View.java

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package org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view;

import java.util.List;

import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;

import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.web.reactive.HandlerResult;
import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;

/**
 * Contract to render {@link HandlerResult} to the HTTP response.
 *
 * <p>In contrast to an {@link org.springframework.core.codec.Encoder Encoder}
 * which is a singleton and encodes any object of a given type, a {@code View}
 * is typically selected by name and resolved using a {@link ViewResolver}
 * which may for example match it to an HTML template. Furthermore a {@code View}
 * may render based on multiple attributes contained in the model.
 *
 * <p>A {@code View} can also choose to select an attribute from the model use
 * any existing {@code Encoder} to render alternate media types.
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 */
public interface View {

	/**
	 * Return the list of media types this View supports, or an empty list.
	 */
	List<MediaType> getSupportedMediaTypes();

	/**
	 * Render the view based on the given {@link HandlerResult}. Implementations
	 * can access and use the model or only a specific attribute in it.
	 * @param result the result from handler execution
	 * @param contentType the content type selected to render with which should
	 * match one of the {@link #getSupportedMediaTypes() supported media types}.
	 * @param exchange the current exchange
	 * @return {@code Mono} to represent when and if rendering succeeds
	 */
	Mono<Void> render(HandlerResult result, MediaType contentType, ServerWebExchange exchange);

}