/* * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ 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. * *
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. * *
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