## org.springframework.web.servlet.handler
Class AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
          org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
              org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerMapping
                  org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping
                      org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Aware, ApplicationContextAware, Ordered, ServletContextAware, HandlerMapping

Direct Known Subclasses:
  AbstractControllerUrlHandlerMapping, BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping, DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping

    public abstract class AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping

extends AbstractUrlHandlerMapping

Abstract implementation of the `HandlerMapping` interface, detecting URL mappings for handler beans through introspection of all defined beans in the application context.

Since:
  2.5
Author:
  Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `determineUrlsForHandler(java.lang.String)`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
`logger`

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping
`BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, INTROSPECT_TYPE_LEVEL_MAPPING, PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, PRODUCIBLE_MEDIA_TYPES_ATTRIBUTE, URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE`

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered
`HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE`

Constructor Summary
`AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping()`

Method Summary
`protected void` `detectHandlers()` Register all handlers found in the current ApplicationContext.
`protected abstract String[]` `determineUrlsForHandler(String beanName)` Determine the URLs for the given handler bean.
`void` `initApplicationContext()` Calls the `detectHandlers()` method in addition to the superclass's initialization.
`void` `setDetectHandlersInAncestorContexts(boolean detectHandlersInAncestorContexts)` Set whether to detect handler beans in ancestor ApplicationContexts.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping
`buildPathExposingHandler, exposePathWithinMapping, exposeUriTemplateVariables, getHandlerInternal, getHandlerMap, getRootHandler, lookupHandler, registerHandler, registerHandler, setLazyInitHandlers, setRootHandler, supportsTypeLevelMappings, validateHandler`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerMapping
`adaptInterceptor, detectMappedInterceptors, extendInterceptors, getAdaptedInterceptors, getDefaultHandler, getHandler, getHandlerExecutionChain, getMappedInterceptors, getOrder, getPathMatcher, getUrlPathHelper, initInterceptors, setAlwaysUseFullPath, setDefaultHandler, setInterceptors, setOrder, setPathMatcher, setUrlDecode, setUrlPathHelper`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationObjectSupport
`getServletContext, getTempDir, getWebApplicationContext, initApplicationContext, initServletContext, isContextRequired, setServletContext`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
`getApplicationContext, getMessageSourceAccessor, requiredContextClass, setApplicationContext`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping

    public AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping()

Method Detail

### setDetectHandlersInAncestorContexts

    public void setDetectHandlersInAncestorContexts(boolean detectHandlersInAncestorContexts)

  Set whether to detect handler beans in ancestor ApplicationContexts.

  Default is "false": Only handler beans in the current ApplicationContext will be detected, i.e. only in the context that this HandlerMapping itself is defined in (typically the current DispatcherServlet's context).

  Switch this flag on to detect handler beans in ancestor contexts (typically the Spring root WebApplicationContext) as well.

### initApplicationContext

    public void initApplicationContext()
                                throws ApplicationContextException

  Calls the `detectHandlers()` method in addition to the superclass's initialization.

  Overrides:
    `initApplicationContext` in class `AbstractHandlerMapping`
  Throws:
    `ApplicationContextException` - in case of initialization errors
  See Also:
    `AbstractHandlerMapping.extendInterceptors(java.util.List)`, `AbstractHandlerMapping.initInterceptors()`

### detectHandlers

    protected void detectHandlers()
                           throws BeansException

  Register all handlers found in the current ApplicationContext.

  The actual URL determination for a handler is up to the concrete `determineUrlsForHandler(String)` implementation. A bean for which no such URLs could be determined is simply not considered a handler.

  Throws:
    `BeansException` - if the handler couldn't be registered
  See Also:
    `determineUrlsForHandler(String)`

### determineUrlsForHandler

    protected abstract String[] determineUrlsForHandler(String beanName)

  Determine the URLs for the given handler bean.

  Parameters:
    `beanName` - the name of the candidate bean
  Returns:
    the URLs determined for the bean, or `null` or an empty array if none