Getting velocity to not interpret parts of a template file?

[Manish Khettry <ma...@bdnacorp.com>]

I have a template file, parts of which I would like velocity not to muck
around with; i.e

#leave_this_verbatim
  some stuff
#end

  #foreach( $x in $list)
  #end

  #set(..)

In this example, velocity would just leave everything between the two
directives exactly as they appear.

I was wondering if velocity had a directive to let me do that. I did a quick
search on the velocity page and nothing seemed quite right.

Thanks,
Manish

Re: Getting velocity to not interpret parts of a template file?

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@adeptra.com>]

On 5/30/02 3:02 PM, "Manish Khettry" <ma...@bdnacorp.com> wrote:

> 
> I have a template file, parts of which I would like velocity not to muck
> around with; i.e
> 
> #leave_this_verbatim
> some stuff
> #end
> 
> #foreach( $x in $list)
> #end
> 
> #set(..)
> 
> In this example, velocity would just leave everything between the two
> directives exactly as they appear.
> 
> I was wondering if velocity had a directive to let me do that. I did a quick
> search on the velocity page and nothing seemed quite right.
> 

Well... There is a quasi-supported, undocumented directive called
'#literal()' which does this, as long as the 'stuff' is parseable VTL.
(That parseability requirement is why I'm not such a huge fan of it...)

Now, you could include the content with a #include(), which would let you
include anything you wished....

Would that work?  I have the parser in pieces now, putting it back together
after fixing some things I wanted to fix for a while - I could look at
trying to let one write globbing directives if it's really needed...

-- 
Geir Magnusson Jr.
Research & Development, Adeptra Inc.
geirm@adeptra.com
+1-203-247-1713



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