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package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
import org.springframework.ui.ExtendedModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
/**
* SPI for resolving custom return values from a specific handler method.
* Typically implemented to detect special return types, resolving
* well-known result values for them.
*
* A typical implementation could look like as follows:
*
*
* public class MyModelAndViewResolver implements ModelAndViewResolver {
*
* public ModelAndView resolveModelAndView(Method handlerMethod, Class handlerType,
* Object returnValue, ExtendedModelMap implicitModel, NativeWebRequest webRequest) {
* if (returnValue instanceof MySpecialRetVal.class)) {
* return new MySpecialRetVal(returnValue);
* }
* return UNRESOLVED;
* }
* }
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface ModelAndViewResolver {
/**
* Marker to be returned when the resolver does not know how to handle the given method parameter.
*/
ModelAndView UNRESOLVED = new ModelAndView();
ModelAndView resolveModelAndView(Method handlerMethod, Class handlerType,
@Nullable Object returnValue, ExtendedModelMap implicitModel, NativeWebRequest webRequest);
}