Re: configure velocity tools in click

[Malcolm Edgar <ma...@gmail.com>]

Please note the Click Format object is fairly equivalent to the
Velocity EscapeTool.
 You can readily extend this class, or use composition, to add the
EscapeTool functionality you need.

http://click.apache.org/docs/click-api/org/apache/click/util/Format.html

regards Malcolm Edgar

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Bob Schellink <sa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> How about extending VelocityTemplateService#**onInit()?
>
> There you have access to VelocityEngine. Perhaps you can register the tool
> with the engine? This is more a Velocity question though so you might want
> to check on their user list.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 2013/04/25 09:35, Aleksei Pokrevskiy wrote:
>
>> Thanks Bob
>>
>> from what I have understand there's no possibility to add tool to global
>> context in Click
>>
>> 24.04.2013 12:28, Bob Schellink пишет:
>>
>>> I don't think Velocity Tools works by  only configuring it. See here:
>>>
>>> http://velocity.apache.org/**tools/devel/frameworks.html<http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/frameworks.html>
>>>
>>> So Tools won't be available in Click since Click doesn't use
>>> VelocityView or any Tools specific
>>> APIs. That is my understanding of Tools anyway.
>>>
>>> > Adding it as model property to base page is not working when you
>>> generating template as a string
>>>
>>> You mean Context.renderTemplate?
>>>
>>> you still provide the model so can add the tools you want there or
>>> through a utility method?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On 2013/04/24 09:20, Aleksei Pokrevskiy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Bob
>>>> This is how we do it now, but I want to add tool to global context (ie
>>>> make it available in all
>>>> templates)
>>>> Adding it as model property to base page is not working when you
>>>> generating template as a string
>>>>
>>>> Answering you question, configuring Velocity tools can be done via xml,
>>>> property file or java
>>>> code (see http://velocity.apache.org/**tools/devel/config.html<http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/config.html>
>>>> )
>>>> I've tried 1 and 2 but wasn't able to make it work
>>>>
>>>> 23.04.2013 21:35, Bob Schellink пишет:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never used Velocity Tools. How does one integrate the tools in
>>>>> standalone mode of Velocity?
>>>>> Is it enough to simply configure it inside velocity.properties or is
>>>>> some other configuration
>>>>> needed?
>>>>>
>>>>> However since it looks like most Velocity Tools are POJO's, you could
>>>>> do the following in your
>>>>> BorderPage:
>>>>>
>>>>> public BorderPage() {
>>>>>         addModel("esc", new EscapeTool());
>>>>>  }
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013/04/23 15:41, Aleksei Pokrevskiy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>> how can I add EscapeTool to global velocity context?
>>>>>> I've tried adding velocity.properties to WEB-INF directory with
>>>>>> content:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tools.toolbox = request
>>>>>> tools.data.version = 2.0
>>>>>> tools.data.version.type = number
>>>>>> tools.application.esc = org.apache.velocity.tools.**
>>>>>> generic.EscapeTool
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and tools.xml with content:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <tools>
>>>>>>     <data key="version" type="number" value="2.0"/>
>>>>>>     <toolbox scope="application">
>>>>>>         <tool class="org.apache.velocity.**tools.generic.EscapeTool"
>>>>>> key="esc"/>
>>>>>>     </toolbox>
>>>>>> </tools>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and still get $esc undefined in templates
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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