= Redirect _(enum)_
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The available policies for rendering the next page if the result is the same as the target (in other words, an action that returns "this").

== API

[source,java]
.Redirect.java
----
enum Redirect {
  AS_CONFIGURED     // <.>
  EVEN_IF_SAME     // <.>
  ONLY_IF_DIFFERS     // <.>
}
----

<.> xref:#AS_CONFIGURED[AS_CONFIGURED]
+
--
As defined by configuration property `causeway.viewer.wicket.redirectEvenIfSameObject` 
--
<.> xref:#EVEN_IF_SAME[EVEN_IF_SAME]
+
--
Redirect (meaning render a new page) even if the result of the action is the same as the target.
--
<.> xref:#ONLY_IF_DIFFERS[ONLY_IF_DIFFERS]
+
--
Don't redirect if the result is the same as the target, instead just update the existing page.
--

== Members

[#AS_CONFIGURED]
=== AS_CONFIGURED

As defined by configuration property `causeway.viewer.wicket.redirectEvenIfSameObject` 

[#EVEN_IF_SAME]
=== EVEN_IF_SAME

Redirect (meaning render a new page) even if the result of the action is the same as the target.

[#ONLY_IF_DIFFERS]
=== ONLY_IF_DIFFERS

Don't redirect if the result is the same as the target, instead just update the existing page.

Of course, a redirect is still performed if the result of the action is different from the target.
