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parse custom markers
I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
Sample template:
"sometext $KEY$ sometext"
The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
containing KEY as a marker:
context.put("KEY","value");
The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
Thanks for help.
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com>.
Hi Shinobu,
thanks for your advice! I don't know by now which way I will choose
but your suggestions sound good.
Best regards,
Katrin
On 6/3/05, Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Katrin,
>
> > nope,
> > context.put("KEY$","value");
> > isn't working (it's not identifying the whole key):
> >
> > and I can't swap to
> > sometext $KEY sometext
> > because of other requirements of the project.
>
> I can think of two solutions.
>
> 1. Don't use Velocity.
> Looks like you're not dealing with a Velocity template. You might be
> better off using other technologies, such as regular expressions.
> http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/index.html
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/regex/package-summary.html
>
> 2. Hack Velocity.
> You'll have to change the parser behaviour to achieve what you want.
> Take a look at this article for some starter information:
> http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/HackingVelocity
>
> Best regards,
> -- Shinobu
>
> --
> Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>
>
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>.
Hi Katrin,
> nope,
> context.put("KEY$","value");
> isn't working (it's not identifying the whole key):
>
> and I can't swap to
> sometext $KEY sometext
> because of other requirements of the project.
I can think of two solutions.
1. Don't use Velocity.
Looks like you're not dealing with a Velocity template. You might be
better off using other technologies, such as regular expressions.
http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/index.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/regex/package-summary.html
2. Hack Velocity.
You'll have to change the parser behaviour to achieve what you want.
Take a look at this article for some starter information:
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/HackingVelocity
Best regards,
-- Shinobu
--
Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
nope,
context.put("KEY$","value");
isn't working (it's not identifying the whole key):
and I can't swap to
sometext $KEY sometext
because of other requirements of the project.
On 5/31/05, Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Katrin,
>
> > I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
> > Sample template:
> > "sometext $KEY$ sometext"
> > The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
> > containing KEY as a marker:
> > context.put("KEY","value");
> > The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
> > This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
> > manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
> >
> > How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
>
> What's stopping you from just doing this?
> sometext $KEY sometext
>
> Best regards,
> -- Shinobu
>
> --
> Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>
>
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>.
Hi Katrin,
> I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
> Sample template:
> "sometext $KEY$ sometext"
> The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
> containing KEY as a marker:
> context.put("KEY","value");
> The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
> This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
> manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
>
> How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
What's stopping you from just doing this?
sometext $KEY sometext
Best regards,
-- Shinobu
--
Shinobu Kawai <sh...@gmail.com>
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by "E.R. van Es" <er...@cdls.nl>.
Hi,
isn't it possible to make the keyname 'key$'?
cheers,
Eric
On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 15:07 +0200, Katrin Möller wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> no, the result should not contain the $-signs. The well parsed
> template should look like this:
> "sometext value sometext"
>
> Cheers,
> Katrin
>
>
> On 5/31/05, Adam Williams <ad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, Katrin.
> >
> > Do you want the product to contain $KEY$? If so, you need to escape
> > that first $. You've likely seen
> > http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html#Escaping%20Valid%20VTL%20References
> >
> > adam
> >
> > On 5/31/05, Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
> > > Sample template:
> > > "sometext $KEY$ sometext"
> > > The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
> > > containing KEY as a marker:
> > > context.put("KEY","value");
> > > The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
> > > This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
> > > manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
> > >
> > > How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
> > > Thanks for help.
> > >
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> >
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
no, the result should not contain the $-signs. The well parsed
template should look like this:
"sometext value sometext"
Cheers,
Katrin
On 5/31/05, Adam Williams <ad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Katrin.
>
> Do you want the product to contain $KEY$? If so, you need to escape
> that first $. You've likely seen
> http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html#Escaping%20Valid%20VTL%20References
>
> adam
>
> On 5/31/05, Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
> > Sample template:
> > "sometext $KEY$ sometext"
> > The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
> > containing KEY as a marker:
> > context.put("KEY","value");
> > The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
> > This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
> > manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
> >
> > How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
> > Thanks for help.
> >
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> >
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Re: parse custom markers
Posted by Adam Williams <ad...@gmail.com>.
Hello, Katrin.
Do you want the product to contain $KEY$? If so, you need to escape
that first $. You've likely seen
http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html#Escaping%20Valid%20VTL%20References
adam
On 5/31/05, Katrin Möller <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers.
> Sample template:
> "sometext $KEY$ sometext"
> The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext
> containing KEY as a marker:
> context.put("KEY","value");
> The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext".
> This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced
> manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed.
>
> How can I find a smarter workaround for this?
> Thanks for help.
>
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