From d34978de9e3307c73d75a77b70c040171d2fe93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omer Katz <omer.drow@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:42:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] The default get_view_name method should attempt to get the
 view's name from the view's instance.

---
 rest_framework/views.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index 853e64614..b110544c8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ def get_view_name(view_cls, suffix=None):
 
     This function is the default for the `VIEW_NAME_FUNCTION` setting.
     """
-    name = view_cls.__name__
+    try:
+        view = view_cls()
+        name = view.get_view_name()
+    else:
+        name = view_cls.__name__
     name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'View')
     name = formatting.remove_trailing_string(name, 'ViewSet')
     name = formatting.camelcase_to_spaces(name)