How to output VTL Properties?

[Li Xiaoli-a17351 <a1...@motorola.com>]

Hello

I have a question about the output of VTL properties. I just try 

#set($customer.address = "Address")
$customer.address

the output result is "$customer. address" instead of "Address".
So how can I output VTL properties?

Thanks 
Charley

Re: How to output VTL Properties?

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@optonline.net>]

Li Xiaoli-a17351 wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I have a question about the output of VTL properties. I just try
> 
> #set($customer.address = "Address")
> $customer.address
> 
> the output result is "$customer. address" instead of "Address".
> So how can I output VTL properties?

That is legitimate if the class customer is an instance of is public,
has a method setAddress( String ) that is public, and a method String
getAddress() that is public.

Let us know...

geir


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Re: How to output VTL Properties?

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@optonline.net>]

Jon Stevens wrote:
> 
> on 5/30/01 8:03 PM, "Li Xiaoli-a17351" <a1...@motorola.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > I have a question about the output of VTL properties. I just try
> >
> > #set($customer.address = "Address")
> > $customer.address
> >
> > the output result is "$customer. address" instead of "Address".
> > So how can I output VTL properties?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Charley
> 
> That won't work. It isn't Java Bean friendly.
> 
> Assuming:
> 
> public class Customer
> {
>     setAddress(String address)
>     String getAddress()
> }
> 
> Then:
> 
> $customer.setAddress("Address")
> 
> You can refer to it like this:
> 
> $customer.Address
> 

Actually, that *is* bean friendly.  Given the Customer class is public
and the methods set/get are public, then Velocity should be perfectly
happy to do 

#set($customer.address = "296 Cannon Rd.")
$customer.address

(I'll go back and respond to the original...)

geir

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Re: How to output VTL Properties?

[Jon Stevens <jo...@latchkey.com>]

on 5/30/01 8:03 PM, "Li Xiaoli-a17351" <a1...@motorola.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I have a question about the output of VTL properties. I just try
> 
> #set($customer.address = "Address")
> $customer.address
> 
> the output result is "$customer. address" instead of "Address".
> So how can I output VTL properties?
> 
> Thanks 
> Charley

That won't work. It isn't Java Bean friendly.

Assuming:

public class Customer
{
    setAddress(String address)
    String getAddress()
}

Then:

$customer.setAddress("Address")

You can refer to it like this:

$customer.Address

-jon

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