RE: Testing Velocity on the live way ;-)

[ARNULFO Franck <FA...@CPR.FR>]

All my apologies for the size of the war file  :-(
I've think about it after the too fast clic on Send button...
You'll find the war (which include sources) file on
http://pipoware.free.fr/velocity/velolive.war

...

> For those who want to test Velocity in the shortest way ;-),
> I've make a very simple web application where you can type
> on a first textarea some java code for adding some object to 
> a VelocityContext
> and on the second put some Velocity VTL code.
> Then press See button and tada ... , you can see the merge on 
> a new browser window  !
> 
> I've joined the war file which contain also the sources.
> For interpreting java code, I've used the 
> simple/lightweight/great BeanShell (http://www.beanshell.org).
> 
> Some sample code to cut and paste:
> BeanShell script:
> v = new Vector();
> v.add(new String("Un"));
> v.add(new String("Deux"));
> v.add(new String("Trois"));
> v.add(new String("Zero"));
> context.put("list", v);
> org.apache.velocity.app.tools.VelocityFormatter formatter = 
> new org.apache.velocity.app.tools.VelocityFormatter(context);
> context.put("formater", formatter);
> 
> VTL:
> $formater.makeAlternator("rowcolor", "#C0C0C0", "#FFFFFF")
> <table border="0">
> #foreach( $element in $list)
>  <tr bgcolor="$rowcolor">
>   <td>$velocityCount</td>
>   <td>$element</td>
>  </tr>
> $rowcolor.alternate()
> #end
> </table>
> 
> Just be carreful about deploying this web application on an 
> internet server :
> BeanShell code can execute any java code ;-)
> Sample BSH:
> context.put("dir", new java.io.File("/").list());
> Sample VTL
> #foreach($f in $dir)
> $f <br>
> #end
> 
> I hope it's a funny way to test Velocity and may be it can be 
> also usefull ;-)
> 
> Franck Arnulfo
>