source: other-projects/the-macronizer/trunk/src/java/web/servlets/OutputType.java@ 35720

package web.servlets;

/**
 * Defines the valid output types for a servlet response.
 */
public enum OutputType
{
    /**
     * The response is redirected to a JSP page, with data set as attributes on the forwarded request.
     */
    JspRedirect,

    /**
     * The response is returned as a JSON string containing the serialized data.
     */
    Json;

    public static OutputType parse(String input)
    {
        if (input == null)
        {
            return OutputType.JspRedirect;
        }

        switch (input)
        {
            case "json":
                return OutputType.Json;
            default:
                return OutputType.JspRedirect;
        }
    }
}