How can I compile and insert a external text ??

[Thomas Fahrmeyer <th...@einsurance.de>]

Hi,

at first I wann say that velocity seems to be a piece of cool software.

I did run into a problem: I want to compile a String and insert it into the
template at a specified position defined through a placeholder. I can't use
the parse tag.

I want do something like the following.

String text = getExternalText();
String compiledText = compile(ctx, text);

ctx.put("compiledText", compiledText);

template = getTemplate("sample.vm");


in the template I have a placeholder $compiledText. The external text can
also have variables to be expanded, thats why it must be compiled with the
given context.

any ideas ??

Thanx in advance

bye
Thomas