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016
017package org.springframework.web.servlet;
018
019import java.util.Locale;
020
021/**
022 * Interface to be implemented by objects that can resolve views by name.
023 *
024 * <p>View state doesn't change during the running of the application,
025 * so implementations are free to cache views.
026 *
027 * <p>Implementations are encouraged to support internationalization,
028 * i.e. localized view resolution.
029 *
030 * @author Rod Johnson
031 * @author Juergen Hoeller
032 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver
033 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver
034 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver
035 */
036public interface ViewResolver {
037
038        /**
039         * Resolve the given view by name.
040         * <p>Note: To allow for ViewResolver chaining, a ViewResolver should
041         * return {@code null} if a view with the given name is not defined in it.
042         * However, this is not required: Some ViewResolvers will always attempt
043         * to build View objects with the given name, unable to return {@code null}
044         * (rather throwing an exception when View creation failed).
045         * @param viewName name of the view to resolve
046         * @param locale Locale in which to resolve the view.
047         * ViewResolvers that support internationalization should respect this.
048         * @return the View object, or {@code null} if not found
049         * (optional, to allow for ViewResolver chaining)
050         * @throws Exception if the view cannot be resolved
051         * (typically in case of problems creating an actual View object)
052         */
053        View resolveViewName(String viewName, Locale locale) throws Exception;
054
055}