spring mvc HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler

今天项目遇到一个问题：在controller里重定向，正常使用 return "redirect:/url".结果怎么都不可以，后来发现RequestMappingHandlerAdapter里的HandlerMethodReturnValueHandlerComposite 对象里的List<HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler> returnValueHandlers  被通过配置封装去掉了ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler。

Spring源码：

	/**
	 * Iterate over registered {@link HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler}s and invoke the one that supports it.
	 * @exception IllegalStateException if no suitable {@link HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler} is found.
	 */
	public void handleReturnValue(
			Object returnValue, MethodParameter returnType,
			ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer, NativeWebRequest webRequest)
			throws Exception {

		HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler handler = getReturnValueHandler(returnType);
		Assert.notNull(handler, "Unknown return value type [" + returnType.getParameterType().getName() + "]");
		handler.handleReturnValue(returnValue, returnType, mavContainer, webRequest);
	}

	/**
	 * Find a registered {@link HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler} that supports the given return type.
	 */
	private HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler getReturnValueHandler(MethodParameter returnType) {
		for (HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler returnValueHandler : returnValueHandlers) {
			if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
				logger.trace("Testing if return value handler [" + returnValueHandler + "] supports [" +
						returnType.getGenericParameterType() + "]");
			}
			if (returnValueHandler.supportsReturnType(returnType)) {
				return returnValueHandler;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

所以下面介绍一下下面几个HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler的各实现类的作用：

1. ModelAndViewMethodReturnValueHandler

返回值类型是ModelAndView或其子类

2. ModelMethodProcessor

返回值类型是Model或其子类

3. ViewMethodReturnValueHandler

返回值类型是View或其子类 

4. HttpHeadersReturnValueHandler

返回值类型是HttpHeaders或其子类  

5. ModelAttributeMethodProcessor

返回值有@ModelAttribute注解

6. ViewNameMethodReturnValueHandler

返回值是void或String