changelist:

- don't override component name if already set
- option to skip rendering

rendering/handler.go

@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ func Handler(c component.Component) http.HandlerFunc {
 		ctx := component.NewContext(w, r)
 		// Build page state tree
 		state := c(ctx)
-		// Inject component name
-		state.SetName(c.GetName())
+		// Inject component name, unless it's already set
+		if state.GetName() == "" {
+			state.SetName(c.GetName())
+		}
 		// Ensure state implements render
 		if _, ok := state.(Renderer); !ok {
 			panic("The component does not implement rendering")
 		}
+		// Check if we need to skip rendering
+		if state.(Renderer).RenderSkip() {
+			return
+		}
 		// Render
 		if err := state.(Renderer).Render(state, ctx.ResponseWriter); err != nil {
 			panic(err)

rendering/renderer.go

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 // Renderer defines requirements for rendering implementations.
 type Renderer interface {
+	// Define if rendering must to be skipped.
+	// Needed for cases like redirects.
+	RenderSkip() bool
 	// Render component into io.Writer.
 	Render(state component.State, out io.Writer) error
 }

rendering/renderer.template.go

@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ var (
 type Template struct {
 	Raw  *template.Template `json:"-"` // Raw template will be used instead if provided
 	Name string             // Resolved from component name by default
+	Skip bool               `json:"-"` // false by default
 
 	Glob    string           `json:"-"` // *.html by default
 	EmbedFS *embed.FS        `json:"-"` // nil by default
 	FuncMap template.FuncMap `json:"-"` // render.FuncMap by default
 }
 
+func (t *Template) RenderSkip() bool {
+	return t.Skip
+}
+
 func (t *Template) Render(state component.State, w io.Writer) error {
 	// Defaults
 	if t.Name == "" {