Block.Reference (Apache Velocity 2.4 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Block.Reference

All Implemented Interfaces:

Renderable

Enclosing class:

Block
```
public static class Block.Reference
extends Object
implements Renderable
```
actual class placed in the context, holds the context being used for the render, as well as the parent (which already holds everything else we need).

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Reference(InternalContextAdapter context, Block parent)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`getAsBoolean()`	Makes #if( $blockRef ) true without rendering, so long as we aren't beyond max depth.
`boolean`	`render(InternalContextAdapter context, Writer writer)`	Render the AST of this block into the writer using the context.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Reference
```
public Reference(InternalContextAdapter context,
                 Block parent)
```
    Parameters:
    
    context -
    
    parent -
- Method Detail
  - render
```
public boolean render(InternalContextAdapter context,
                      Writer writer)
```
    Render the AST of this block into the writer using the context.
    
    Specified by:
    
    render in interface Renderable
    
    Parameters:
    
    context -
    
    writer -
    
    Returns:
    
    success status
  - getAsBoolean
```
public boolean getAsBoolean()
```
    Makes #if( $blockRef ) true without rendering, so long as we aren't beyond max depth.
    
    Returns:
    
    reference value as boolean
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    rendered string