Package org.apache.velocity.app

Class Velocity

java.lang.Object
org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity
All Implemented Interfaces:
DeprecatedRuntimeConstants, RuntimeConstants
public class Velocity extends Object implements RuntimeConstants
This class provides services to the application developer, such as:
  • Simple Velocity Runtime engine initialization methods.
  • Functions to apply the template engine to streams and strings to allow embedding and dynamic template generation.
  • Methods to access Velocimacros directly.


While the most common way to use Velocity is via templates, as Velocity is a general-purpose template engine, there are other uses that Velocity is well suited for, such as processing dynamically created templates, or processing content streams.

The methods herein were developed to allow easy access to the Velocity facilities without direct spelunking of the internals. If there is something you feel is necessary to add here, please, send a patch.
Version:
$Id$
Author:
Geir Magnusson Jr., Christoph Reck, Jason van Zyl

  • Constructor Details

    • Velocity

      public Velocity()

  • Method Details

    • init

      public static void init()
      initialize the Velocity runtime engine, using the default properties of the Velocity distribution

    • reset

      public static void reset()
      Resets the instance, so Velocity can be re-initialized again.
      Since:
      2.0.0

    • init

      public static void init(String propsFilename)
      initialize the Velocity runtime engine, using default properties plus the properties in the properties file passed in as the arg
      Parameters:
      propsFilename - file containing properties to use to initialize the Velocity runtime

    • init

      public static void init(Properties p)
      initialize the Velocity runtime engine, using default properties plus the properties in the passed in java.util.Properties object
      Parameters:
      p - Properties object containing initialization properties

    • setProperty

      public static void setProperty(String key, Object value)
      Set a Velocity Runtime property.
      Parameters:
      key - The property key.
      value - The property value.

    • addProperty

      public static void addProperty(String key, Object value)
      Add a Velocity Runtime property.
      Parameters:
      key - The property key.
      value - The property value.

    • clearProperty

      public static void clearProperty(String key)
      Clear a Velocity Runtime property.
      Parameters:
      key - of property to clear

    • setProperties

      public static void setProperties(Properties configuration)
      Set an entire configuration at once.
      Parameters:
      configuration - A configuration object.
      Since:
      2.0

    • getProperty

      public static Object getProperty(String key)
      Get a Velocity Runtime property.
      Parameters:
      key - property to retrieve
      Returns:
      property value or null if the property not currently set

    • evaluate

      public static boolean evaluate(Context context, Writer out, String logTag, String instring) throws ParseErrorException, MethodInvocationException, ResourceNotFoundException
      renders the input string using the context into the output writer. To be used when a template is dynamically constructed, or want to use Velocity as a token replacer.
      Parameters:
      context - context to use in rendering input string
      out - Writer in which to render the output
      logTag - string to be used as the template name for log messages in case of error
      instring - input string containing the VTL to be rendered
      Returns:
      true if successful, false otherwise. If false, see Velocity runtime log
      Throws:
      ParseErrorException - The template could not be parsed.
      MethodInvocationException - A method on a context object could not be invoked.
      ResourceNotFoundException - A referenced resource could not be loaded.

    • evaluate

      public static boolean evaluate(Context context, Writer writer, String logTag, Reader reader) throws ParseErrorException, MethodInvocationException, ResourceNotFoundException
      Renders the input reader using the context into the output writer. To be used when a template is dynamically constructed, or want to use Velocity as a token replacer.
      Parameters:
      context - context to use in rendering input string
      writer - Writer in which to render the output
      logTag - string to be used as the template name for log messages in case of error
      reader - Reader containing the VTL to be rendered
      Returns:
      true if successful, false otherwise. If false, see Velocity runtime log
      Throws:
      ParseErrorException - The template could not be parsed.
      MethodInvocationException - A method on a context object could not be invoked.
      ResourceNotFoundException - A referenced resource could not be loaded.
      Since:
      Velocity v1.1

    • invokeVelocimacro

      public static boolean invokeVelocimacro(String vmName, String logTag, String[] params, Context context, Writer writer)
      Invokes a currently registered Velocimacro with the params provided and places the rendered stream into the writer.
      Note : currently only accepts args to the VM if they are in the context.
      Parameters:
      vmName - name of Velocimacro to call
      logTag - string to be used for template name in case of error. if null, the vmName will be used
      params - keys for args used to invoke Velocimacro, in java format rather than VTL (eg "foo" or "bar" rather than "$foo" or "$bar")
      context - Context object containing data/objects used for rendering.
      writer - Writer for output stream
      Returns:
      true if Velocimacro exists and successfully invoked, false otherwise.

    • mergeTemplate

      public static boolean mergeTemplate(String templateName, String encoding, Context context, Writer writer) throws ResourceNotFoundException, ParseErrorException, MethodInvocationException
      Merges a template and puts the rendered stream into the writer
      Parameters:
      templateName - name of template to be used in merge
      encoding - encoding used in template
      context - filled context to be used in merge
      writer - writer to write template into
      Returns:
      true if successful, false otherwise. Errors logged to velocity log
      Throws:
      ParseErrorException - The template could not be parsed.
      MethodInvocationException - A method on a context object could not be invoked.
      ResourceNotFoundException - A referenced resource could not be loaded.
      Since:
      Velocity v1.1

    • getTemplate

      public static Template getTemplate(String name) throws ResourceNotFoundException, ParseErrorException
      Returns a Template from the Velocity resource management system.
      Parameters:
      name - The file name of the desired template.
      Returns:
      The template.
      Throws:
      ResourceNotFoundException - if template not found from any available source.
      ParseErrorException - if template cannot be parsed due to syntax (or other) error.

    • getTemplate

      public static Template getTemplate(String name, String encoding) throws ResourceNotFoundException, ParseErrorException
      Returns a Template from the Velocity resource management system.
      Parameters:
      name - The file name of the desired template.
      encoding - The character encoding to use for the template.
      Returns:
      The template.
      Throws:
      ResourceNotFoundException - if template not found from any available source.
      ParseErrorException - if template cannot be parsed due to syntax (or other) error.
      Since:
      Velocity v1.1

    • resourceExists

      public static boolean resourceExists(String resourceName)

      Determines whether a resource is accessible via the currently configured resource loaders. Resource is the generic description of templates, static content, etc.

      Note that the current implementation will not change the state of the system in any real way - so this cannot be used to pre-load the resource cache, as the previous implementation did as a side-effect.

      Parameters:
      resourceName - The name of the resource to search for.
      Returns:
      Whether the resource was located.

    • getLog

      public static org.slf4j.Logger getLog()
      Returns the current logger.
      Returns:
      A convenience Logger instance.
      Since:
      1.5

    • setApplicationAttribute

      public static void setApplicationAttribute(Object key, Object value)

      Set the an ApplicationAttribue, which is an Object set by the application which is accessible from any component of the system that gets a RuntimeServices. This allows communication between the application environment and custom pluggable components of the Velocity engine, such as loaders and loggers.

      Note that there is no enforcement or rules for the key used - it is up to the application developer. However, to help make the intermixing of components possible, using the target Class name (e.g. com.foo.bar ) as the key might help avoid collision.

      Parameters:
      key - object 'name' under which the object is stored
      value - object to store under this key

    • removeDirective

      public void removeDirective(String name)
      Remove a directive.
      Parameters:
      name - name of the directive.

    • loadDirective

      public void loadDirective(String directiveClass)
      Instantiates and loads the directive with some basic checks.
      Parameters:
      directiveClass - classname of directive to load