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package org.springframework.web.servlet.view;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;

/**
 * Abstract base class for URL-based views. Provides a consistent way of
 * holding the URL that a View wraps, in the form of a "url" bean property.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 13.12.2003
 */
public abstract class AbstractUrlBasedView extends AbstractView implements InitializingBean {

	private String url;


	/**
	 * Constructor for use as a bean.
	 */
	protected AbstractUrlBasedView() {
	}

	/**
	 * Create a new AbstractUrlBasedView with the given URL.
	 * @param url the URL to forward to
	 */
	protected AbstractUrlBasedView(String url) {
		this.url = url;
	}


	/**
	 * Set the URL of the resource that this view wraps.
	 * The URL must be appropriate for the concrete View implementation.
	 */
	public void setUrl(String url) {
		this.url = url;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the URL of the resource that this view wraps.
	 */
	public String getUrl() {
		return this.url;
	}

	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
		if (isUrlRequired() && getUrl() == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property 'url' is required");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return whether the 'url' property is required.
	 * <p>The default implementation returns <code>true</code.
	 * This can be overridden in subclasses.
	 */
	protected boolean isUrlRequired() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Check whether the underlying resource that the configured URL points to
	 * actually exists.
	 * @param locale the desired Locale that we're looking for
	 * @return <code>true</code> if the resource exists (or is assumed to exist);
	 * <code>false</code> if we know that it does not exist
	 * @throws Exception if the resource exists but is invalid (e.g. could not be parsed)
	 */
	public boolean checkResource(Locale locale) throws Exception {
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(super.toString());
		sb.append("; URL [").append(getUrl()).append("]");
		return sb.toString();
	}

}
