org.melati.template.velocity
Class VelocityTemplateEngine

java.lang.Object
  org.melati.template.AbstractTemplateEngine
      org.melati.template.velocity.VelocityTemplateEngine

All Implemented Interfaces:

TemplateEngine

Direct Known Subclasses:

VelocityServletTemplateEngine

public class VelocityTemplateEngine
extends AbstractTemplateEngine
implements TemplateEngine

Wrapper for the Velocity Template Engine for use with Melati.

Field Summary

static String

NAME The name of the engine.

Fields inherited from class org.melati.template.AbstractTemplateEngine

roots

Constructor Summary

VelocityTemplateEngine()
Constructor.

Method Summary

String	expandedTemplate(Template template, TemplateContext templateContext) Expand the Template against the context to a String.
void	expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out, String templateName, TemplateContext templateContext) Get a Template by name and expand it against a context.
void	expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out, Template template, TemplateContext templateContext) Expand a Template against the context.
Object	getEngine() Get the underlying engine.
String	getName() The name of the template engine (used to find the templets).
MelatiStringWriter	getStringWriter() Return a MelatiStringWriter.
TemplateContext	getTemplateContext(Melati melati) Get the template context for Velocity.
void	init(MelatiConfig melatiConfig) Construct a new Engine.
protected Properties	loadConfiguration()
Template	template(String templateName) Get a template by name.
String	templateExtension()

Methods inherited from class org.melati.template.AbstractTemplateEngine

addRoot, getRoots, getTemplateName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.melati.template.TemplateEngine

addRoot, getRoots, getTemplateName

Field Detail

NAME

public static final String NAME

The name of the engine.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

VelocityTemplateEngine

public VelocityTemplateEngine()

Constructor.

Method Detail

init

public void init(MelatiConfig melatiConfig)
          throws TemplateEngineException

Construct a new Engine.

Specified by:

init in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

melatiConfig - a MelatiConfig

Throws:

TemplateEngineException - if any problem occurs with the engine

loadConfiguration

protected Properties loadConfiguration()

getTemplateContext

public TemplateContext getTemplateContext(Melati melati)

Get the template context for Velocity.

Specified by:

getTemplateContext in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

melati - the Melati

Returns:

a TemplateContext

getName

public String getName()

The name of the template engine (used to find the templets).

Specified by:

getName in interface TemplateEngine

Returns:

the name of the current configured template engine

templateExtension

public String templateExtension()

Specified by:

templateExtension in interface TemplateEngine

Returns:

the extension of the templates used by Velocity, including the dot.

template

public Template template(String templateName)
                  throws NotFoundException

Get a template by name.

Specified by:

template in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

templateName - the name of the template to find

Returns:

a template

Throws:

NotFoundException - if template not found

expandTemplate

public void expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out,
                           String templateName,
                           TemplateContext templateContext)
                    throws NotFoundException

Get a Template by name and expand it against a context.

Specified by:

expandTemplate in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

out - a MelatiWriter to output on

templateName - the name of the template to expand

templateContext - the TemplateContext to expand the template against

Throws:

NotFoundException - if template not found

expandTemplate

public void expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out,
                           Template template,
                           TemplateContext templateContext)

Expand a Template against the context.

Specified by:

expandTemplate in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

out - a MelatiWriter to output on

template - the Template to expand

templateContext - the TemplateContext to expand the template against

expandedTemplate

public String expandedTemplate(Template template,
                               TemplateContext templateContext)

Expand the Template against the context to a String.

Specified by:

expandedTemplate in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

template - the Template to expand

templateContext - the TemplateContext to expand the template against

Returns:

the interpolated template as a String the interpolated template as a String

See Also:

TemplateEngine.expandedTemplate(org.melati.template.Template, org.melati.template.TemplateContext)

getStringWriter

public MelatiStringWriter getStringWriter()

Return a MelatiStringWriter.

Specified by:

getStringWriter in interface TemplateEngine

Returns:

a MelatiStringWriter a MelatiStringWriter.

See Also:

Melati.getStringWriter(), TemplateEngine.getStringWriter()

getEngine

public Object getEngine()

Get the underlying engine.

Specified by:

getEngine in interface TemplateEngine

Returns:

null - for velocity there is none.