MethodNameResolver (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction

## Interface MethodNameResolver

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractUrlMethodNameResolver, InternalPathMethodNameResolver, ParameterMethodNameResolver, PropertiesMethodNameResolver

      public interface MethodNameResolver

  Interface that parameterizes the MultiActionController class using the Strategy GoF Design pattern, allowing the mapping from incoming request to handler method name to be varied without affecting other application code.

  Illustrates how delegation can be more flexible than subclassing.

  Author:
    Rod Johnson
  See Also:
    `MultiActionController.setMethodNameResolver(org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MethodNameResolver)`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getHandlerMethodName(HttpServletRequest request)` Return a method name that can handle this request.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getHandlerMethodName

          String getHandlerMethodName(HttpServletRequest request)
                                      throws NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException

      Return a method name that can handle this request. Such mappings are typically, but not necessarily, based on URL.
      Parameters:
        `request` - current HTTP request
      Returns:
        a method name that can handle this request. Never returns `null`; throws exception if not resolvable.
      Throws:
        `NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException` - if no handler method can be found for the given request