org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive
Class Directive

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Directive

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, DirectiveConstants

Direct Known Subclasses:

Foreach, InputBase, Literal, Macro, VelocimacroProxy

public abstract class Directive
extends Object
implements DirectiveConstants, Cloneable

Base class for all directives used in Velocity.

Version:

$Id: Directive.java 471381 2006-11-05 08:56:58Z wglass $

Author:

Jason van Zyl

Field Summary

protected RuntimeServices

rsvc

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.DirectiveConstants

BLOCK, LINE

Constructor Summary

Directive()

Method Summary

int	getColumn() for log msg purposes
int	getLine() for log msg purposes
abstract String	getName() Return the name of this directive.
abstract int	getType() Get the directive type BLOCK/LINE.
void	init(RuntimeServices rs, InternalContextAdapter context, Node node) How this directive is to be initialized.
abstract boolean	render(InternalContextAdapter context, Writer writer, Node node) How this directive is to be rendered
void	setLocation(int line, int column) Allows the template location to be set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

rsvc

protected RuntimeServices rsvc

Constructor Detail

Directive

public Directive()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract String getName()

Return the name of this directive.

Returns:

The name of this directive.

getType

public abstract int getType()

Get the directive type BLOCK/LINE.

Returns:

The directive type BLOCK/LINE.

setLocation

public void setLocation(int line,
                        int column)

Allows the template location to be set.

Parameters:

line -

column -

getLine

public int getLine()

for log msg purposes

Returns:

The current line for log msg purposes.

getColumn

public int getColumn()

for log msg purposes

Returns:

The current column for log msg purposes.

init

public void init(RuntimeServices rs,
                 InternalContextAdapter context,
                 Node node)
          throws TemplateInitException

How this directive is to be initialized.

Parameters:

rs -

context -

node -

Throws:

TemplateInitException

render

public abstract boolean render(InternalContextAdapter context,
                               Writer writer,
                               Node node)
                        throws IOException,
                               ResourceNotFoundException,
                               ParseErrorException,
                               MethodInvocationException

How this directive is to be rendered

Parameters:

context -

writer -

node -

Returns:

True if the directive rendered successfully.

Throws:

IOException

ResourceNotFoundException

ParseErrorException

MethodInvocationException