestContext attribute, if necessary.
* Delegates to renderMergedOutputModel for the actual rendering.
* @see #renderMergedOutputModel
*/
public void render(Map model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("Rendering view with name '" + this.beanName + "' with model " + model +
" and static attributes " + this.staticAttributes);
}
// Consolidate static and dynamic model attributes.
Map mergedModel = new HashMap(this.staticAttributes.size() + (model != null ? model.size() : 0));
mergedModel.putAll(this.staticAttributes);
if (model != null) {
mergedModel.putAll(model);
}
// Expose RequestContext?
if (this.requestContextAttribute != null) {
mergedModel.put(this.requestContextAttribute, createRequestContext(request, mergedModel));
}
prepareResponse(request, response);
renderMergedOutputModel(mergedModel, request, response);
}
/**
* Create a RequestContext to expose under the specified attribute name.
* <p>Default implementation creates a standard RequestContext instance for the
* given request and model. Can be overridden in subclasses for custom instances.
* @param request current HTTP request
* @param model combined output Map (never <code>null</code>),
* with dynamic values taking precedence over static attributes
* @return the RequestContext instance
* @see #setRequestContextAttribute
* @see org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext
*/
protected RequestContext createRequestContext(HttpServletRequest request, Map model) {
return new RequestContext(request, getServletContext(), model);
}
/**
* Prepare the given response for rendering.
* <p>The default implementation applies a workaround for an IE bug
* when sending download content via HTTPS.
* @param request current HTTP request
* @param response current HTTP response
*/
protected void prepareResponse(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
if (generatesDownloadContent()) {
response.setHeader("Pragma", "private");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "private, must-revalidate");
}
}
/**
* Return whether this view generates download content
* (typically binary content like PDF or Excel files).
* <p>The default implementation returns <code>false</code>. Subclasses are
* encouraged to return <code>true</code> here if they know that they are
* generating download content that requires temporary caching on the
* client side, typically via the response OutputStream.
* @see #prepareResponse
* @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse#getOutputStream()
*/
protected boolean generatesDownloadContent() {
return false;
}
/**
* Subclasses must implement this method to actually render the view.
* <p>The first step will be preparing the request: In the JSP case,
* this would mean setting model objects as request attributes.
* The second step will be the actual rendering of the view,
* for example including the JSP via a RequestDispatcher.
* @param model combined output Map (never <code>null</code>),
* with dynamic values taking precedence over static attributes
* @param request current HTTP request
* @param response current HTTP response
* @throws Exception if rendering failed
*/
protected abstract void renderMergedOutputModel(
Map model, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception;
/**
* Expose the model objects in the given map as request attributes.
* Names will be taken from the model Map.
* This method is suitable for all resources reachable by {@link javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher}.
* @param model Map of model objects to expose
* @param request current HTTP request
*/
protected void exposeModelAsRequestAttributes(Map model, HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
Iterator it = model.entrySet().iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
if (!(entry.getKey() instanceof String)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Invalid key [" + entry.getKey() + "] in model Map: only Strings allowed as model keys");
}
String modelName = (String) entry.getKey();
Object modelValue = entry.getValue();
if (modelValue != null) {
request.setAttribute(modelName, modelValue);
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("Added model object '" + modelName + "' of type [" + modelValue.getClass().getName() +
"] to request in view with name '" + getBeanName() + "'");
}
}
else {
request.removeAttribute(modelName);
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("Removed model object '" + modelName +
"' from request in view with name '" + getBeanName() + "'");
}
}
}
}
/**
* Create a temporary OutputStream for this view.
* <p>This is typically used as IE workaround, for setting the content length header
* from the temporary stream before actually writing the content to the HTTP response.
*/
protected ByteArrayOutputStream createTemporaryOutputStream() {
return new ByteArrayOutputStream(OUTPUT_BYTE_ARRAY_INITIAL_SIZE);
}
/**
* Write the given temporary OutputStream to the HTTP response.
* @param response current HTTP response
* @param baos the temporary OutputStream to write
* @throws IOException if writing/flushing failed
*/
protected void writeToResponse(HttpServletResponse response, ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws IOException {
// Write content type and also length (determined via byte array).
response.setContentType(getContentType());
response.setContentLength(baos.size());
// Flush byte array to servlet output stream.
ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
baos.writeTo(out);
out.flush();
}
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(getClass().getName());
if (getBeanName() != null) {
sb.append(": name '").append(getBeanName()).append("'");
}
else {
sb.append(": unnamed");
}
return sb.toString();
}
}