SpringMVC响应结果的生成

  前面的文章讲过，SpringMVC接收到来自客户端的请求，找到处理请求的Handler，然后构造适配器HandleAdapter。HandleAdapter处理请求后返回ModelAndView对象（也可能返回null）。以RequestMappingHandlerAdapter为例，看看ModelAndView是怎样生成的，它的invokeHandlerMethod方法用来处理请求，生成ModelAndView。

private ModelAndView invokeHandlerMethod(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,HandlerMethod handlerMethod) throws Exception {ServletWebRequest webRequest = new ServletWebRequest(request, response);WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory = getDataBinderFactory(handlerMethod);ModelFactory modelFactory = getModelFactory(handlerMethod, binderFactory);ServletInvocableHandlerMethod requestMappingMethod = createRequestMappingMethod(handlerMethod, binderFactory);ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer = new ModelAndViewContainer();mavContainer.addAllAttributes(RequestContextUtils.getInputFlashMap(request));modelFactory.initModel(webRequest, mavContainer, requestMappingMethod);mavContainer.setIgnoreDefaultModelOnRedirect(this.ignoreDefaultModelOnRedirect);requestMappingMethod.invokeAndHandle(webRequest, mavContainer);modelFactory.updateModel(webRequest, mavContainer);if (mavContainer.isRequestHandled()) {return null;}else {ModelMap model = mavContainer.getModel();ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView(mavContainer.getViewName(), model);if (!mavContainer.isViewReference()) {mav.setView((View) mavContainer.getView());}if (model instanceof RedirectAttributes) {Map<String, ?> flashAttributes = ((RedirectAttributes) model).getFlashAttributes();RequestContextUtils.getOutputFlashMap(request).putAll(flashAttributes);}return mav;}}

  它先创建一个ModelAndViewContainer对象，这个对象包含了请求的处理结果。然后根据ModelAndViewContainer的结果创建、设置ModelAndView。如果请求的结果已经发送到客户端了（比如直接向response的OutputStream写入返回数据）则返回null，否则利用view的名字或者view创建ModelAndView并返回。那么ModelAndViewContainer中的结果是如何被设置的呢？要看ServletInvocableHandlerMethod的invokeAndHandle方法：

public final void invokeAndHandle(NativeWebRequest request, ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer,Object... providedArgs) throws Exception {Object returnValue = invokeForRequest(request, mavContainer, providedArgs);setResponseStatus((ServletWebRequest) request);if (returnValue == null) {if (isRequestNotModified(request) || hasResponseStatus() || mavContainer.isRequestHandled()) {mavContainer.setRequestHandled(true);return;}}mavContainer.setRequestHandled(false);try {returnValueHandlers.handleReturnValue(returnValue, getReturnType(), mavContainer, request);} catch (Exception ex) {if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {logger.trace(getReturnValueHandlingErrorMessage("Error handling return value", returnValue), ex);}throw ex;}}

       下面我们详细分析一下这个方法，returnValue就是调用Controller方法的返回值，它可以是任意类型的值，但是并不意味着我们返回任何值，spring都能正确处理。具体我们可以返回哪些值，由returnValueHandlers决定。returnValueHandlers的设计采用了SpringMVC中随处可见的组合模式和策略模式。默认情况下，有如下的returnValueHandler：

                                

     根据名字可以推断，Controller方法可以直接返回ModelAndView，也可以返回view的名字等等。DispatcherServlet获取到ModelAndView之后需要解析出View对象，然后渲染这个View。

protected void render(ModelAndView mv, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {// Determine locale for request and apply it to the response.Locale locale = this.localeResolver.resolveLocale(request);response.setLocale(locale);View view;if (mv.isReference()) {// We need to resolve the view name.view = resolveViewName(mv.getViewName(), mv.getModelInternal(), locale, request);if (view == null) {throw new ServletException("Could not resolve view with name '" + mv.getViewName() + "' in servlet with name '" +getServletName() + "'");}}else {// No need to lookup: the ModelAndView object contains the actual View object.view = mv.getView();if (view == null) {throw new ServletException("ModelAndView [" + mv + "] neither contains a view name nor a " +"View object in servlet with name '" + getServletName() + "'");}}// Delegate to the View object for rendering.if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {logger.debug("Rendering view [" + view + "] in DispatcherServlet with name '" + getServletName() + "'");}view.render(mv.getModelInternal(), request, response);}

    一般情况下，ModelAndView并不包含View对象，而是包含View的名字。然后Spring在利用view的名字找到View对象，一般情况下即JstlView。今天先到这里，后续研究一下JSP的运行原理。