Allow MVC handler methods to return any CharSequence type as view name [SPR-13165] #17756
Description
Christopher Smith opened SPR-13165 and commented
When a method does not have an explicit return type of String (which causes, among other things, problems with Spring HATEOAS), returning a Groovy GString (particularly helpful with building redirect: links) confuses MVC. Using the regular string-return semantics requires an explicit call to toString().
It would be helpful, when groovy.lang.GString is present on the classpath, for the dispatcher servlet to automatically call toString() on returned GString values.
Affects: 4.2 RC1
Issue Links:
- Coerce @ResponseBody CharSequences to strings [SPR-13423] #18002 Coerce
@ResponseBodyCharSequences to strings
Referenced from: commits a2d3c27