From 9e19f439bea51a7a24f18271b727a56520236b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Relism <itzdrekkopvp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:32:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add core view extension with JTE and Thymeleaf support

---
 .idea/encodings.xml                           |   6 +
 .idea/workspace.xml                           |  83 ++++++---
 README.md                                     |   5 +
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/pom.xml    |   2 +-
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-limiter/pom.xml    |   2 +-
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml       |   2 +-
 .../dev/relism/ext/oidc/OidcExtension.java    |  54 +++---
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/pom.xml    |   2 +-
 .../relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiBuilder.java    |   6 +-
 .../ext/openapi/OpenApiExtensionTest.java     |  15 ++
 .../flash-ext-routeviewer/pom.xml             |   2 +-
 .../flash-ext-view-core/README.md             |  15 ++
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/pom.xml  |  29 ++++
 .../ext/view/core/BaseViewExtension.java      |  40 +++++
 .../relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewHandler.java |  68 ++++++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/core/GlobalValue.java |   7 +
 .../relism/ext/view/core/RenderedView.java    |  15 ++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/core}/ViewModel.java  |  23 +--
 .../ext/view/core/ViewRuntimeBridge.java      |   9 +
 .../relism/ext/view/core}/ViewModelTest.java  |   2 +-
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md |  57 +++++++
 .../flash-ext-view-jte/docs/architecture.md   |  29 ++++
 .../flash-ext-view-jte/docs/handlers.md       |  34 ++++
 .../docs/model-and-globals.md                 |  33 ++++
 .../flash-ext-view-jte/docs/performance.md    |  18 ++
 .../ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.class     | Bin 0 -> 2108 bytes
 .../ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.java      |  29 ++++
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/pom.xml   |  79 +++++++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtension.java |  70 ++++++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteHandler.java   |   8 +
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntime.java   | 113 +++++++++++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettings.java  | 109 ++++++++++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTarget.java    |   5 +
 .../ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolver.java       |  42 +++++
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/jte/Template.java     |  15 ++
 .../relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtensionTest.java |  79 +++++++++
 .../relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntimeTest.java   |  68 ++++++++
 .../relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettingsTest.java  |  69 ++++++++
 .../ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolverTest.java   |  70 ++++++++
 .../relism/ext/view/jte/model/HomePage.java   |   3 +
 .../test/resources/templates/pages/home.jte   |  10 ++
 .../flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md        |  65 +++++++
 .../docs/architecture.md                      |  23 +++
 .../docs/fragments.md                         |  16 ++
 .../docs/handlers.md                          |   8 +-
 .../docs/model-and-globals.md                 |   4 +-
 .../docs/performance.md                       |   5 +-
 .../pom.xml                                   |  13 +-
 .../relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Fragment.java   |  16 ++
 .../relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Template.java   |  15 ++
 .../view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtension.java    |  63 +++++++
 .../ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafHandler.java  |   8 +
 .../ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntime.java  | 159 +++++++++++++++++
 .../ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettings.java |  76 +++++++++
 .../ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTarget.java   |  15 ++
 .../thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolver.java    |  58 +++++++
 .../thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtensionTest.java     |  92 ++++++++++
 .../view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntimeTest.java  | 153 +++++++++++++++++
 .../view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettingsTest.java |  46 +++++
 .../ThymeleafTargetResolverTest.java          |  87 ++++++++++
 .../test/resources/templates/pages/home.html  |   0
 .../resources/templates/pages/link-cases.html |   8 +
 .../templates/pages/with-globals.html         |   7 +
 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/README.md     |  54 ------
 .../flash-ext-view/docs/adapters.md           |  29 ----
 .../flash-ext-view/docs/architecture.md       |  23 ---
 .../flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md           |  19 ---
 .../relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java   |   6 -
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java    |   7 -
 .../main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java   |  20 ---
 .../java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java     |  22 ---
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java     |  16 --
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java  | 160 ------------------
 .../relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java    |  29 ----
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java   |  80 ---------
 .../dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java    |  66 --------
 .../java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java |  59 -------
 .../java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java    |   7 -
 .../java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java |  91 ----------
 .../java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java  |  14 --
 .../relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java   |  70 --------
 .../relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java  |  61 -------
 .../ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java   | 112 ------------
 .../ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java    |  81 ---------
 .../ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java      | 155 -----------------
 .../ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java      | 123 --------------
 flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml    |   2 +-
 flash-extensions/pom.xml                      |  11 +-
 flash/pom.xml                                 |   2 +-
 flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java     |   2 +-
 .../java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java |   4 +-
 .../dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java     |   1 +
 pom.xml                                       |  14 +-
 93 files changed, 2200 insertions(+), 1404 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/README.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/pom.xml
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewExtension.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewHandler.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/GlobalValue.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/RenderedView.java
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view => flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core}/ViewModel.java (72%)
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewRuntimeBridge.java
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view => flash-ext-view-core/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core}/ViewModelTest.java (98%)
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/architecture.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/handlers.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/model-and-globals.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/performance.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/jte-classes/gg/jte/generated/ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.class
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/jte-classes/gg/jte/generated/ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/pom.xml
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtension.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteHandler.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntime.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettings.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTarget.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolver.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/Template.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtensionTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntimeTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettingsTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolverTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/model/HomePage.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.jte
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/architecture.md
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/fragments.md
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view => flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}/docs/handlers.md (69%)
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view => flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}/docs/model-and-globals.md (84%)
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view => flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}/docs/performance.md (68%)
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view => flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}/pom.xml (85%)
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Fragment.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Template.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtension.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafHandler.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntime.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettings.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTarget.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolver.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtensionTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntimeTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettingsTest.java
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolverTest.java
 rename flash-extensions/{flash-ext-view => flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html (100%)
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/link-cases.html
 create mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/with-globals.html
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/README.md
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/adapters.md
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/architecture.md
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java
 delete mode 100644 flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java

diff --git a/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/encodings.xml
index 420c512..ff14d95 100644
--- a/.idea/encodings.xml
+++ b/.idea/encodings.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index 206108b..e191799 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -4,27 +4,55 @@
     <option name="autoReloadType" value="SELECTIVE" />
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+    <list default="true" id="fc757130-fe3e-4ea9-8d69-c26ffb8545a4" name="Changes" comment="implement OpenAPI contributor integration for rate limiting and response headers">
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+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml" afterDir="false" />
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+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md" beforeDir="false" />
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+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModel.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModelTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html" beforeDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash-extensions/pom.xml" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/pom.xml" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
@@ -39,7 +67,7 @@
     </persistenceIdMap>
   </component>
   <component name="EmbeddingIndexingInfo">
-    <option name="cachedIndexableFilesCount" value="352" />
+    <option name="cachedIndexableFilesCount" value="373" />
     <option name="fileBasedEmbeddingIndicesEnabled" value="true" />
   </component>
   <component name="FileTemplateManagerImpl">
@@ -108,6 +136,8 @@
     &quot;Maven.flash-parent [deploy].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
     &quot;Maven.flash-parent [install].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
     &quot;Maven.flash-parent [package].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
+    &quot;Maven.flash-parent [test].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
+    &quot;Maven.flash-parent [validate].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
     &quot;Maven.flash-parent [verify].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
     &quot;Maven.flash-web-bundler [test].executor&quot;: &quot;Run&quot;,
     &quot;ModuleVcsDetector.initialDetectionPerformed&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
@@ -265,7 +295,9 @@
       <workItem from="1776240695245" duration="14368000" />
       <workItem from="1776410282788" duration="22340000" />
       <workItem from="1776515579524" duration="1172000" />
-      <workItem from="1776626614705" duration="3750000" />
+      <workItem from="1776626614705" duration="4066000" />
+      <workItem from="1776670293634" duration="9127000" />
+      <workItem from="1776716089200" duration="1974000" />
     </task>
     <task id="LOCAL-00001" summary="Initial">
       <option name="closed" value="true" />
@@ -347,7 +379,15 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1774819003821</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="11" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00011" summary="implement OpenAPI contributor integration for rate limiting and response headers">
+      <option name="closed" value="true" />
+      <created>1776634972916</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00011" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00011" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1776634972916</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="12" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -387,7 +427,8 @@
     <MESSAGE value="pre-major refactoring + ext api." />
     <MESSAGE value="preparing for a conceptual refactoring..." />
     <MESSAGE value="preparing for another refactoring..." />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="preparing for another refactoring..." />
+    <MESSAGE value="implement OpenAPI contributor integration for rate limiting and response headers" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="implement OpenAPI contributor integration for rate limiting and response headers" />
   </component>
   <component name="XSLT-Support.FileAssociations.UIState">
     <expand />
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2a87be..8f0560a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ A high-performance HTTP/1.1 server library for Java 21, built around virtual thr
 | `flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson` | Jackson JSON integration |
 | `flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi` | OpenAPI 3.0 spec + Swagger UI |
 | `flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc` | OIDC Authorization Code + PKCE flow |
+| `flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core` | Minimal shared SSR runtime primitives |
+| `flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte` | Opinionated jte SSR extension |
+| `flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf` | Opinionated Thymeleaf SSR extension |
 | `flash-bench` | Demo harness (OIDC + OpenAPI + Jackson) |
 
 ## Requirements
@@ -139,6 +142,8 @@ See extension-specific READMEs for full details:
 - [`flash-ext-jackson`](flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/README.md)
 - [`flash-ext-openapi`](flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/README.md)
 - [`flash-ext-oidc`](flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/README.md)
+- [`flash-ext-view-jte`](flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md)
+- [`flash-ext-view-thymeleaf`](flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md)
 
 ## Error handlers
 
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/pom.xml
index 6223ddc..0cddcdb 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-ext-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-limiter/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-limiter/pom.xml
index c1ac619..225e10f 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-limiter/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-limiter/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-ext-limiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml
index c862e3b..97742ab 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-ext-oidc</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/oidc/OidcExtension.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/oidc/OidcExtension.java
index f447dd7..3093c14 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/oidc/OidcExtension.java
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-oidc/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/oidc/OidcExtension.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package dev.relism.ext.oidc;
 
+import dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiContributor;
+import dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiContributorRegistry;
+import dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiOperationContribution;
+import dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiResponseContribution;
 import dev.relism.extension.FlashContext;
 import dev.relism.extension.FlashExtension;
 import dev.relism.extension.FlashRegistrar;
@@ -13,10 +17,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Full OIDC Authorization Code + PKCE flow for Flash.
@@ -266,37 +267,37 @@ public class OidcExtension implements FlashExtension {
      * runtime when {@link dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiContributorRegistry} is actually on the classpath.
      */
     private static final class OpenApiIntegration {
-        static void register(dev.relism.extension.FlashContext ctx,
+        static void register(FlashContext ctx,
                              OidcConfig config, OidcProviderMetadata meta) {
-            ctx.find(dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiContributorRegistry.class)
-               .ifPresent(registry -> registry.add(new dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiContributor() {
+            ctx.find(OpenApiContributorRegistry.class)
+               .ifPresent(registry -> registry.add(new OpenApiContributor() {
 
                     @Override
-                    public java.util.Map<String, Object> componentContributions() {
-                        java.util.Map<String, String> scopesMap = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
+                    public Map<String, Object> componentContributions() {
+                        Map<String, String> scopesMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
                         for (String s : config.scopes().split("\\s+")) {
                             if (!s.isBlank()) scopesMap.put(s, s);
-                       }
-                       java.util.Map<String, Object> flow = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
-                       flow.put("authorizationUrl", meta.authorizationEndpoint());
-                       flow.put("tokenUrl",         meta.tokenEndpoint());
+                        }
+                        Map<String, Object> flow = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+                        flow.put("authorizationUrl", meta.authorizationEndpoint());
+                        flow.put("tokenUrl",         meta.tokenEndpoint());
                         flow.put("scopes",           scopesMap);
 
-                        java.util.Map<String, Object> scheme = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
+                        Map<String, Object> scheme = new LinkedHashMap<>();
                         scheme.put("type",  "oauth2");
-                        scheme.put("flows", java.util.Map.of("authorizationCode", flow));
+                        scheme.put("flows", Map.of("authorizationCode", flow));
 
-                        java.util.Map<String, Object> securitySchemes = new java.util.LinkedHashMap<>();
+                        Map<String, Object> securitySchemes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
                         securitySchemes.put(config.schemeName(), scheme);
-                        return java.util.Map.of("securitySchemes", securitySchemes);
+                        return Map.of("securitySchemes", securitySchemes);
                     }
 
                      @Override
-                     public dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiOperationContribution operationFor(Class<?> handlerClass) {
-                        dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiOperationContribution.Builder out =
-                                dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiOperationContribution.builder();
+                     public OpenApiOperationContribution operationFor(Class<?> handlerClass) {
+                        OpenApiOperationContribution.Builder out =
+                                OpenApiOperationContribution.builder();
 
-                        java.util.List<String> operationScopes = OidcAuthPolicy.openApiScopesFor(handlerClass);
+                        List<String> operationScopes = OidcAuthPolicy.openApiScopesFor(handlerClass);
                         if (operationScopes != null) {
                             out.security(config.schemeName(), operationScopes);
                         }
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ public class OidcExtension implements FlashExtension {
                         OidcAuthPolicy policy = OidcAuthPolicy.compileFromAnnotations(handlerClass);
                         if (policy == null || policy.optionalAuth()) return out.build();
 
-                        out.response(401, dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiResponseContribution.of("Authentication required"));
+                        out.response(401, OpenApiResponseContribution.of("Authentication required"));
 
                         String[] roles = policy.requiredRoles();
                         String[] scopes = policy.requiredScopes();
@@ -313,12 +314,9 @@ public class OidcExtension implements FlashExtension {
                         String roleMessage = roles.length == 0 ? null : roleRequiredMessage(roles);
                         String scopeMessage = scopes.length == 0 ? null : scopeRequiredMessage(scopes);
                         if (roleMessage != null && scopeMessage != null) {
-                            out.response(403, dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiResponseContribution.of(roleMessage + "; " + scopeMessage));
-                        } else if (roleMessage != null) {
-                            out.response(403, dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiResponseContribution.of(roleMessage));
-                        } else {
-                            out.response(403, dev.relism.ext.openapi.OpenApiResponseContribution.of(scopeMessage));
-                        }
+                            out.response(403, OpenApiResponseContribution.of(roleMessage + "; " + scopeMessage));
+                        } else
+                            out.response(403, OpenApiResponseContribution.of(Objects.requireNonNullElse(roleMessage, scopeMessage)));
                         return out.build();
                      }
                 }));
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/pom.xml
index 1e4dbf1..62c8c15 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-ext-openapi</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiBuilder.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiBuilder.java
index 84a2357..5149d13 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiBuilder.java
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiBuilder.java
@@ -344,7 +344,11 @@ public final class OpenApiBuilder {
     }
 
     private static String normalizePath(String path) {
-        return path.startsWith("/") ? path : "/" + path;
+        String normalized = path.startsWith("/") ? path : "/" + path;
+        while (normalized.startsWith("//")) {
+            normalized = normalized.substring(1);
+        }
+        return normalized;
     }
 
     private static String defaultDescription(int status) {
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiExtensionTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiExtensionTest.java
index 3c5efcf..67ab89e 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiExtensionTest.java
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-openapi/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/openapi/OpenApiExtensionTest.java
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ class OpenApiExtensionTest {
         assertFalse(paths.containsKey("/users"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void normalizes_double_slash_paths_from_events() {
+        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
+        OpenApiExtension ext = new OpenApiExtension();
+        ext.provide(ctx);
+
+        emitRoute(ctx, HttpMethod.GET, "//blogs", "/", ScopedUsersHandler.class);
+
+        OpenApiBuilder builder = ctx.require(OpenApiBuilder.class);
+        Map<String, Object> spec = builder.build();
+        Map<String, Object> paths = cast(spec.get("paths"));
+        assertTrue(paths.containsKey("/blogs"));
+        assertFalse(paths.containsKey("//blogs"));
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private static List<RouteListener> listeners(FlashContext ctx) {
         try {
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/pom.xml
index 56c6734..b1b68d1 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-routeviewer/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-ext-routeviewer</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/README.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a1be6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# flash-ext-view-core
+
+Minimal runtime primitives for Flash SSR view extensions.
+
+This module is intentionally small and not engine-opinionated. It provides:
+
+- `BaseViewHandler`
+- `BaseViewExtension`
+- `ViewRuntimeBridge`
+- `ViewModel`
+- `RenderedView`
+- `GlobalValue`
+
+Engine semantics (`@Template`, `@Fragment`, layout/macros/tags, resolver conventions)
+belong in engine-specific modules such as `flash-ext-view-thymeleaf`.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da55ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>flash-ext-view-core</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flash</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewExtension.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4df2096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
+
+import dev.relism.extension.FlashContext;
+import dev.relism.extension.FlashExtension;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public abstract class BaseViewExtension<TTarget> implements FlashExtension {
+    private final List<GlobalValue> globals = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public BaseViewExtension<TTarget> addGlobal(String key, Function<Request, Object> resolver) {
+        String k = Objects.requireNonNull(key, "global key must not be null").trim();
+        if (k.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("global key must not be blank");
+        }
+        if (k.equals("global") || k.contains(".")) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("global key must be a simple key (no dots), received: " + key);
+        }
+        globals.add(new GlobalValue(k, Objects.requireNonNull(resolver, "global resolver must not be null")));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void provide(FlashContext ctx) {
+        ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget> runtime = createRuntime(List.copyOf(globals));
+        ctx.provide(ViewRuntimeBridge.class, runtime);
+        ctx.addAnnotationProcessor(handlerClass -> {
+            validateHandlerClass(handlerClass);
+            return List.of();
+        });
+    }
+
+    protected abstract ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget> createRuntime(List<GlobalValue> globals);
+    protected abstract void validateHandlerClass(Class<? extends RequestHandler> handlerClass);
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewHandler.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4a650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/BaseViewHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
+
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+
+public abstract class BaseViewHandler<TTarget> extends RequestHandler {
+    private static final byte DISPATCH_RENDER_2 = 1;
+    private static final byte DISPATCH_RENDER_1 = 2;
+
+    private ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget> runtime;
+    private TTarget target;
+    private byte dispatchMode;
+
+    public ViewModel render(Request req) throws Exception {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Override render(Request) or render(Request, Response)");
+    }
+
+    public ViewModel render(Request req, Response res) throws Exception {
+        return render(req);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected final void onInit() {
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget> resolvedRuntime = (ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget>) require(ViewRuntimeBridge.class);
+        runtime = resolvedRuntime;
+        target = runtime.resolve(getClass());
+        dispatchMode = resolveDispatchMode(getClass());
+        onViewInit();
+    }
+
+    protected void onViewInit() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public final Object handle(Request request, Response response) throws Exception {
+        RenderedView rendered = runtime.render(this, target, request, response);
+        if (rendered.contentType() != null) {
+            response.type(rendered.contentType());
+        }
+        return rendered.body();
+    }
+
+    public final ViewModel renderInternal(Request req, Response res) throws Exception {
+        if (dispatchMode == 0) {
+            dispatchMode = resolveDispatchMode(getClass());
+        }
+        return switch (dispatchMode) {
+            case DISPATCH_RENDER_2 -> render(req, res);
+            case DISPATCH_RENDER_1 -> render(req);
+            default -> throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No render method overridden for " + getClass().getName());
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static byte resolveDispatchMode(Class<?> handlerClass) {
+        if (overrides(handlerClass, "render", Request.class, Response.class)) return DISPATCH_RENDER_2;
+        if (overrides(handlerClass, "render", Request.class)) return DISPATCH_RENDER_1;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean overrides(Class<?> handlerClass, String method, Class<?>... args) {
+        try {
+            return handlerClass.getMethod(method, args).getDeclaringClass() != BaseViewHandler.class;
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/GlobalValue.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/GlobalValue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..757727d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/GlobalValue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
+
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public record GlobalValue(String key, Function<Request, Object> resolver) {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/RenderedView.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/RenderedView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c6a9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/RenderedView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+
+/**
+ * Render result returned by engine runtimes.
+ *
+ * @param body rendered response body
+ * @param contentType optional explicit response content type; if null caller keeps existing type
+ */
+public record RenderedView(String body, ContentType contentType) {
+    public static RenderedView html(String body) {
+        return new RenderedView(body, ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModel.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModel.java
similarity index 72%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModel.java
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModel.java
index a053b03..e1db8e1 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModel.java
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModel.java
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
- * Mutable view-model builder used by the SSR view runtime.
- *
- * <p>Instances are typically created per request in {@code ViewHandler.render(...)} then passed
- * to the renderer. The internal map preserves insertion order and is exposed as an immutable
- * snapshot through {@link #toMap()}.
+ * Mutable per-request model builder.
  */
 public final class ViewModel {
     private final LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values;
@@ -29,13 +25,11 @@ public final class ViewModel {
         return empty().with(key, value);
     }
 
-    /** Adds or replaces a model entry. Nested maps/lists/view-models are normalized recursively. */
     public ViewModel with(String key, Object value) {
         values.put(Objects.requireNonNull(key, "key"), unwrapValue(value));
         return this;
     }
 
-    /** Bulk variant of {@link #with(String, Object)}. */
     public ViewModel withAll(Map<String, Object> values) {
         if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) return this;
         for (Map.Entry<String, Object> e : values.entrySet()) {
@@ -44,31 +38,26 @@ public final class ViewModel {
         return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a merged copy where {@code other} wins on key collisions.
-     * Both source models remain unchanged.
-     */
     public ViewModel merge(ViewModel other) {
         ViewModel merged = new ViewModel(new LinkedHashMap<>(this.values));
         if (other != null && !other.values.isEmpty()) merged.values.putAll(other.values);
         return merged;
     }
 
-    /** Immutable view over current values. */
     public Map<String, Object> toMap() {
         return Collections.unmodifiableMap(values);
     }
 
-    static ViewModel copyOf(ViewModel source) {
+    public static ViewModel copyOf(ViewModel source) {
         if (source == null || source.values.isEmpty()) return empty();
         return new ViewModel(new LinkedHashMap<>(source.values));
     }
 
-    static ViewModel owned(LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values) {
+    public static ViewModel owned(LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values) {
         return new ViewModel(values);
     }
 
-    static Object unwrapValue(Object value) {
+    public static Object unwrapValue(Object value) {
         if (value instanceof ViewModel vm) {
             return vm.toMap();
         }
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewRuntimeBridge.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewRuntimeBridge.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ec4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewRuntimeBridge.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
+
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+
+public interface ViewRuntimeBridge<TTarget> {
+    TTarget resolve(Class<?> handlerClass);
+    RenderedView render(BaseViewHandler<TTarget> handler, TTarget target, Request req, Response res) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModelTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModelTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModelTest.java
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModelTest.java
index ba4c403..1c01470 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewModelTest.java
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-core/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/core/ViewModelTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
+package dev.relism.ext.view.core;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..910ec10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# flash-ext-view-jte
+
+Opinionated jte SSR extension for Flash.
+
+This module keeps jte semantics front and center:
+
+- `JteExtension`
+- `JteHandler`
+- `@Template`
+- `ViewModel` from `flash-ext-view-core`
+- `global.*` reserved namespace
+
+The extension mirrors `gg.jte.ContentType` into Flash HTTP content type:
+
+- `gg.jte.ContentType.Html` -> `text/html`
+- `gg.jte.ContentType.Plain` -> `text/plain`
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```java
+import dev.relism.extension.FlashApp;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.jte.*;
+
+FlashApp.create(8080)
+    .install(new JteExtension(cfg -> cfg
+        .templateRoot("/templates")
+        .contentType(gg.jte.ContentType.Html)))
+    .scan("com.example.web")
+    .startAndBlock();
+```
+
+```java
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.jte.*;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+
+@GET("/")
+@Template("pages/home.jte")
+public final class HomePage extends JteHandler {
+    @Override
+    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
+        return ViewModel.empty()
+            .with("page", new HomePageModel("Flash + jte", "elorc"))
+            .with("build", "dev");
+    }
+
+    public record HomePageModel(String title, String author) {}
+}
+```
+
+## Docs
+
+- `docs/architecture.md`
+- `docs/handlers.md`
+- `docs/model-and-globals.md`
+- `docs/performance.md`
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/architecture.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f5c766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Architecture
+
+`flash-ext-view-jte` has two layers:
+
+1. **Boot-time**
+   - `JteExtension` installs runtime + annotation processor.
+   - `JteTargetResolver` validates handlers and resolves `@Template`.
+   - Resolved targets are cached per handler class.
+
+2. **Request-time**
+   - Handler builds local `ViewModel`.
+   - Runtime injects globals under reserved `global` namespace and merges local model.
+   - jte renders template into `StringOutput`.
+
+## Handler Contract
+
+- Must extend `JteHandler`.
+- Must have route annotation (`@Route`, `@GET`, `@POST`, ...).
+- Must declare exactly one view annotation: `@Template`.
+
+Invalid configurations fail fast at startup.
+
+## Defaults
+
+- `templateRoot`: `/templates`
+- `contentType`: `gg.jte.ContentType.Html`
+- `developmentMode`: `Flash.DEV`
+- `usePrecompiled`: derived from `!developmentMode` unless explicitly set
+- `binaryStaticContent`: `false`
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/handlers.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/handlers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d40202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/handlers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Handlers
+
+Use `JteHandler` for class-based jte routes.
+
+## Lifecycle
+
+- `onViewInit()` runs once at boot.
+- `render(...)` runs per request.
+
+Use `onViewInit()` to cache dependencies via `require(...)`.
+
+## Example
+
+```java
+@GET("/dashboard")
+@Template("pages/dashboard.jte")
+public final class DashboardPage extends JteHandler {
+
+    private DashboardService service;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onViewInit() {
+        service = require(DashboardService.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
+        return ViewModel.empty()
+            .with("page", service.page(req));
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Use `render(Request, Response)` when you need response access while building model variables.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/model-and-globals.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/model-and-globals.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b4e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/model-and-globals.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Model And Globals
+
+`ViewModel` is the per-request data container.
+
+## POJO-First Pattern
+
+Keep page state in a POJO and pass it as a single key:
+
+```java
+return ViewModel.empty()
+    .with("page", new HomePage("Flash + jte", "elorc"))
+    .with("build", "dev");
+```
+
+Then type it in template:
+
+```jte
+@import com.example.HomePage
+@param HomePage page
+@param String build
+```
+
+## Globals
+
+Register globals in extension setup:
+
+```java
+new JteExtension().addGlobal("appName", req -> "Flash")
+```
+
+Globals are available under `global` namespace in templates.
+
+`global` is reserved and cannot be used as local model key.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/performance.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/performance.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb53987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/docs/performance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Performance Notes
+
+- Runtime caches resolved targets by handler class.
+- Request path allocates only what jte rendering requires.
+- No reflection on hot path after target cache is warm.
+- `TemplateEngine` is created once and shared.
+
+## Dev vs Prod
+
+- Dev mode (`developmentMode=true`) uses code resolver rendering.
+- Prod mode (`usePrecompiled=true`) uses precompiled classes for startup and render speed.
+
+## Content Type
+
+`gg.jte.ContentType` drives both escaping mode and HTTP response content type mirror:
+
+- `Html` -> context-aware HTML escaping + `text/html`
+- `Plain` -> plain output + `text/plain`
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diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/jte-classes/gg/jte/generated/ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/jte-classes/gg/jte/generated/ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc74c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/jte-classes/gg/jte/generated/ondemand/pages/JtehomeGenerated.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package gg.jte.generated.ondemand.pages;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.jte.model.HomePage;
+import java.util.Map;
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public final class JtehomeGenerated {
+	public static final String JTE_NAME = "pages/home.jte";
+	public static final int[] JTE_LINE_INFO = {0,0,1,2,2,2,2,6,6,6,6,7,7,7,8,8,8,9,9,9,10,10,10,2,3,4,4,4,4};
+	public static void render(gg.jte.html.HtmlTemplateOutput jteOutput, gg.jte.html.HtmlInterceptor jteHtmlInterceptor, HomePage page, String build, Map<String, Object> global) {
+		jteOutput.writeContent("\n<h1>");
+		jteOutput.setContext("h1", null);
+		jteOutput.writeUserContent(page.title());
+		jteOutput.writeContent("</h1>\n<p>");
+		jteOutput.setContext("p", null);
+		jteOutput.writeUserContent(page.author());
+		jteOutput.writeContent("</p>\n<small>");
+		jteOutput.setContext("small", null);
+		jteOutput.writeUserContent(build);
+		jteOutput.writeContent("</small>\n<small>");
+		jteOutput.setContext("small", null);
+		jteOutput.writeUserContent((String) global.get("appName"));
+		jteOutput.writeContent("</small>\n");
+	}
+	public static void renderMap(gg.jte.html.HtmlTemplateOutput jteOutput, gg.jte.html.HtmlInterceptor jteHtmlInterceptor, java.util.Map<String, Object> params) {
+		HomePage page = (HomePage)params.get("page");
+		String build = (String)params.get("build");
+		Map<String, Object> global = (Map<String, Object>)params.get("global");
+		render(jteOutput, jteHtmlInterceptor, page, build, global);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6c7a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+        <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>flash-ext-view-jte</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flash-ext-view-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>gg.jte</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jte</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>jacoco-prepare-agent</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>jacoco-report-and-check</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report</goal>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <rule>
+                                    <element>BUNDLE</element>
+                                    <limits>
+                                        <limit>
+                                            <counter>LINE</counter>
+                                            <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
+                                            <minimum>0.80</minimum>
+                                        </limit>
+                                    </limits>
+                                </rule>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtension.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60b6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewExtension;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewRuntimeBridge;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+/**
+ * Opinionated jte SSR extension for Flash.
+ */
+public final class JteExtension extends BaseViewExtension<JteTarget> {
+    private final JteSettings settings;
+
+    static {
+        ensureJtePresent();
+    }
+
+    public JteExtension() {
+        this(JteSettings.builder().build());
+    }
+
+    public JteExtension(Consumer<JteSettings.Builder> customizer) {
+        JteSettings.Builder builder = JteSettings.builder();
+        java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(customizer, "customizer must not be null").accept(builder);
+        this.settings = builder.build();
+    }
+
+    private JteExtension(JteSettings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JteExtension addGlobal(String key, Function<Request, Object> resolver) {
+        super.addGlobal(key, resolver);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ViewRuntimeBridge<JteTarget> createRuntime(List<GlobalValue> globals) {
+        return new JteRuntime(settings, globals);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void validateHandlerClass(Class<? extends RequestHandler> handlerClass) {
+        JteTarget target = JteTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, settings);
+        if (target == null) {
+            if (JteHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(handlerClass)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("JteHandler " + handlerClass.getName() + " must declare @Template");
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!JteHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(handlerClass)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " declares @Template but does not extend JteHandler");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void ensureJtePresent() {
+        try {
+            Class.forName("gg.jte.TemplateEngine", false, JteExtension.class.getClassLoader());
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("jte is not on the classpath. Add dependency gg.jte:jte:3.2.3", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteHandler.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d290b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for class-based jte handlers.
+ */
+public abstract class JteHandler extends BaseViewHandler<JteTarget> {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntime.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntime.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df3cde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntime.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewHandler;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.RenderedView;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewRuntimeBridge;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import gg.jte.CodeResolver;
+import gg.jte.TemplateEngine;
+import gg.jte.output.StringOutput;
+import gg.jte.resolve.DirectoryCodeResolver;
+import gg.jte.resolve.ResourceCodeResolver;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+final class JteRuntime implements ViewRuntimeBridge<JteTarget> {
+    private static final String GLOBAL_NAMESPACE = "global";
+
+    private final JteSettings settings;
+    private final List<GlobalValue> globals;
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, JteTarget> targets = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final TemplateEngine engine;
+
+    JteRuntime(JteSettings settings, List<GlobalValue> globals) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+        this.globals = globals;
+        this.engine = createEngine(settings);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JteTarget resolve(Class<?> handlerClass) {
+        JteTarget cached = targets.get(handlerClass);
+        if (cached != null) return cached;
+        JteTarget resolved = JteTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, settings);
+        if (resolved == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("JteHandler " + handlerClass.getName() + " must declare @Template");
+        }
+        targets.put(handlerClass, resolved);
+        return resolved;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RenderedView render(BaseViewHandler<JteTarget> handler,
+                               JteTarget target,
+                               Request req,
+                               Response res) throws Exception {
+        ViewModel local = handler.renderInternal(req, res);
+        Map<String, Object> merged = merge(req, local).toMap();
+        StringOutput out = new StringOutput(1024);
+        engine.render(target.template(), merged, out);
+        return new RenderedView(out.toString(), target.contentType());
+    }
+
+    private ViewModel merge(Request req, ViewModel local) {
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values = null;
+
+        if (!globals.isEmpty()) {
+            LinkedHashMap<String, Object> globalMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+            for (GlobalValue binding : globals) {
+                Object resolved = binding.resolver().apply(req);
+                globalMap.put(binding.key(), ViewModel.unwrapValue(resolved));
+            }
+            if (!globalMap.isEmpty()) {
+                values = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+                values.put(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE, Collections.unmodifiableMap(globalMap));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (local != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> localMap = local.toMap();
+            if (localMap.containsKey(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("ViewModel key 'global' is reserved for framework globals");
+            }
+            if (values == null) return ViewModel.copyOf(local);
+            values.putAll(localMap);
+        }
+
+        if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) return ViewModel.empty();
+        return ViewModel.owned(values);
+    }
+
+    private static TemplateEngine createEngine(JteSettings settings) {
+        TemplateEngine engine;
+        if (settings.usePrecompiled()) {
+            Path path = settings.precompiledClassesPath();
+            engine = Files.isDirectory(path)
+                    ? TemplateEngine.createPrecompiled(path, settings.contentType())
+                    : TemplateEngine.createPrecompiled(settings.contentType());
+        } else {
+            CodeResolver resolver = createResolver(settings.templateRoot(), Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
+            engine = TemplateEngine.create(resolver, settings.dynamicClassesPath(), settings.contentType());
+        }
+        engine.setBinaryStaticContent(settings.binaryStaticContent());
+        return engine;
+    }
+
+    private static CodeResolver createResolver(String templateRoot, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        String root = templateRoot.startsWith("/") ? templateRoot.substring(1) : templateRoot;
+        Path maybeDir = Path.of(root);
+        if (Files.isDirectory(maybeDir)) {
+            return new DirectoryCodeResolver(maybeDir);
+        }
+        return new ResourceCodeResolver(root, classLoader);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettings.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0b8365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.Flash;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/**
+ * jte runtime settings with Flash-sensitive defaults.
+ */
+public final class JteSettings {
+    private final String templateRoot;
+    private final gg.jte.ContentType contentType;
+    private final boolean developmentMode;
+    private final boolean usePrecompiled;
+    private final boolean binaryStaticContent;
+    private final Path dynamicClassesPath;
+    private final Path precompiledClassesPath;
+
+    private JteSettings(Builder b) {
+        this.templateRoot = b.templateRoot;
+        this.contentType = b.contentType;
+        this.developmentMode = b.developmentMode;
+        this.usePrecompiled = b.usePrecompiled;
+        this.binaryStaticContent = b.binaryStaticContent;
+        this.dynamicClassesPath = b.dynamicClassesPath;
+        this.precompiledClassesPath = b.precompiledClassesPath;
+    }
+
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    String templateRoot() { return templateRoot; }
+    gg.jte.ContentType contentType() { return contentType; }
+    boolean developmentMode() { return developmentMode; }
+    boolean usePrecompiled() { return usePrecompiled; }
+    boolean binaryStaticContent() { return binaryStaticContent; }
+    Path dynamicClassesPath() { return dynamicClassesPath; }
+    Path precompiledClassesPath() { return precompiledClassesPath; }
+
+    public static final class Builder {
+        private String templateRoot = "/templates";
+        private gg.jte.ContentType contentType = gg.jte.ContentType.Html;
+        private Boolean developmentMode;
+        private Boolean usePrecompiled;
+        private boolean binaryStaticContent;
+        private Path dynamicClassesPath = Path.of("jte-classes");
+        private Path precompiledClassesPath = Path.of("jte-classes");
+
+        public Builder templateRoot(String templateRoot) {
+            String root = templateRoot == null ? "" : templateRoot.trim();
+            if (root.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("templateRoot must not be blank");
+            this.templateRoot = normalizeResourceRoot(root);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder contentType(gg.jte.ContentType contentType) {
+            this.contentType = java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(contentType, "contentType must not be null");
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder developmentMode(boolean developmentMode) {
+            this.developmentMode = developmentMode;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder usePrecompiled(boolean usePrecompiled) {
+            this.usePrecompiled = usePrecompiled;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder binaryStaticContent(boolean binaryStaticContent) {
+            this.binaryStaticContent = binaryStaticContent;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder dynamicClassesPath(Path dynamicClassesPath) {
+            this.dynamicClassesPath = java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(dynamicClassesPath, "dynamicClassesPath must not be null");
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder precompiledClassesPath(Path precompiledClassesPath) {
+            this.precompiledClassesPath = java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(precompiledClassesPath, "precompiledClassesPath must not be null");
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public JteSettings build() {
+            boolean resolvedDev = developmentMode != null ? developmentMode : Flash.DEV;
+            boolean resolvedPrecompiled = usePrecompiled != null ? usePrecompiled : !resolvedDev;
+            Builder resolved = new Builder();
+            resolved.templateRoot = this.templateRoot;
+            resolved.contentType = this.contentType;
+            resolved.developmentMode = resolvedDev;
+            resolved.usePrecompiled = resolvedPrecompiled;
+            resolved.binaryStaticContent = this.binaryStaticContent;
+            resolved.dynamicClassesPath = this.dynamicClassesPath;
+            resolved.precompiledClassesPath = this.precompiledClassesPath;
+            return new JteSettings(resolved);
+        }
+
+        private static String normalizeResourceRoot(String root) {
+            String normalized = root.replace('\\', '/');
+            if (!normalized.startsWith("/")) normalized = '/' + normalized;
+            while (normalized.endsWith("/")) normalized = normalized.substring(0, normalized.length() - 1);
+            if (normalized.isEmpty()) return "/";
+            return normalized;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTarget.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTarget.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41c2a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTarget.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+
+record JteTarget(String template, ContentType contentType) {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolver.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cf33e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+import dev.relism.routing.Route;
+import dev.relism.routing.Routes;
+
+final class JteTargetResolver {
+    private JteTargetResolver() {}
+
+    static JteTarget resolve(Class<?> handlerClass, JteSettings settings) {
+        Template template = find(handlerClass, Template.class);
+        if (template == null) return null;
+
+        Route route = Routes.of(handlerClass);
+        if (route == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Jte handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " has @Template but no route annotation (@Route/@GET/@POST/...)");
+        }
+
+        String name = template.value() == null ? "" : template.value().trim();
+        if (name.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
+                    + " uses @Template with an empty value");
+        }
+
+        return new JteTarget(name, toHttpContentType(settings.contentType()));
+    }
+
+    private static ContentType toHttpContentType(gg.jte.ContentType contentType) {
+        return contentType == gg.jte.ContentType.Plain ? ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN : ContentType.TEXT_HTML;
+    }
+
+    private static <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A find(Class<?> cls, Class<A> type) {
+        while (cls != null && !cls.equals(Object.class)) {
+            A a = cls.getAnnotation(type);
+            if (a != null) return a;
+            cls = cls.getSuperclass();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/Template.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/Template.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54bbbd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/Template.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Binds a handler to a jte template.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface Template {
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtensionTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtensionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e36f5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteExtensionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class JteExtensionTest {
+
+    @GET("/ok")
+    @Template("pages/home.jte")
+    static class ValidHandler extends JteHandler {
+        @Override
+        public dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel render(Request req) {
+            return dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel.empty();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/wrong")
+    @Template("pages/home.jte")
+    static class WrongBaseHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/missing")
+    static class MissingTemplateHandler extends JteHandler {}
+
+    @Test
+    void constructor_requiresNonNullCustomizer() {
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new JteExtension(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_acceptsProperHandler() throws Exception {
+        JteExtension ext = new JteExtension();
+        invokeValidate(ext, ValidHandler.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_rejectsTemplateWithoutJteHandlerBase() {
+        JteExtension ext = new JteExtension();
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> invokeValidate(ext, WrongBaseHandler.class));
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("does not extend JteHandler"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_rejectsJteHandlerWithoutTemplate() {
+        JteExtension ext = new JteExtension();
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> invokeValidate(ext, MissingTemplateHandler.class));
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("must declare @Template"));
+    }
+
+    private static void invokeValidate(JteExtension ext, Class<? extends RequestHandler> type) throws Exception {
+        Method m = JteExtension.class.getDeclaredMethod("validateHandlerClass", Class.class);
+        m.setAccessible(true);
+        try {
+            m.invoke(ext, type);
+        } catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException e) {
+            Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+            if (cause instanceof RuntimeException re) throw re;
+            if (cause instanceof Error err) throw err;
+            throw new RuntimeException(cause);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntimeTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntimeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e889604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteRuntimeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.RenderedView;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.jte.model.HomePage;
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class JteRuntimeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void render_template_rendersPojoAndGlobals() throws Exception {
+        JteRuntime runtime = new JteRuntime(
+                JteSettings.builder().templateRoot("/templates").developmentMode(true).build(),
+                List.of(new GlobalValue("appName", req -> "Flash"))
+        );
+
+        RenderedView out = runtime.render(new JteHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                return ViewModel.empty()
+                        .with("page", new HomePage("Flash + jte", "elorc"))
+                        .with("build", "dev");
+            }
+        }, new JteTarget("pages/home.jte", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON));
+
+        assertEquals(ContentType.TEXT_HTML, out.contentType());
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("Flash + jte"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("elorc"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("Flash"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void render_rejectsReservedGlobalKeyInLocalModel() {
+        JteRuntime runtime = new JteRuntime(
+                JteSettings.builder().templateRoot("/templates").developmentMode(true).build(),
+                List.of(new GlobalValue("appName", req -> "Flash"))
+        );
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () ->
+                runtime.render(new JteHandler() {
+                    @Override
+                    public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                        return ViewModel.of("global", "bad");
+                    }
+                }, new JteTarget("pages/home.jte", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON))
+        );
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("reserved"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_missingTemplateOnHandler_failsFast() {
+        JteRuntime runtime = new JteRuntime(JteSettings.builder().templateRoot("/templates").developmentMode(true).build(), List.of());
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> runtime.resolve(NoTemplateHandler.class));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("must declare @Template"));
+    }
+
+    static class NoTemplateHandler extends JteHandler {}
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettingsTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf59fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.Flash;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class JteSettingsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void defaults_followFlashDev_andUseHtml() {
+        JteSettings settings = JteSettings.builder().build();
+
+        assertEquals("/templates", settings.templateRoot());
+        assertEquals(gg.jte.ContentType.Html, settings.contentType());
+        assertEquals(Flash.DEV, settings.developmentMode());
+        assertEquals(!Flash.DEV, settings.usePrecompiled());
+        assertFalse(settings.binaryStaticContent());
+        assertEquals(Path.of("jte-classes"), settings.dynamicClassesPath());
+        assertEquals(Path.of("jte-classes"), settings.precompiledClassesPath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void explicitOverrides_winOverDerivedDefaults() {
+        JteSettings settings = JteSettings.builder()
+                .templateRoot("src/main/jte")
+                .contentType(gg.jte.ContentType.Plain)
+                .developmentMode(true)
+                .usePrecompiled(true)
+                .binaryStaticContent(true)
+                .dynamicClassesPath(Path.of("var", "jte-dev"))
+                .precompiledClassesPath(Path.of("var", "jte-prod"))
+                .build();
+
+        assertEquals("/src/main/jte", settings.templateRoot());
+        assertEquals(gg.jte.ContentType.Plain, settings.contentType());
+        assertTrue(settings.developmentMode());
+        assertTrue(settings.usePrecompiled());
+        assertTrue(settings.binaryStaticContent());
+        assertEquals(Path.of("var", "jte-dev"), settings.dynamicClassesPath());
+        assertEquals(Path.of("var", "jte-prod"), settings.precompiledClassesPath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void usePrecompiled_derivesFromResolvedDevModeWhenMissing() {
+        JteSettings dev = JteSettings.builder().developmentMode(true).build();
+        JteSettings prod = JteSettings.builder().developmentMode(false).build();
+
+        assertFalse(dev.usePrecompiled());
+        assertTrue(prod.usePrecompiled());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void templateRoot_normalizesAndRejectsBlank() {
+        JteSettings normalized = JteSettings.builder().templateRoot("templates").build();
+        assertEquals("/templates", normalized.templateRoot());
+
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> JteSettings.builder().templateRoot("  "));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void nulls_areRejectedForRequiredObjects() {
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> JteSettings.builder().contentType(null));
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> JteSettings.builder().dynamicClassesPath(null));
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> JteSettings.builder().precompiledClassesPath(null));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolverTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolverTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b4ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/JteTargetResolverTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class JteTargetResolverTest {
+
+    @GET("/home")
+    @Template("pages/home.jte")
+    static class TemplateHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Template("pages/no-route.jte")
+    static class NoRouteHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/empty")
+    @Template("   ")
+    static class EmptyTemplateHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_template_returnsTarget_withMirroredHttpContentType() {
+        JteSettings htmlSettings = JteSettings.builder().contentType(gg.jte.ContentType.Html).build();
+        JteSettings plainSettings = JteSettings.builder().contentType(gg.jte.ContentType.Plain).build();
+
+        JteTarget html = JteTargetResolver.resolve(TemplateHandler.class, htmlSettings);
+        JteTarget plain = JteTargetResolver.resolve(TemplateHandler.class, plainSettings);
+
+        assertNotNull(html);
+        assertEquals("pages/home.jte", html.template());
+        assertEquals(ContentType.TEXT_HTML, html.contentType());
+        assertEquals(ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN, plain.contentType());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_withoutTemplate_returnsNull() {
+        assertNull(JteTargetResolver.resolve(RequestHandler.class, JteSettings.builder().build()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_templateWithoutRoute_fails() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> JteTargetResolver.resolve(NoRouteHandler.class, JteSettings.builder().build()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_emptyTemplate_fails() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> JteTargetResolver.resolve(EmptyTemplateHandler.class, JteSettings.builder().build()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/model/HomePage.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/model/HomePage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d829be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/jte/model/HomePage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.jte.model;
+
+public record HomePage(String title, String author) {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.jte b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.jte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea188d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-jte/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.jte
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+@import dev.relism.ext.view.jte.model.HomePage
+@import java.util.Map
+@param HomePage page
+@param String build
+@param Map<String, Object> global
+
+<h1>${page.title()}</h1>
+<p>${page.author()}</p>
+<small>${build}</small>
+<small>${(String) global.get("appName")}</small>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ffe03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# flash-ext-view-thymeleaf
+
+Opinionated Thymeleaf SSR extension for Flash.
+
+This module keeps Thymeleaf semantics front and center:
+
+- `ThymeleafExtension`
+- `ThymeleafHandler`
+- `@Template` and `@Fragment`
+- `ViewModel` from `flash-ext-view-core`
+- `global.*` reserved namespace
+
+The extension uses Thymeleaf-native patterns (`template` names resolved by prefix/suffix,
+fragment selection via `template :: fragment`) while keeping Flash boot-time fail-fast checks.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```java
+import dev.relism.extension.FlashApp;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf.*;
+
+FlashApp.create(8080)
+    .install(new ThymeleafExtension()
+        .addGlobal("appName", req -> "Flash")
+        .addGlobal("requestPath", req -> req.path()))
+    .scan("com.example.web")
+    .startAndBlock();
+```
+
+```java
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf.*;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+
+@GET("/")
+@Template("pages/home")
+public final class HomePage extends ThymeleafHandler {
+    @Override
+    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
+        return ViewModel.of("title", "Home");
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Fragment Example
+
+```java
+@GET("/users/rows")
+@Fragment(template = "fragments/users", value = "rows")
+public final class UserRows extends ThymeleafHandler {
+    @Override
+    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
+        return ViewModel.of("users", List.of());
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Docs
+
+- `docs/architecture.md`
+- `docs/handlers.md`
+- `docs/model-and-globals.md`
+- `docs/fragments.md`
+- `docs/performance.md`
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/architecture.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab804c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Architecture
+
+`flash-ext-view-thymeleaf` has two layers:
+
+1. **Boot-time**
+   - `ThymeleafExtension` installs runtime + annotation processor.
+   - `ThymeleafTargetResolver` validates handlers and resolves `@Template` / `@Fragment`.
+   - Resolved targets are cached per handler class.
+
+2. **Request-time**
+   - Handler builds local `ViewModel`.
+   - Runtime injects globals under reserved `global` namespace and merges local model.
+   - Thymeleaf renders template or fragment.
+
+## Handler Contract
+
+- Must extend `ThymeleafHandler`.
+- Must have route annotation (`@Route`, `@GET`, `@POST`, ...).
+- Must declare exactly one view annotation:
+  - `@Template`
+  - `@Fragment`
+
+Invalid configurations fail fast at startup.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/fragments.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/fragments.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc5c619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/fragments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Fragments
+
+Use `@Fragment` for Thymeleaf fragment responses.
+
+```java
+@GET("/users/table")
+@Fragment(template = "fragments/users", value = "rows")
+public final class UsersRows extends ThymeleafHandler {
+    @Override
+    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
+        return ViewModel.of("users", List.of());
+    }
+}
+```
+
+If `value` is blank, runtime uses the configured default fragment (default: `content`).
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/handlers.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/handlers.md
similarity index 69%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/handlers.md
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/handlers.md
index df1bb14..874729a 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/handlers.md
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/handlers.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Handlers
 
-Use `ViewHandler` for class-based SSR routes.
+Use `ThymeleafHandler` for class-based Thymeleaf routes.
 
 ## Lifecycle
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Use `onViewInit()` to cache dependencies via `require(...)`.
 
 ```java
 @GET("/dashboard")
-@Page("pages/dashboard")
-public final class DashboardPage extends ViewHandler {
+@Template("pages/dashboard")
+public final class DashboardPage extends ThymeleafHandler {
 
     private DashboardService service;
 
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ public final class DashboardPage extends ViewHandler {
 }
 ```
 
-Use `render(Request, Response)` only when you need response access while building the model.
+Use `render(Request, Response)` when you need response access while building model variables.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/model-and-globals.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/model-and-globals.md
similarity index 84%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/model-and-globals.md
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/model-and-globals.md
index 0598d80..3ede391 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/model-and-globals.md
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/model-and-globals.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Model and Globals
 
-`ViewModel` is the per-request model builder.
+`ViewModel` (from `flash-ext-view-core`) is the per-request model builder.
 
 ## Merge Order
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Handlers cannot set top-level `global`; runtime throws fail-fast to prevent name
 Register globals on extension setup:
 
 ```java
-new ViewExtension(ViewEngineType.THYMELEAF)
+new ThymeleafExtension()
     .addGlobal("appName", req -> "Flash")
     .addGlobal("path", req -> req.path());
 ```
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/performance.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/performance.md
similarity index 68%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/performance.md
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/performance.md
index c4804ca..229305d 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/performance.md
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/docs/performance.md
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Performance
 
-`flash-ext-view` is optimized for low overhead on request path.
+`flash-ext-view-thymeleaf` is optimized for low overhead on request path.
 
 ## Current runtime choices
 
 - Handler view metadata resolved once and cached.
 - Global/local model merge done in a single pass.
-- No legacy rendering branches in runtime pipeline.
+- Thymeleaf target metadata resolved and cached per handler class.
+- No engine-agnostic adapter indirection.
 
 ## Best practices
 
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/pom.xml
similarity index 85%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/pom.xml
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/pom.xml
index 7f3b584..a12783f 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>flash-ext-view</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>flash-ext-view-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
@@ -19,20 +19,13 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flash</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>flash-ext-view-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!--
-            Optional engine bridges — not transitive.
-            Users must add whichever engine they select via ViewEngineType
-            to their own pom.xml. If absent at runtime, ViewExtension throws
-            a descriptive IllegalStateException at boot time.
-        -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
             <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.2.RELEASE</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Fragment.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Fragment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..010f18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Fragment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Binds a handler to a Thymeleaf fragment render target.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface Fragment {
+    String template();
+    String value() default "";
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Template.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Template.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7730c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/Template.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Binds a handler to a Thymeleaf template.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface Template {
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtension.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23561dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewExtension;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewRuntimeBridge;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * Opinionated Thymeleaf SSR extension for Flash.
+ */
+public class ThymeleafExtension extends BaseViewExtension<ThymeleafTarget> {
+    private final ThymeleafSettings settings;
+
+    static {
+        ensureThymeleafPresent();
+    }
+
+    public ThymeleafExtension() {
+        this(ThymeleafSettings.builder().build());
+    }
+
+    public ThymeleafExtension(Consumer<ThymeleafSettings.Builder> customizer) {
+        ThymeleafSettings.Builder builder = ThymeleafSettings.builder();
+        java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(customizer, "customizer must not be null").accept(builder);
+        this.settings = builder.build();
+    }
+
+    private ThymeleafExtension(ThymeleafSettings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ThymeleafExtension addGlobal(String key, java.util.function.Function<dev.relism.models.Request, Object> resolver) {
+        super.addGlobal(key, resolver);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected ViewRuntimeBridge<ThymeleafTarget> createRuntime(List<GlobalValue> globals) {
+        return new ThymeleafRuntime(settings, globals);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void validateHandlerClass(Class<? extends RequestHandler> handlerClass) {
+        ThymeleafTarget target = ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, settings);
+        if (target == null) return;
+        if (!ThymeleafHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(handlerClass)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " declares @Template/@Fragment but does not extend ThymeleafHandler");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void ensureThymeleafPresent() {
+        try {
+            Class.forName("org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine", false, ThymeleafExtension.class.getClassLoader());
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Thymeleaf is not on the classpath. Add dependency org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.1.2.RELEASE", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafHandler.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46fcd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for class-based Thymeleaf handlers.
+ */
+public abstract class ThymeleafHandler extends BaseViewHandler<ThymeleafTarget> {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntime.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntime.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163ab99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntime.java
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.BaseViewHandler;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.RenderedView;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewRuntimeBridge;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
+import org.thymeleaf.context.Context;
+import org.thymeleaf.context.IExpressionContext;
+import org.thymeleaf.linkbuilder.ILinkBuilder;
+import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ClassLoaderTemplateResolver;
+
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+final class ThymeleafRuntime implements ViewRuntimeBridge<ThymeleafTarget> {
+    private static final String GLOBAL_NAMESPACE = "global";
+
+    private final ThymeleafSettings settings;
+    private final List<GlobalValue> globals;
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, ThymeleafTarget> targets = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final TemplateEngine engine;
+
+    ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings settings, List<GlobalValue> globals) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+        this.globals = globals;
+        this.engine = createEngine(settings);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ThymeleafTarget resolve(Class<?> handlerClass) {
+        ThymeleafTarget cached = targets.get(handlerClass);
+        if (cached != null) return cached;
+        ThymeleafTarget resolved = ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, settings);
+        if (resolved == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("ThymeleafHandler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " must declare @Template or @Fragment");
+        }
+        targets.put(handlerClass, resolved);
+        return resolved;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RenderedView render(BaseViewHandler<ThymeleafTarget> handler,
+                               ThymeleafTarget target,
+                               Request req,
+                               Response res) throws Exception {
+        ViewModel local = handler.renderInternal(req, res);
+        ViewModel merged = merge(req, local);
+
+        Context ctx = new Context();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> e : merged.toMap().entrySet()) {
+            ctx.setVariable(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+        }
+
+        String output;
+        if (target.kind() == ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE) {
+            output = engine.process(target.template(), ctx);
+        } else {
+            output = engine.process(target.template(), Set.of(target.fragment()), ctx);
+        }
+
+        return new RenderedView(output, target.contentType());
+    }
+
+    private ViewModel merge(Request req, ViewModel local) {
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values = null;
+
+        if (!globals.isEmpty()) {
+            LinkedHashMap<String, Object> globalMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+            for (GlobalValue binding : globals) {
+                Object resolved = binding.resolver().apply(req);
+                globalMap.put(binding.key(), ViewModel.unwrapValue(resolved));
+            }
+            if (!globalMap.isEmpty()) {
+                if (values == null) values = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+                values.put(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE, Collections.unmodifiableMap(globalMap));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (local != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> localMap = local.toMap();
+            if (localMap.containsKey(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("ViewModel key 'global' is reserved for framework globals");
+            }
+            if (values == null) return ViewModel.copyOf(local);
+            values.putAll(localMap);
+        }
+
+        if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) return ViewModel.empty();
+        return ViewModel.owned(values);
+    }
+
+    private static TemplateEngine createEngine(ThymeleafSettings settings) {
+        ClassLoaderTemplateResolver resolver = new ClassLoaderTemplateResolver();
+        resolver.setPrefix(settings.prefix());
+        resolver.setSuffix(settings.suffix());
+        resolver.setTemplateMode(settings.mode());
+        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+        resolver.setCacheable(settings.cacheEnabled());
+
+        TemplateEngine engine = new TemplateEngine();
+        engine.setTemplateResolver(resolver);
+        engine.addLinkBuilder(FlashLinkBuilder.INSTANCE);
+        return engine;
+    }
+
+    private static final class FlashLinkBuilder implements ILinkBuilder {
+        static final FlashLinkBuilder INSTANCE = new FlashLinkBuilder();
+
+        @Override public String getName() { return "flash"; }
+        @Override public Integer getOrder() { return Integer.MIN_VALUE; }
+
+        @Override
+        public String buildLink(IExpressionContext ctx, String base, Map<String, Object> params) {
+            if (base == null) return "";
+            String url = expandPathVars(base, params);
+            return appendQueryString(url, base, params);
+        }
+
+        private static String expandPathVars(String base, Map<String, Object> params) {
+            if (params == null || params.isEmpty() || !base.contains("{")) return base;
+            String result = base;
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Object> e : params.entrySet()) {
+                String placeholder = '{' + e.getKey() + '}';
+                if (result.contains(placeholder) && e.getValue() != null) {
+                    result = result.replace(placeholder, encode(String.valueOf(e.getValue())));
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        private static String appendQueryString(String url, String base, Map<String, Object> params) {
+            if (params == null || params.isEmpty()) return url;
+            StringBuilder qs = new StringBuilder();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Object> e : params.entrySet()) {
+                if (base.contains('{' + e.getKey() + '}') || e.getValue() == null) continue;
+                qs.append(qs.isEmpty() ? '?' : '&')
+                        .append(encode(e.getKey()))
+                        .append('=')
+                        .append(encode(String.valueOf(e.getValue())));
+            }
+            return qs.isEmpty() ? url : url + qs;
+        }
+
+        private static String encode(String s) {
+            return URLEncoder.encode(s, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).replace("+", "%20");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettings.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c782e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.Flash;
+import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
+
+/**
+ * Thymeleaf resolver/engine defaults tuned for Flash.
+ */
+public final class ThymeleafSettings {
+    private final String prefix;
+    private final String suffix;
+    private final TemplateMode mode;
+    private final boolean cacheEnabled;
+    private final String defaultFragment;
+
+    private ThymeleafSettings(Builder b) {
+        this.prefix = b.prefix;
+        this.suffix = b.suffix;
+        this.mode = b.mode;
+        this.cacheEnabled = b.cacheEnabled;
+        this.defaultFragment = b.defaultFragment;
+    }
+
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    String prefix() { return prefix; }
+    String suffix() { return suffix; }
+    TemplateMode mode() { return mode; }
+    boolean cacheEnabled() { return cacheEnabled; }
+    String defaultFragment() { return defaultFragment; }
+
+    public static final class Builder {
+        private String prefix = "/templates/";
+        private String suffix = ".html";
+        private TemplateMode mode = TemplateMode.HTML;
+        private boolean cacheEnabled = !Flash.DEV;
+        private String defaultFragment = "content";
+
+        public Builder prefix(String prefix) {
+            String p = prefix == null ? "" : prefix.trim();
+            if (p.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("prefix must not be blank");
+            this.prefix = p.endsWith("/") ? p : p + '/';
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder suffix(String suffix) {
+            String s = suffix == null ? "" : suffix.trim();
+            if (s.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("suffix must not be blank");
+            this.suffix = s.startsWith(".") ? s : "." + s;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder mode(TemplateMode mode) {
+            this.mode = java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(mode, "mode must not be null");
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder cacheEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+            this.cacheEnabled = enabled;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder defaultFragment(String fragment) {
+            String f = fragment == null ? "" : fragment.trim();
+            if (f.isEmpty()) throw new IllegalArgumentException("default fragment must not be blank");
+            this.defaultFragment = f;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public ThymeleafSettings build() {
+            return new ThymeleafSettings(this);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTarget.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTarget.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3473a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTarget.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+
+record ThymeleafTarget(
+        Kind kind,
+        String template,
+        String fragment,
+        ContentType contentType
+) {
+    enum Kind {
+        TEMPLATE,
+        FRAGMENT
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolver.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa231d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+import dev.relism.routing.Route;
+import dev.relism.routing.Routes;
+
+final class ThymeleafTargetResolver {
+    private ThymeleafTargetResolver() {}
+
+    static ThymeleafTarget resolve(Class<?> handlerClass, ThymeleafSettings settings) {
+        Template template = find(handlerClass, Template.class);
+        Fragment fragment = find(handlerClass, Fragment.class);
+
+        int count = (template != null ? 1 : 0) + (fragment != null ? 1 : 0);
+        if (count == 0) return null;
+
+        Route route = Routes.of(handlerClass);
+        if (route == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Thymeleaf handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " has view annotation but no route annotation (@Route/@GET/@POST/...)");
+        }
+
+        if (count > 1) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
+                    + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
+                    + " declares multiple Thymeleaf view annotations. Use exactly one of @Template, @Fragment");
+        }
+
+        if (template != null) {
+            String name = value(template.value(), "@Template", handlerClass, route);
+            return new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, name, "", ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
+        }
+
+        String name = value(fragment.template(), "@Fragment(template)", handlerClass, route);
+        String frag = fragment.value() == null ? "" : fragment.value().trim();
+        if (frag.isEmpty()) frag = settings.defaultFragment();
+        return new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.FRAGMENT, name, frag, ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
+    }
+
+    private static String value(String v, String field, Class<?> handler, Route route) {
+        String value = v == null ? "" : v.trim();
+        if (value.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handler.getName()
+                    + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
+                    + " uses " + field + " with an empty template value");
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private static <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A find(Class<?> cls, Class<A> type) {
+        while (cls != null && !cls.equals(Object.class)) {
+            A a = cls.getAnnotation(type);
+            if (a != null) return a;
+            cls = cls.getSuperclass();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtensionTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtensionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1b58bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafExtensionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class ThymeleafExtensionTest {
+
+    @GET("/ok")
+    @Template("pages/home")
+    static class ValidTemplateHandler extends ThymeleafHandler {
+        @Override
+        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+            return ViewModel.of("title", "ok");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/fragment")
+    @Fragment(template = "pages/home", value = "rows")
+    static class ValidFragmentHandler extends ThymeleafHandler {
+        @Override
+        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+            return ViewModel.of("id", 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/wrong")
+    @Template("pages/home")
+    static class WrongBaseHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/missing")
+    static class MissingViewAnnotationHandler extends ThymeleafHandler {}
+
+    @Test
+    void constructor_requiresNonNullCustomizer() {
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new ThymeleafExtension(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void addGlobal_isFluent() {
+        ThymeleafExtension ext = new ThymeleafExtension();
+        assertSame(ext, ext.addGlobal("app", req -> "Flash"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_acceptsTemplateAndFragmentHandlers() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafExtension ext = new ThymeleafExtension();
+        invokeValidate(ext, ValidTemplateHandler.class);
+        invokeValidate(ext, ValidFragmentHandler.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_rejectsTemplateWithoutThymeleafBase() {
+        ThymeleafExtension ext = new ThymeleafExtension();
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> invokeValidate(ext, WrongBaseHandler.class));
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("does not extend ThymeleafHandler"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validate_allowsThymeleafBaseWithoutViewAnnotation() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafExtension ext = new ThymeleafExtension();
+        invokeValidate(ext, MissingViewAnnotationHandler.class);
+    }
+
+    private static void invokeValidate(ThymeleafExtension ext, Class<? extends RequestHandler> type) throws Exception {
+        Method m = ThymeleafExtension.class.getDeclaredMethod("validateHandlerClass", Class.class);
+        m.setAccessible(true);
+        try {
+            m.invoke(ext, type);
+        } catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException e) {
+            Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+            if (cause instanceof RuntimeException re) throw re;
+            if (cause instanceof Error err) throw err;
+            throw new RuntimeException(cause);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntimeTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntimeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f5c61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafRuntimeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.GlobalValue;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.RenderedView;
+import dev.relism.ext.view.core.ViewModel;
+import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class ThymeleafRuntimeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void render_template_resolvesTemplateAndLinks() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(), List.of());
+
+        RenderedView out = runtime.render(new ThymeleafHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                return ViewModel.empty().with("title", "Home").with("id", 42).with("page", 2);
+            }
+        }, new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, "pages/home", "", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON));
+
+        assertEquals(ContentType.TEXT_HTML, out.contentType());
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("Home"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/users/42?page=2"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void render_fragment_usesExplicitFragment() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(), List.of());
+
+        RenderedView out = runtime.render(new ThymeleafHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                return ViewModel.empty().with("id", 42);
+            }
+        }, new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.FRAGMENT, "pages/home", "rows", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON));
+
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("row-42"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void render_mergesGlobalsInReservedNamespace() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(
+                ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(),
+                List.of(new GlobalValue("appName", req -> "Flash"), new GlobalValue("path", req -> "/x"))
+        );
+
+        RenderedView out = runtime.render(new ThymeleafHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                return ViewModel.of("title", "Home");
+            }
+        }, new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, "pages/with-globals", "", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON));
+
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("Flash"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/x"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void render_rejectsLocalGlobalKeyOverride() {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(
+                ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(),
+                List.of(new GlobalValue("appName", req -> "Flash"))
+        );
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () ->
+                runtime.render(new ThymeleafHandler() {
+                    @Override
+                    public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                        return ViewModel.of("global", "bad");
+                    }
+                }, new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, "pages/home", "", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON))
+        );
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("reserved"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void render_template_withoutParams_linkBuilderCoversEmptyBranches() throws Exception {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(), List.of());
+
+        RenderedView out = runtime.render(new ThymeleafHandler() {
+            @Override
+            public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+                return ViewModel.of("title", "NoParams");
+            }
+        }, new ThymeleafTarget(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, "pages/link-cases", "", ContentType.TEXT_HTML), null, new Response(200, ContentType.JSON));
+
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/static"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/users/"));
+        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/search"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_cachesTargetInstance() {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(), List.of());
+
+        ThymeleafTarget first = runtime.resolve(CachedTemplateHandler.class);
+        ThymeleafTarget second = runtime.resolve(CachedTemplateHandler.class);
+
+        assertTrue(first == second);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_missingViewAnnotation_fails() {
+        ThymeleafRuntime runtime = new ThymeleafRuntime(ThymeleafSettings.builder().cacheEnabled(false).build(), List.of());
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> runtime.resolve(MissingViewHandler.class));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("must declare @Template or @Fragment"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void builderBranches_coverPrefixSuffixFragmentModeAndCacheFlag() {
+        ThymeleafSettings settings = ThymeleafSettings.builder()
+                .prefix("templates")
+                .suffix("html")
+                .mode(TemplateMode.HTML)
+                .cacheEnabled(false)
+                .defaultFragment("rows")
+                .build();
+
+        assertEquals("templates/", settings.prefix());
+        assertEquals(".html", settings.suffix());
+        assertEquals("rows", settings.defaultFragment());
+        assertFalse(settings.cacheEnabled());
+    }
+
+    @dev.relism.routing.GET("/cached")
+    @Template("pages/home")
+    static class CachedTemplateHandler extends ThymeleafHandler {
+        @Override
+        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+            return ViewModel.of("title", "cached").with("id", 1).with("page", 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class MissingViewHandler extends ThymeleafHandler {
+        @Override
+        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
+            return ViewModel.empty();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettingsTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9546a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.Flash;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class ThymeleafSettingsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void defaults_matchFlashConventions() {
+        ThymeleafSettings settings = ThymeleafSettings.builder().build();
+
+        assertEquals("/templates/", settings.prefix());
+        assertEquals(".html", settings.suffix());
+        assertEquals(TemplateMode.HTML, settings.mode());
+        assertEquals(!Flash.DEV, settings.cacheEnabled());
+        assertEquals("content", settings.defaultFragment());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void builder_normalizesPrefixAndSuffix() {
+        ThymeleafSettings settings = ThymeleafSettings.builder()
+                .prefix("templates")
+                .suffix("jte")
+                .mode(TemplateMode.TEXT)
+                .cacheEnabled(true)
+                .defaultFragment("rows")
+                .build();
+
+        assertEquals("templates/", settings.prefix());
+        assertEquals(".jte", settings.suffix());
+        assertEquals(TemplateMode.TEXT, settings.mode());
+        assertTrue(settings.cacheEnabled());
+        assertEquals("rows", settings.defaultFragment());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void builder_rejectsBlankValuesAndNullMode() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> ThymeleafSettings.builder().prefix(" "));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> ThymeleafSettings.builder().suffix(" "));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> ThymeleafSettings.builder().defaultFragment(" "));
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> ThymeleafSettings.builder().mode(null));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolverTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolverTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d72d59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/thymeleaf/ThymeleafTargetResolverTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package dev.relism.ext.view.thymeleaf;
+
+import dev.relism.models.Request;
+import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
+import dev.relism.models.Response;
+import dev.relism.routing.GET;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class ThymeleafTargetResolverTest {
+
+    @GET("/home")
+    @Template("pages/home")
+    static class TemplateHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/partial")
+    @Fragment(template = "pages/home", value = "rows")
+    static class FragmentHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/partial-default")
+    @Fragment(template = "pages/home")
+    static class FragmentDefaultHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET("/bad")
+    @Template("a")
+    @Fragment(template = "b")
+    static class ConflictingHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Template("pages/no-route")
+    static class NoRouteHandler extends RequestHandler {
+        @Override
+        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_template_returnsTemplateTarget() {
+        ThymeleafTarget resolved = ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(TemplateHandler.class, ThymeleafSettings.builder().build());
+
+        assertNotNull(resolved);
+        assertEquals(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.TEMPLATE, resolved.kind());
+        assertEquals("pages/home", resolved.template());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_fragment_withoutValue_usesDefaultFragment() {
+        ThymeleafTarget resolved = ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(FragmentDefaultHandler.class, ThymeleafSettings.builder().defaultFragment("content").build());
+
+        assertNotNull(resolved);
+        assertEquals(ThymeleafTarget.Kind.FRAGMENT, resolved.kind());
+        assertEquals("content", resolved.fragment());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_multipleViewAnnotations_fails() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(ConflictingHandler.class, ThymeleafSettings.builder().build()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolve_viewAnnotationWithoutRoute_fails() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> ThymeleafTargetResolver.resolve(NoRouteHandler.class, ThymeleafSettings.builder().build()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html
similarity index 100%
rename from flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html
rename to flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/home.html
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/link-cases.html b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/link-cases.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e62de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/link-cases.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<body>
+<a id="plain" th:href="@{/static}">plain</a>
+<a id="pathvar-null" th:href="@{/users/{id}(id=${null})}">pathvar-null</a>
+<a id="query-null" th:href="@{/search(q=${null})}">query-null</a>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/with-globals.html b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/with-globals.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b33823c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view-thymeleaf/src/test/resources/templates/pages/with-globals.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<body>
+<span th:text="${global.appName}">app</span>
+<span th:text="${global.path}">path</span>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/README.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 36d0c1e..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# flash-ext-view
-
-Lightweight SSR view extension for Flash.
-
-This module provides a focused MVC surface:
-
-- `ViewExtension`
-- `ViewHandler`
-- `@Page` and `@Partial`
-- `ViewModel` and opinionated `global.*` values
-- `ViewEngineAdapter`
-
-No legacy annotation/renderer API is exposed.
-
-`@Page`/`@Partial` are valid only on `ViewHandler` subclasses.
-
-## Quick Start
-
-```java
-import dev.relism.extension.FlashApp;
-import dev.relism.ext.view.*;
-
-FlashApp.create(8080)
-    .install(new ViewExtension(ViewEngineType.THYMELEAF)
-        .addGlobal("appName", req -> "Flash")
-        .addGlobal("requestPath", req -> req.path()))
-    .scan("com.example.web")
-    .startAndBlock();
-```
-
-`global` is a reserved namespace. Handlers cannot write a top-level `global` key.
-
-```java
-import dev.relism.ext.view.*;
-import dev.relism.routing.GET;
-
-@GET("/")
-@Page("pages/home")
-public final class HomePage extends ViewHandler {
-    @Override
-    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
-        return ViewModel.of("title", "Home");
-    }
-}
-```
-
-## Docs
-
-- `docs/architecture.md`
-- `docs/handlers.md`
-- `docs/model-and-globals.md`
-- `docs/partials.md`
-- `docs/adapters.md`
-- `docs/performance.md`
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/adapters.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/adapters.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 091c059..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/adapters.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Adapters
-
-`ViewEngineAdapter` is the rendering boundary.
-
-## Built-in
-
-- `ViewEngineType.THYMELEAF`
-
-## Custom adapter
-
-```java
-public final class MyAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-    @Override
-    public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-        return EngineCapabilities.NONE;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target,
-                               Map<String, Object> model,
-                               Request req,
-                               Response res) {
-        String body = "...";
-        return RenderOutput.html(body);
-    }
-}
-```
-
-Adapter instances must be thread-safe after construction.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/architecture.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/architecture.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 06c81af..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/architecture.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Architecture
-
-`flash-ext-view` runs in two layers:
-
-1. **Boot-time**
-   - `ViewExtension` registers `ViewRuntime` and an annotation processor.
-   - `ViewTargetResolver` validates handlers and maps annotations to `ViewTarget`.
-   - Resolved targets are cached per handler class.
-
-2. **Request-time**
-   - Handler builds local `ViewModel`.
-   - `ViewRuntime` injects extension globals under reserved `global` namespace, then merges local model.
-   - `ViewEngineAdapter` renders `RenderOutput`.
-
-## Valid Handler Contract
-
-- Must extend `ViewHandler`.
-- Must have route annotation (`@Route`, `@GET`, `@POST`, ...).
-- Must declare exactly one view annotation:
-  - `@Page`
-  - `@Partial`
-
-Invalid configurations fail fast at startup.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f85e498..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/docs/partials.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Partials
-
-Use `@Partial` for fragment responses.
-
-```java
-@GET("/users/table")
-@Partial(template = "fragments/users", slot = "rows")
-public final class UsersRows extends ViewHandler {
-    @Override
-    public ViewModel render(dev.relism.models.Request req) {
-        return ViewModel.of("users", List.of());
-    }
-}
-```
-
-If slot is empty, the adapter default slot is used.
-
-If a slot is specified but the adapter does not support slot selection,
-startup fails with a clear error.
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e06b6d..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/EngineCapabilities.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-/** Engine feature flags used for boot-time validation. */
-public record EngineCapabilities(boolean supportsPartialSlot) {
-    public static final EngineCapabilities NONE = new EngineCapabilities(false);
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ec7321..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/GlobalBinding.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-
-import java.util.function.Function;
-
-record GlobalBinding(String key, Function<Request, Object> resolver) {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a488042..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Page.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-/**
- * Binds a class-based route handler to a full-page template.
- *
- * <p>Use on subclasses of {@link dev.relism.models.RequestHandler}, typically
- * {@link ViewHandler}. The handler must also declare a route annotation
- * ({@code @Route}, {@code @GET}, {@code @POST}, ...).
- */
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
-public @interface Page {
-    /** Template name/path (engine-specific). */
-    String value();
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbe223..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/Partial.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-/**
- * Binds a class-based route handler to a partial template render.
- *
- * <p>Useful for progressive/fragment updates (e.g. HTMX). When {@link #slot()} is blank,
- * the adapter default slot is used.
- */
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
-public @interface Partial {
-    /** Template containing the fragment slot. */
-    String template();
-
-    /** Optional fragment slot selector. */
-    String slot() default "";
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e442bf9..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/RenderOutput.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
-
-/**
- * Render result produced by a {@link ViewEngineAdapter}.
- *
- * @param body rendered response body
- * @param contentType optional explicit response content type; if null runtime falls back to
- *                    route-level default ({@code text/html})
- */
-public record RenderOutput(String body, ContentType contentType) {
-    public static RenderOutput html(String body) {
-        return new RenderOutput(body, ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f4574d..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngine.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
-import org.thymeleaf.context.Context;
-import org.thymeleaf.context.IExpressionContext;
-import org.thymeleaf.linkbuilder.ILinkBuilder;
-import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
-import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ClassLoaderTemplateResolver;
-
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Thymeleaf 3.x adapter for Flash SSR views.
- *
- * <p>Package-private — instantiated exclusively by {@link ViewEngineType#THYMELEAF}.
- *
- * <h3>Default configuration</h3>
- * <ul>
- *   <li>Prefix  : {@code /templates/}  (classpath-relative)</li>
- *   <li>Suffix  : {@code .html}</li>
- *   <li>Mode    : {@link TemplateMode#HTML}</li>
- *   <li>Encoding: UTF-8</li>
- *   <li>Cache   : enabled in production, disabled in dev mode
- *                 ({@code flash.env=dev} or {@code FLASH_ENV=dev})</li>
- * </ul>
- *
- * <h3>Link building</h3>
- * Thymeleaf's built-in {@code StandardLinkBuilder} requires an
- * {@code IWebContext} (servlet context) to resolve context-relative paths
- * ({@code @{/foo}}). Flash runs standalone, so this engine registers a custom
- * {@link FlashLinkBuilder} that resolves {@code @{...}} expressions without a
- * servlet context — path variables and query parameters are supported as usual.
- *
- * <h3>Model conventions</h3>
- * <ul>
- *   <li>{@link Map} model → each entry is a named Thymeleaf variable.</li>
- *   <li>Any other non-null value → registered under the key {@code "it"}.</li>
- *   <li>{@code null} model → empty context.</li>
- * </ul>
- */
-final class ThymeleafEngine implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-
-    private static final String PREFIX   = "/templates/";
-    private static final String SUFFIX   = ".html";
-    private final TemplateEngine engine;
-
-    ThymeleafEngine(boolean cacheEnabled) {
-        ClassLoaderTemplateResolver resolver = new ClassLoaderTemplateResolver();
-        resolver.setPrefix(PREFIX);
-        resolver.setSuffix(SUFFIX);
-        resolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
-        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
-        resolver.setCacheable(cacheEnabled);
-
-        this.engine = new TemplateEngine();
-        this.engine.setTemplateResolver(resolver);
-        // Replace the default StandardLinkBuilder (which requires IWebContext)
-        // with our standalone-compatible link builder.
-        this.engine.addLinkBuilder(FlashLinkBuilder.INSTANCE);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-        return new EngineCapabilities(true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, Map<String, Object> model,
-                               dev.relism.models.Request req,
-                               dev.relism.models.Response res) {
-        String template = target.template();
-        if (target.kind() == ViewKind.PAGE) {
-            Context ctx = new Context();
-            populateContext(ctx, model);
-            return RenderOutput.html(engine.process(template, ctx));
-        } else {
-            String slot = target.slot();
-            String fragment = (slot == null || slot.isBlank()) ? "content" : slot;
-            Context ctx = new Context();
-            populateContext(ctx, model);
-            return RenderOutput.html(engine.process(template, Set.of(fragment), ctx));
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void populateContext(Context ctx, Object model) {
-        if (model instanceof Map<?, ?> map) {
-            map.forEach((k, v) -> ctx.setVariable(String.valueOf(k), v));
-        } else if (model != null) {
-            ctx.setVariable("it", model);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // ── Link builder ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-    /**
-     * Standalone-compatible link builder for Thymeleaf's {@code @{...}} expressions.
-     *
-     * <p>Thymeleaf's built-in {@code StandardLinkBuilder} requires an
-     * {@code IWebContext} (i.e. a servlet container) to resolve context-relative
-     * paths starting with {@code /}. This builder replicates that behaviour without
-     * the servlet dependency:
-     * <ul>
-     *   <li>Path variables — {@code @{/posts/{id}(id=${post.id})}} → {@code /posts/abc}</li>
-     *   <li>Query params  — {@code @{/search(q=${term})}}        → {@code /search?q=hello}</li>
-     *   <li>Mixed         — {@code @{/posts/{id}(id=x,p=2)}}     → {@code /posts/x?p=2}</li>
-     * </ul>
-     * Registered at order {@link Integer#MIN_VALUE} so it takes precedence over
-     * {@code StandardLinkBuilder} ({@code Integer.MAX_VALUE}).
-     */
-    private static final class FlashLinkBuilder implements ILinkBuilder {
-
-        static final FlashLinkBuilder INSTANCE = new FlashLinkBuilder();
-
-        @Override public String  getName()  { return "flash"; }
-        @Override public Integer getOrder() { return Integer.MIN_VALUE; }
-
-        @Override
-        public String buildLink(IExpressionContext ctx,
-                                String base,
-                                Map<String, Object> params) {
-            if (base == null) return "";
-            String url = expandPathVars(base, params);
-            return appendQueryString(url, base, params);
-        }
-
-        /** Substitutes {@code {key}} placeholders in the path with their encoded values. */
-        private static String expandPathVars(String base, Map<String, Object> params) {
-            if (params == null || params.isEmpty() || !base.contains("{")) return base;
-            String result = base;
-            for (var e : params.entrySet()) {
-                String placeholder = '{' + e.getKey() + '}';
-                if (result.contains(placeholder) && e.getValue() != null) {
-                    result = result.replace(placeholder, encode(String.valueOf(e.getValue())));
-                }
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /** Appends parameters that were NOT consumed as path variables as {@code ?k=v&…} pairs. */
-        private static String appendQueryString(String url, String base, Map<String, Object> params) {
-            if (params == null || params.isEmpty()) return url;
-            StringBuilder qs = new StringBuilder();
-            for (var e : params.entrySet()) {
-                if (base.contains('{' + e.getKey() + '}') || e.getValue() == null) continue;
-                qs.append(qs.isEmpty() ? '?' : '&')
-                  .append(encode(e.getKey()))
-                  .append('=')
-                  .append(encode(String.valueOf(e.getValue())));
-            }
-            return qs.isEmpty() ? url : url + qs;
-        }
-
-        private static String encode(String s) {
-            return URLEncoder.encode(s, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).replace("+", "%20");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d993784..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineAdapter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * Rendering adapter contract used by the Flash SSR view runtime.
- *
- * <p>Implementations must be thread-safe after construction because one instance is shared by
- * all requests.
- */
-public interface ViewEngineAdapter {
-
-    /** Engine feature flags used for boot-time route/view validation. */
-    EngineCapabilities capabilities();
-
-    /**
-     * Renders a page/partial target with the merged model for the current request.
-     *
-     * @param target resolved rendering target
-     * @param model merged request model (globals first, local model last)
-     * @param req current request
-     * @param res current response
-     * @return response body + optional explicit content type
-     */
-    RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, Map<String, Object> model, Request req, Response res) throws Exception;
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d89926..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewEngineType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-/**
- * Managed template engine types supported out-of-the-box by {@link ViewExtension}.
- *
- * <p>Pass one of these constants to {@link ViewExtension#ViewExtension(ViewEngineType)}
- * for zero-boilerplate setup. The extension auto-configures the selected engine with
- * sensible defaults and validates that the required library is on the runtime classpath,
- * throwing a descriptive {@link IllegalStateException} at boot time if it is not.
- *
- * <pre>{@code
- * // Zero-boilerplate — Thymeleaf auto-configured with defaults
- * app.install(new ViewExtension(ViewEngineType.THYMELEAF));
- * }</pre>
- *
- * <h3>Dev mode</h3>
- * Template caching is <b>disabled</b> when either:
- * <ul>
- *   <li>the JVM property {@code flash.env} equals {@code dev} (case-insensitive), or</li>
- *   <li>the environment variable {@code FLASH_ENV} equals {@code dev}.</li>
- * </ul>
- * In all other cases caching is enabled (production default).
- *
- * <h3>Adding your own engine</h3>
- * For unsupported engines, implement {@link ViewEngineAdapter} and pass it to
- * {@link ViewExtension#ViewExtension(ViewEngineAdapter)}.
- */
-public enum ViewEngineType {
-
-    /**
-     * Thymeleaf 3.x — natural HTML templates with server-side rendering.
-     *
-     * <p>Required dependency (add to your {@code pom.xml}):
-     * <pre>{@code
-     * <dependency>
-     *     <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-     *     <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
-     *     <version>3.1.2.RELEASE</version>
-     * </dependency>
-     * }</pre>
-     *
-     * Default resolver: classpath, prefix {@code /templates/}, suffix {@code .html},
-     * mode {@code HTML}, encoding UTF-8.
-     */
-    THYMELEAF;
-
-    // ── Factory ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-    /**
-     * Instantiates and configures the {@link ViewEngineAdapter} for this type.
-     * Called once at extension setup time — never on the hot-path.
-     *
-     * @param cacheEnabled whether the engine should cache compiled templates
-     * @throws IllegalStateException if the required library is not on the classpath
-     */
-    ViewEngineAdapter createAdapter(boolean cacheEnabled) {
-        return switch (this) {
-            case THYMELEAF -> createThymeleaf(cacheEnabled);
-        };
-    }
-
-    // ── Engine factories ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-    private static ViewEngineAdapter createThymeleaf(boolean cacheEnabled) {
-        try {
-            return new ThymeleafEngine(cacheEnabled);
-        } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("""
-                    Thymeleaf is not on the classpath. \
-                    Add the following dependency to your pom.xml:
-
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
-                            <version>3.1.2.RELEASE</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                    """, e);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 477be9e..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtension.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.Flash;
-import dev.relism.extension.FlashContext;
-import dev.relism.extension.FlashExtension;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-
-/**
- * Installs server-side view rendering for class-based handlers.
- *
- * <p>Strict contract: only {@link ViewHandler} subclasses may declare {@link Page}/{@link Partial}.
- * Annotating a plain {@link dev.relism.models.RequestHandler} fails fast at boot.
- */
-public final class ViewExtension implements FlashExtension {
-
-    private final ViewEngineAdapter adapter;
-    private final List<GlobalBinding> globals = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    public ViewExtension(ViewEngineType type) {
-        this(type.createAdapter(!Flash.DEV));
-    }
-
-    public ViewExtension(ViewEngineAdapter adapter) {
-        this.adapter = Objects.requireNonNull(adapter, "ViewEngineAdapter must not be null");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Registers one request-scoped global value under {@code global.<key>}.
-     *
-     * <p>This is the only supported global registration API. Keep resolvers fast and side-effect free.
-     */
-    public ViewExtension addGlobal(String key, Function<dev.relism.models.Request, Object> resolver) {
-        String k = Objects.requireNonNull(key, "global key must not be null").trim();
-        if (k.isEmpty()) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("global key must not be blank");
-        }
-        if (k.equals("global") || k.contains(".")) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("global key must be a simple key (no dots), received: " + key);
-        }
-        globals.add(new GlobalBinding(k, Objects.requireNonNull(resolver, "global resolver must not be null")));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void provide(FlashContext ctx) {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(adapter, List.copyOf(globals));
-        ctx.provide(ViewEngineAdapter.class, adapter);
-        ctx.provide(ViewRuntime.class, runtime);
-
-        // Processor kept for boot-time contract enforcement. Rendering itself stays in ViewHandler.
-        ctx.addAnnotationProcessor(handlerClass -> {
-            ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = ViewTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, adapter.capabilities());
-            if (resolved == null) return List.of();
-
-            if (!ViewHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(handlerClass)) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                        + " declares @Page/@Partial but does not extend ViewHandler");
-            }
-            return List.of();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cb412ac..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-
-/**
- * Base class for class-based SSR handlers.
- *
- * <p>Subclass contract:
- * <ol>
- *   <li>Declare exactly one of {@link Page} or {@link Partial} on the class hierarchy.</li>
- *   <li>Cache dependencies in {@link #onViewInit()} (one-time, boot-time).</li>
- *   <li>Build per-request model in {@link #render(Request)} or {@link #render(Request, Response)}.</li>
- * </ol>
- */
-public abstract class ViewHandler extends RequestHandler {
-    private ViewRuntime runtime;
-    private ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved;
-
-    /**
-     * Per-request model hook.
-     *
-     * <p>Override this method for request-only rendering. If you need to mutate response
-     * metadata while building the model, override {@link #render(Request, Response)}.
-     */
-    public ViewModel render(Request req) throws Exception {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Override render(Request) or render(Request, Response)");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Per-request model hook with response access.
-     *
-     * <p>Default implementation delegates to {@link #render(Request)}.
-     */
-    public ViewModel render(Request req, Response res) throws Exception {
-        return render(req);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected final void onInit() {
-        runtime  = require(ViewRuntime.class);
-        resolved = runtime.resolve(getClass());
-        onViewInit();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * One-time initialization hook invoked after view metadata resolution.
-     *
-     * <p>Use this to cache services via {@link #require(Class)}. Do not perform request-bound
-     * work here.
-     */
-    protected void onViewInit() {}
-
-    @Override
-    public final Object handle(Request request, Response response) throws Exception {
-        return runtime.render(this, resolved, request, response);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d2f18b3..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewKind.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-/** Render mode for resolved handler view targets. */
-public enum ViewKind {
-    PAGE,
-    PARTIAL
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f557505..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntime.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Internal runtime for view target resolution and per-request rendering.
- *
- * <p>All expensive reflection is done once and cached per handler class.
- */
-final class ViewRuntime {
-    private static final String GLOBAL_NAMESPACE = "global";
-
-    private final ViewEngineAdapter adapter;
-    private final List<GlobalBinding> globals;
-    private final ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView> resolvedCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    ViewRuntime(ViewEngineAdapter adapter, List<GlobalBinding> globals) {
-        this.adapter = adapter;
-        this.globals = globals;
-    }
-
-    ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolve(Class<?> handlerClass) {
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView cached = resolvedCache.get(handlerClass);
-        if (cached != null) return cached;
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = ViewTargetResolver.resolve(handlerClass, adapter.capabilities());
-        if (resolved == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("ViewHandler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                    + " must declare @Page or @Partial");
-        }
-        resolvedCache.put(handlerClass, resolved);
-        return resolved;
-    }
-
-    Object render(ViewHandler handler, ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved, Request req, Response res) throws Exception {
-        if (resolved == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("ViewHandler " + handler.getClass().getName()
-                    + " must declare @Page or @Partial");
-        }
-
-        RenderOutput out = render(resolved, req, res, handler.render(req, res));
-        return out.body();
-    }
-
-    RenderOutput render(ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved, Request req, Response res, ViewModel local) throws Exception {
-        ViewModel merged = merge(req, local);
-        RenderOutput out = adapter.render(resolved.target(), merged.toMap(), req, res);
-
-        if (out.contentType() != null) {
-            res.type(out.contentType());
-        } else {
-            res.type(resolved.contentType());
-        }
-        return out;
-    }
-
-    ViewModel merge(Request req, ViewModel local) {
-        // Single-pass merge: reserved global namespace + local model.
-        // We avoid intermediate ViewModel allocations on the hot path.
-        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> values = null;
-
-        if (!globals.isEmpty()) {
-            LinkedHashMap<String, Object> globalMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-            for (GlobalBinding binding : globals) {
-                Object resolved = binding.resolver().apply(req);
-                globalMap.put(binding.key(), ViewModel.unwrapValue(resolved));
-            }
-            if (!globalMap.isEmpty()) {
-                if (values == null) values = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-                values.put(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE, Collections.unmodifiableMap(globalMap));
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (local != null) {
-            var localMap = local.toMap();
-            if (localMap.containsKey(GLOBAL_NAMESPACE)) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("ViewModel key 'global' is reserved for framework globals");
-            }
-            if (values == null) return ViewModel.copyOf(local);
-            values.putAll(localMap);
-        }
-
-        if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) return ViewModel.empty();
-        return ViewModel.owned(values);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a3a976d..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTarget.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-/**
- * Resolved render target for one handler class.
- *
- * @param kind page or partial render
- * @param template template identifier/path
- * @param slot optional partial slot selector
- */
-public record ViewTarget(
-        ViewKind kind,
-        String template,
-        String slot
-) {}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e51d8e3..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/main/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
-import dev.relism.routing.Route;
-import dev.relism.routing.Routes;
-
-/** Boot-time resolver that maps handler annotations to concrete render targets. */
-final class ViewTargetResolver {
-
-    private ViewTargetResolver() {}
-
-    static ResolvedView resolve(Class<?> handlerClass, EngineCapabilities capabilities) {
-        Page page = find(handlerClass, Page.class);
-        Partial partial = find(handlerClass, Partial.class);
-
-        int count = (page != null ? 1 : 0) + (partial != null ? 1 : 0);
-        if (count == 0) return null;
-
-        Route route = Routes.of(handlerClass);
-        if (route == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("View handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                    + " has view annotation but no route annotation (@Route/@GET/@POST/...)");
-        }
-
-        if (count > 1) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                    + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
-                    + " declares multiple view annotations. Use exactly one of @Page, @Partial");
-        }
-
-        if (page != null) {
-            String template = page.value() == null ? "" : page.value().trim();
-            if (template.isEmpty()) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                        + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
-                        + " uses @Page with an empty template name");
-            }
-            return new ResolvedView(new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PAGE, template, ""), ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
-        }
-
-        if (partial != null) {
-            String template = partial.template() == null ? "" : partial.template().trim();
-            if (template.isEmpty()) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                        + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
-                        + " uses @Partial with an empty template name");
-            }
-            String slot = partial.slot() == null ? "" : partial.slot().trim();
-            if (!slot.isEmpty() && !capabilities.supportsPartialSlot()) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Handler " + handlerClass.getName()
-                        + " route " + route.method() + " " + route.path()
-                        + " uses @Partial(slot=\"" + slot + "\") but current engine does not support partial slots");
-            }
-            return new ResolvedView(new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PARTIAL, template, slot), ContentType.TEXT_HTML);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private static <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A find(Class<?> cls, Class<A> type) {
-        while (cls != null && !cls.equals(Object.class)) {
-            A a = cls.getAnnotation(type);
-            if (a != null) return a;
-            cls = cls.getSuperclass();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    record ResolvedView(ViewTarget target, ContentType contentType) {}
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cd89b9d..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ThymeleafEngineTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class ThymeleafEngineTest {
-
-    @Test
-    void render_page_resolvesTemplateAndLinks() {
-        ThymeleafEngine engine = new ThymeleafEngine(false);
-
-        RenderOutput out = engine.render(
-                new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PAGE, "pages/home", ""),
-                ViewModel.empty().with("title", "Home").with("id", 42).with("page", 2).toMap(),
-                null,
-                new Response(200, ContentType.JSON)
-        );
-
-        assertEquals(ContentType.TEXT_HTML, out.contentType());
-        assertTrue(out.body().contains("Home"));
-        assertTrue(out.body().contains("/users/42?page=2"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void render_partial_usesExplicitSlot() {
-        ThymeleafEngine engine = new ThymeleafEngine(false);
-
-        RenderOutput out = engine.render(
-                new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PARTIAL, "pages/home", "rows"),
-                ViewModel.empty().with("id", 42).toMap(),
-                null,
-                new Response(200, ContentType.JSON)
-        );
-
-        assertTrue(out.body().contains("row-42"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void render_partial_usesDefaultContentSlotWhenBlank() {
-        ThymeleafEngine engine = new ThymeleafEngine(false);
-
-        RenderOutput out = engine.render(
-                new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PARTIAL, "pages/home", "  "),
-                ViewModel.empty().with("title", "ContentSlot").toMap(),
-                null,
-                new Response(200, ContentType.JSON)
-        );
-
-        assertTrue(out.body().contains("content-ContentSlot"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void capabilities_supportSlotSelection() {
-        ThymeleafEngine engine = new ThymeleafEngine(true);
-        assertTrue(engine.capabilities().supportsPartialSlot());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 01b34f3..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewExtensionContractTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.extension.FlashContext;
-import dev.relism.extension.AnnotationProcessor;
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-import dev.relism.routing.GET;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-
-class ViewExtensionContractTest {
-
-    @GET("/plain")
-    @Page("pages/plain")
-    static final class PlainPageHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GET("/view")
-    @Page("pages/view")
-    static final class ViewPageHandler extends ViewHandler {
-        @Override
-        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
-            return ViewModel.empty();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void processor_rejectsViewAnnotationOnNonViewHandler() {
-        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
-        new ViewExtension(new NoopAdapter()).provide(ctx);
-
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> processors(ctx).forEach(p -> p.process(PlainPageHandler.class)));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void processor_acceptsViewHandlerWithViewAnnotation() {
-        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
-        new ViewExtension(new NoopAdapter()).provide(ctx);
-
-        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> processors(ctx).forEach(p -> p.process(ViewPageHandler.class)));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void constructor_withEngineType_buildsAndProvidesRuntime() {
-        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
-        ViewExtension extension = new ViewExtension(ViewEngineType.THYMELEAF);
-
-        extension.provide(ctx);
-
-        assertNotNull(ctx.require(ViewRuntime.class));
-        assertNotNull(ctx.require(ViewEngineAdapter.class));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void addGlobal_nullResolver_throws() {
-        ViewExtension extension = new ViewExtension(new NoopAdapter());
-        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> extension.addGlobal("appName", null));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void addGlobal_invalidKey_throws() {
-        ViewExtension extension = new ViewExtension(new NoopAdapter());
-        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> extension.addGlobal("", req -> "x"));
-        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> extension.addGlobal("global", req -> "x"));
-        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> extension.addGlobal("a.b", req -> "x"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void constructor_withNullAdapter_throws() {
-        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new ViewExtension((ViewEngineAdapter) null));
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private static List<AnnotationProcessor> processors(FlashContext ctx) {
-        try {
-            Method m = FlashContext.class.getDeclaredMethod("processors");
-            m.setAccessible(true);
-            return ((List<AnnotationProcessor>) m.invoke(ctx)).stream()
-                    .filter(p -> p.getClass().getName().contains("ViewExtension"))
-                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class NoopAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-        @Override
-        public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-            return new EngineCapabilities(true);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, java.util.Map<String, Object> model,
-                                   Request req,
-                                   Response res) {
-            return RenderOutput.html("");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ec348..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewHandlerLifecycleTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.extension.FlashContext;
-import dev.relism.http.ContentType;
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-import dev.relism.routing.GET;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class ViewHandlerLifecycleTest {
-
-    @GET("/lifecycle")
-    @Page("pages/home")
-    static final class LifecycleHandler extends ViewHandler {
-        boolean onViewInitCalled;
-        DummyService service;
-
-        @Override
-        protected void onViewInit() {
-            onViewInitCalled = true;
-            service = require(DummyService.class);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public ViewModel render(Request req) {
-            return ViewModel.of("title", service.value());
-        }
-    }
-
-    static final class DummyService {
-        String value() { return "ok"; }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void onInit_resolvesRuntime_and_onViewInit_runs_once() {
-        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
-        ctx.provide(DummyService.class, new DummyService());
-        ctx.provide(ViewRuntime.class, new ViewRuntime(new EchoAdapter(), List.of()));
-
-        LifecycleHandler handler = new LifecycleHandler();
-        handler.bind(ctx);
-
-        assertTrue(handler.onViewInitCalled);
-        assertEquals("ok", handler.service.value());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void handle_rendersThroughRuntime() throws Exception {
-        FlashContext ctx = new FlashContext();
-        ctx.provide(DummyService.class, new DummyService());
-        ctx.provide(ViewRuntime.class, new ViewRuntime(new EchoAdapter(), List.of()));
-
-        LifecycleHandler handler = new LifecycleHandler();
-        handler.bind(ctx);
-        Response res = new Response(200, ContentType.JSON);
-
-        Object out = handler.handle(null, res);
-
-        assertEquals("ok", out);
-        assertEquals(new String(ContentType.TEXT_HTML.getBytes()), new String(res.getContentType()));
-    }
-
-    private static final class EchoAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-        @Override
-        public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-            return EngineCapabilities.NONE;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, java.util.Map<String, Object> model,
-                                   Request req,
-                                   Response res) {
-            return RenderOutput.html(String.valueOf(model.get("title")));
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c4aaee..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class ViewRuntimeGlobalsTest {
-
-    private static final GlobalBinding APP = new GlobalBinding("appName", req -> "flash");
-    private static final GlobalBinding PATH = new GlobalBinding("requestPath", req -> "/x");
-
-    @Test
-    void merge_globalsAreNestedUnderReservedNamespace() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of(
-                APP,
-                PATH
-        ));
-
-        ViewModel merged = runtime.merge(null, ViewModel.of("title", "dashboard"));
-
-        Map<?, ?> global = (Map<?, ?>) merged.toMap().get("global");
-        assertEquals("flash", global.get("appName"));
-        assertEquals("/x", global.get("requestPath"));
-        assertEquals("dashboard", merged.toMap().get("title"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void merge_nullLocal_keepsGlobals() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of(
-                new GlobalBinding("signedIn", req -> true)
-        ));
-
-        ViewModel merged = runtime.merge(null, null);
-
-        Map<?, ?> global = (Map<?, ?>) merged.toMap().get("global");
-        assertEquals(true, global.get("signedIn"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void merge_withoutGlobals_returnsCopyOfLocal() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of());
-        ViewModel local = ViewModel.of("k", "v");
-
-        ViewModel merged = runtime.merge(null, local);
-
-        assertEquals("v", merged.toMap().get("k"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void merge_withNullGlobalsAndNullLocal_returnsEmpty() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of());
-
-        ViewModel merged = runtime.merge(null, null);
-
-        assertTrue(merged.toMap().isEmpty());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void merge_localGlobalNamespace_throws() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of(APP));
-
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> runtime.merge(null, ViewModel.of("global", Map.of("x", 1))));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_withoutViewAnnotation_failsFast() {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoopAdapter(), List.of());
-
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> runtime.resolve(NoViewHandler.class));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void render_prefersAdapterContentTypeWhenProvided() throws Exception {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new PlainTextAdapter(), List.of());
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = new ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView(
-                new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PAGE, "pages/home", ""),
-                dev.relism.http.ContentType.TEXT_HTML
-        );
-        dev.relism.models.Response res = new dev.relism.models.Response(200, dev.relism.http.ContentType.JSON);
-
-        runtime.render(resolved, null, res, ViewModel.of("a", 1));
-
-        assertEquals(new String(dev.relism.http.ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN.getBytes()), new String(res.getContentType()));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void render_usesResolvedDefaultContentTypeWhenAdapterOmitsIt() throws Exception {
-        ViewRuntime runtime = new ViewRuntime(new NoTypeAdapter(), List.of());
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = new ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView(
-                new ViewTarget(ViewKind.PAGE, "pages/home", ""),
-                dev.relism.http.ContentType.TEXT_HTML
-        );
-        dev.relism.models.Response res = new dev.relism.models.Response(200, dev.relism.http.ContentType.JSON);
-
-        runtime.render(resolved, null, res, ViewModel.of("a", 1));
-
-        assertEquals(new String(dev.relism.http.ContentType.TEXT_HTML.getBytes()), new String(res.getContentType()));
-    }
-
-    static final class NoViewHandler extends dev.relism.models.RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(dev.relism.models.Request request, dev.relism.models.Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class NoopAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-        @Override
-        public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-            return EngineCapabilities.NONE;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, java.util.Map<String, Object> model,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Request req,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Response res) {
-            return RenderOutput.html("");
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class NoTypeAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-        @Override
-        public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-            return EngineCapabilities.NONE;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, java.util.Map<String, Object> model,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Request req,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Response res) {
-            return new RenderOutput("", null);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class PlainTextAdapter implements ViewEngineAdapter {
-        @Override
-        public EngineCapabilities capabilities() {
-            return EngineCapabilities.NONE;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public RenderOutput render(ViewTarget target, java.util.Map<String, Object> model,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Request req,
-                                   dev.relism.models.Response res) {
-            return new RenderOutput("", dev.relism.http.ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java b/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bb33cd0..0000000
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-ext-view/src/test/java/dev/relism/ext/view/ViewTargetResolverTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-package dev.relism.ext.view;
-
-import dev.relism.models.Request;
-import dev.relism.models.RequestHandler;
-import dev.relism.models.Response;
-import dev.relism.routing.GET;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-
-class ViewTargetResolverTest {
-
-    @GET("/home")
-    @Page("pages/home")
-    static class PageHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GET("/partial")
-    @Partial(template = "fragments/row", slot = "row")
-    static class SlotPartialHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GET("/partial-default-slot")
-    @Partial(template = "fragments/card")
-    static class DefaultSlotPartialHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GET("/bad")
-    @Page("a")
-    @Partial(template = "b")
-    static class ConflictingHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Page("pages/no-route")
-    static class NoRouteHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_page_returnsPageTarget() {
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = ViewTargetResolver.resolve(PageHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true));
-
-        assertNotNull(resolved);
-        assertEquals(ViewKind.PAGE, resolved.target().kind());
-        assertEquals("pages/home", resolved.target().template());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_slotPartial_withoutCapability_failsFast() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> ViewTargetResolver.resolve(SlotPartialHandler.class, EngineCapabilities.NONE));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_partial_withoutSlot_defaultsToEmptySlot() {
-        ViewTargetResolver.ResolvedView resolved = ViewTargetResolver.resolve(DefaultSlotPartialHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true));
-
-        assertNotNull(resolved);
-        assertEquals(ViewKind.PARTIAL, resolved.target().kind());
-        assertEquals("", resolved.target().slot());
-    }
-
-    @GET("/blank-page")
-    @Page("   ")
-    static class BlankPageHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GET("/blank-partial")
-    @Partial(template = "   ")
-    static class BlankPartialTemplateHandler extends RequestHandler {
-        @Override
-        public Object handle(Request request, Response response) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_multipleViewAnnotations_fails() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> ViewTargetResolver.resolve(ConflictingHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true)));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_viewAnnotationWithoutRoute_fails() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> ViewTargetResolver.resolve(NoRouteHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true)));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_blankPageTemplate_fails() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> ViewTargetResolver.resolve(BlankPageHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true)));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void resolve_blankPartialTemplate_fails() {
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
-                () -> ViewTargetResolver.resolve(BlankPartialTemplateHandler.class, new EngineCapabilities(true)));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml
index 57fe221..e425d0d 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/flash-web-bundler/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-web-bundler</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash-extensions/pom.xml b/flash-extensions/pom.xml
index bb79a62..0cb6949 100644
--- a/flash-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/flash-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash-extensions</artifactId>
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
         <module>flash-ext-openapi</module>
         <module>flash-ext-oidc</module>
         <module>flash-ext-routeviewer</module>
-        <module>flash-ext-view</module>
+        <module>flash-ext-view-core</module>
+        <module>flash-ext-view-jte</module>
+        <module>flash-ext-view-thymeleaf</module>
         <module>flash-ext-limiter</module>
         <module>flash-web-bundler</module>
     </modules>
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@
                 <artifactId>flash-ext-jackson</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flash-ext-view-jte</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash/pom.xml b/flash/pom.xml
index f8f8366..f9e102a 100644
--- a/flash/pom.xml
+++ b/flash/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
         <artifactId>flash-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+        <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>flash</artifactId>
diff --git a/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java b/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java
index c32c400..513976c 100644
--- a/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java
+++ b/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/Flash.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ package dev.relism;
  * <p>Dev mode enables:
  * <ul>
  *   <li>HTML error pages with full stack traces (default: JSON generic responses in prod)</li>
- *   <li>Template cache disabled in {@code flash-ext-view}</li>
+ *   <li>Template cache disabled in {@code flash-ext-view-thymeleaf}</li>
  * </ul>
  *
  * <p>Extensions can read {@link #DEV} to branch behavior without re-implementing the detection:
diff --git a/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java b/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java
index 892733f..c9da165 100644
--- a/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java
+++ b/flash/src/main/java/dev/relism/extension/FlashScope.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public final class FlashScope extends FlashRegistrar<FlashScope> {
     private final List<RouteDefinition> deferredRoutes   = new ArrayList<>();
 
     FlashScope(String namespace, FlashContext parentCtx) {
-        this.namespace = namespace;
+        this.namespace = PathUtils.sanitize(namespace);
         this.ctx       = parentCtx.child();
     }
 
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ public final class FlashScope extends FlashRegistrar<FlashScope> {
 
     List<RouteDefinition> routes() { return deferredRoutes; }
 
-    private String ns(String path) { return namespace + PathUtils.sanitize(path); }
+    private String ns(String path) { return PathUtils.join(namespace, path); }
 }
diff --git a/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java b/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java
index 177a7a3..a4fd52e 100644
--- a/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java
+++ b/flash/src/test/java/dev/relism/routing/PathUtilsTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class PathUtilsTest {
     void join_withRootBase_returnsSanitizedPath() {
         assertEquals("/users", PathUtils.join("/", "/users/"));
         assertEquals("/users", PathUtils.join("/", "users"));
+        assertEquals("/blogs", PathUtils.join("/", "/blogs"));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a7ee1d..b43f0b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
     <artifactId>flash-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1-indev5</version>
+    <version>1.1-indev6</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
@@ -66,7 +66,17 @@
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
-                <artifactId>flash-ext-view</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>flash-ext-view-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flash-ext-view-jte</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>dev.relism</groupId>
+                <artifactId>flash-ext-view-thymeleaf</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>