velocity.properties file

[Michael Stanley <ms...@twcny.rr.com>]

Can someone send me an example velocity.properties file?  I'm interested
in finding out different configuration techniques people use with
velocity.  I'm also looking to see how someone has implemented a
velocity site that deals with more than one template path.

Thanks
Mike

Re: velocity.properties file

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

Michael Stanley wrote:
> 
> Can someone send me an example velocity.properties file?  I'm interested
> in finding out different configuration techniques people use with
> velocity.  I'm also looking to see how someone has implemented a
> velocity site that deals with more than one template path.

Check in the developer guide 

http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/developer-guide.html

for a complete discussion of all properties, and look in the examples
directory for examples that use a properties file.

There are a couple of techniques for multiple template paths.  You can
either use the FileResourceLoader and specify multiple paths, such as

resource.loader = file

file.resource.loader.description = Velocity File Resource Loader
file.resource.loader.class =
org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader
file.resource.loader.path = <directory1>,<directory2>,<directory3>
file.resource.loader.cache = false
file.resource.loader.modificationCheckInterval = 2

Note you could just get away with specifying

file.resource.loader.path = <directory1>,<directory2>,<directory3>

as the other values are the defaults

The other way is to load your templates into jars, and use the
ClasspathResourceLoader - if running in a 2.2 or better servlet
container (Tomcat 3.2 or better), you can then just drop the jars into
WEB-INF/lib and velocity will find them - just specify

resource.loader = class
class.resource.loader.class =
org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader

in your properties file for your servlet (see dev doc)

geir

-- 
Geir Magnusson Jr.                               geirm@optonline.net
Developing for the web?  See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/

Re: Other symbol then "#" ?

[Roall Lein-Killi <ro...@griffel.no>]

On Tuesday 20 March 2001 09:39, you wrote:
> Can someone tell me how I can configure Velocity to use another start and
> end VTL symbol, which is now "#" ?
> I like to use "<!--#" such that the web browser sees it as comments when
> only the templates are viewed.
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bras

why not write:

<table>
<!--
#foreach($item in $list)
-->
   <tr>
      <td>
         $item.getName()
      </td>
   </tr>
<!--
#end
-->
</table>

It's not 100% but is as close as you get.
An another + with this method is that it's more pretty if you 
indent VLT and HTML different. (whitch you often must).

killi

-- 
Penguins are nice animals -
if you get to know them!

Re: Other symbol then "#" ?

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

Eddie wrote:
> 
> Can someone tell me how I can configure Velocity to use another start and
> end VTL symbol, which is now "#" ?
> I like to use "<!--#" such that the web browser sees it as comments when
> only the templates are viewed.

You cannot change the symbol to start a directive, but I thought that 
killi's solution was nice 

> <table>
> <!--
> #foreach($item in $list)
> -->
>    <tr>
>       <td>
>          $item.getName()
>       </td>
>    </tr>
> <!--
> #end
> -->
> </table>

geir

-- 
Geir Magnusson Jr.                               geirm@optonline.net
Developing for the web?  See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/

<-- Moron

[Frank Martini <fm...@caddev.com>]

Ok guy, I hate to send this moronic message to the group-- but I swear I've
tried using the instructions on the web page..... please help me unsubscribe
:-(

Frank

Other symbol then "#" ?

[Eddie <po...@hotmail.com>]

Can someone tell me how I can configure Velocity to use another start and
end VTL symbol, which is now "#" ?
I like to use "<!--#" such that the web browser sees it as comments when
only the templates are viewed.

Regards,
Ed Bras