org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader
Class StringResourceLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ResourceLoader
      org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.StringResourceLoader

public class StringResourceLoader
extends ResourceLoader

Resource loader that works with Strings. Users should manually add resources to the repository that is used by the resource loader instance. Below is an example configuration for this loader. Note that 'repository.class' is not necessary; if not provided, the factory will fall back on using StringResourceRepositoryImpl as the default.

 resource.loader = string
 string.resource.loader.description = Velocity StringResource loader
 string.resource.loader.class = org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.StringResourceLoader
 string.resource.loader.repository.class = org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.StringResourceRepositoryImpl
 

Resources can be added to the repository like this:

   StringResourceRepository repo = StringResourceLoader.getRepository();

   String myTemplateName = "/some/imaginary/path/hello.vm";
   String myTemplate = "Hi, ${username}... this is some template!";
   repo.putStringResource(myTemplateName, myTemplate);
 

After this, the templates can be retrieved as usual.

If there will be multiple StringResourceLoaders used in an application, you should consider specifying a 'string.resource.loader.repository.name = foo' property in order to keep you string resources in a non-default repository. This can help to avoid conflicts between different frameworks or components that are using StringResourceLoader. You can then retrieve your named repository like this:

   StringResourceRepository repo = StringResourceLoader.getRepository("foo");
 

and add string resources to the repo just as in the previous example.

If you have concerns about memory leaks or for whatever reason do not wish to have your string repository stored statically as a class member, then you should set 'string.resource.loader.repository.static = false' in your properties. This will tell the resource loader that the string repository should be stored in the Velocity application attributes. To retrieve the repository, do:

   StringResourceRepository repo = velocityEngine.getApplicationAttribute("foo");
 

If you did not specify a name for the repository, then it will be stored under the class name of the repository implementation class (for which the default is 'org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.util.StringResourceRepositoryImpl'). Incidentally, this is also true for the default statically stored repository.

Whether your repository is stored statically or in Velocity's application attributes, you can also manually create and set it prior to Velocity initialization. For a static repository, you can do something like this:

   StringResourceRepository repo = new MyStringResourceRepository();
   repo.magicallyAddSomeStringResources();
   StringResourceLoader.setRepository("foo", repo);
 

Or for a non-static repository:

   StringResourceRepository repo = new MyStringResourceRepository();
   repo.magicallyAddSomeStringResources();
   velocityEngine.setApplicationAttribute("foo", repo);
 

Then, assuming the 'string.resource.loader.repository.name' property is set to 'some.name', the StringResourceLoader will use that already created repository, rather than creating a new one.

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Id: StringResourceLoader.java 687518 2008-08-21 00:18:03Z nbubna $

Author:

Eelco Hillenius, Henning P. Schmiedehausen, Nathan Bubna

Field Summary

protected StringResourceRepository	repository
static String	REPOSITORY_CLASS Key to look up the repository implementation class.
static String	REPOSITORY_CLASS_DEFAULT The default implementation class.
static String	REPOSITORY_ENCODING Key to look up the repository char encoding.
static String	REPOSITORY_ENCODING_DEFAULT The default repository encoding.
static String	REPOSITORY_NAME Key to look up the name for the repository to be used.
static String	REPOSITORY_NAME_DEFAULT The default name for string resource repositories ('org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.util.StringResourceRepository').
static String	REPOSITORY_STATIC Key to determine whether the repository should be set as the static one or not.
static boolean	REPOSITORY_STATIC_DEFAULT By default, repositories are stored statically (shared across the VM).
protected static Map	STATIC_REPOSITORIES

Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ResourceLoader

className, isCachingOn, log, modificationCheckInterval, rsvc

Constructor Summary

StringResourceLoader()

Method Summary

static void	clearRepositories() Removes all statically stored StringResourceRepositorys.
StringResourceRepository	createRepository(String className, String encoding)
long	getLastModified(Resource resource) Get the last modified time of the InputStream source that was used to create the template.
static StringResourceRepository	getRepository() Returns a reference to the default static repository.
static StringResourceRepository	getRepository(String name) Returns a reference to the repository stored statically under the specified name.
InputStream	getResourceStream(String name) Get an InputStream so that the Runtime can build a template with it.
void	init(ExtendedProperties configuration) Initialize the template loader with a a resources class.
boolean	isSourceModified(Resource resource) Given a template, check to see if the source of InputStream has been modified.
static StringResourceRepository	removeRepository(String name) Removes the StringResourceRepository stored under the specified name.
boolean	resourceExists(String name) Overrides superclass for better performance.
static void	setRepository(String name, StringResourceRepository repo) Sets the specified StringResourceRepository in static storage under the specified name.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ResourceLoader

commonInit, getClassName, getModificationCheckInterval, isCachingOn, setCachingOn, setModificationCheckInterval

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REPOSITORY_STATIC

public static final String REPOSITORY_STATIC

Key to determine whether the repository should be set as the static one or not.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPOSITORY_STATIC_DEFAULT

public static final boolean REPOSITORY_STATIC_DEFAULT

By default, repositories are stored statically (shared across the VM).

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPOSITORY_CLASS

public static final String REPOSITORY_CLASS

Key to look up the repository implementation class.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPOSITORY_CLASS_DEFAULT

public static final String REPOSITORY_CLASS_DEFAULT

The default implementation class.

REPOSITORY_NAME

public static final String REPOSITORY_NAME

Key to look up the name for the repository to be used.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPOSITORY_NAME_DEFAULT

public static final String REPOSITORY_NAME_DEFAULT

The default name for string resource repositories ('org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.util.StringResourceRepository').

Since:

1.6

REPOSITORY_ENCODING

public static final String REPOSITORY_ENCODING

Key to look up the repository char encoding.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

REPOSITORY_ENCODING_DEFAULT

public static final String REPOSITORY_ENCODING_DEFAULT

The default repository encoding.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

STATIC_REPOSITORIES

protected static final Map STATIC_REPOSITORIES

repository

protected StringResourceRepository repository

Constructor Detail

StringResourceLoader

public StringResourceLoader()

Method Detail

getRepository

public static StringResourceRepository getRepository()

Returns a reference to the default static repository.

getRepository

public static StringResourceRepository getRepository(String name)

Returns a reference to the repository stored statically under the specified name.

Since:

1.6

setRepository

public static void setRepository(String name,
                                 StringResourceRepository repo)

Sets the specified StringResourceRepository in static storage under the specified name.

Since:

1.6

removeRepository

public static StringResourceRepository removeRepository(String name)

Removes the StringResourceRepository stored under the specified name.

Since:

1.6

clearRepositories

public static void clearRepositories()

Removes all statically stored StringResourceRepositorys.

Since:

1.6

init

public void init(ExtendedProperties configuration)

Description copied from class: ResourceLoader

Initialize the template loader with a a resources class.

Specified by:

init in class ResourceLoader

See Also:

ResourceLoader.init(org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties)

createRepository

public StringResourceRepository createRepository(String className,
                                                 String encoding)

Since:

1.6

resourceExists

public boolean resourceExists(String name)

Overrides superclass for better performance.

Overrides:

resourceExists in class ResourceLoader

Parameters:

name - The name of a resource.

Returns:

true if a resource exists and can be accessed.

Since:

1.6

getResourceStream

public InputStream getResourceStream(String name)
                              throws ResourceNotFoundException

Get an InputStream so that the Runtime can build a template with it.

Specified by:

getResourceStream in class ResourceLoader

Parameters:

name - name of template to get.

Returns:

InputStream containing the template.

Throws:

ResourceNotFoundException - Ff template not found in the RepositoryFactory.

isSourceModified

public boolean isSourceModified(Resource resource)

Description copied from class: ResourceLoader

Given a template, check to see if the source of InputStream has been modified.

Specified by:

isSourceModified in class ResourceLoader

Returns:

True if the resource has been modified.

See Also:

ResourceLoader.isSourceModified(org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.Resource)

getLastModified

public long getLastModified(Resource resource)

Description copied from class: ResourceLoader

Get the last modified time of the InputStream source that was used to create the template. We need the template here because we have to extract the name of the template in order to locate the InputStream source.

Specified by:

getLastModified in class ResourceLoader

Returns:

Time in millis when the resource has been modified.

See Also:

ResourceLoader.getLastModified(org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.Resource)