1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/django/views/generic/simple.py b/django/views/generic/simple.py
index 4dffd69a47..8a054e1ce7 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/simple.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/simple.py
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
-from django.core import template_loader
-from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext
-from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponse
+from django.core.extensions import DjangoContext, render_to_response
+from django.utils.httpwrappers import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseGone
 
 def direct_to_template(request, template, **kwargs):
-    """Render a given template with any extra parameters in the context."""
-    t = template_loader.get_template(template)
-    c = DjangoContext(request, {'params' : kwargs})
-    return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
-\ No newline at end of file
+    """
+    Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as 
+    ``{{ params }}``.
+    """
+    return render_to_response(template, {'params' : kwargs}, context_instance=DjangoContext(request))
+    
+def redirect_to(request, url, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Redirect to a given URL.  
+    
+    The given url may contain dict-style string formatting which will be
+    interpolated against the params in the URL.  For example, to redirect from
+    ``/foo/<id>/`` to ``/bar/<id>/``, you could use the following urlpattern::
+
+        urlpatterns = patterns('',
+            ('^foo/(?p<id>\d+)/$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url' : '/bar/%(id)s/'}),
+        )
+        
+    If the given url is ``None``, a HttpResponseGone (410) will be issued.
+    """
+    if url is not None:
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(url % kwargs)
+    else:
+        return HttpResponseGone()
+\ No newline at end of file