And if it's not already so, then it will be made so that you do not need
velocity if you don't want to use the UI tags / velocity templates.

Ognl is a different story, as it is used throughout. It's equivalent to
the WW1 EL which cannot be removed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hani Suleiman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] WebWorks without velocity how to
> 
> 
> I disagree. I think the point he's making is 'if I don't want to use 
> velocity templates, I should not need velocity'. Equivelant 
> statements 
> are:
> 
> 'if I don't want to use ognl-expressions, I should not need 
> ognl' 'if I don't want to use jasper reports, I should not 
> need jasper 
> reports'
> 'if I don't want to use oracle, I should not need to install it'
> 
> On Dec 12, 2003, at 8:47 AM, Drew McAuliffe wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, that's like saying if I don't like 
> commons-logging, I 
> > shouldn't be forced to use it. Or if I don't like ognl, I 
> shouldn't be 
> > forced to use it. You can't make every dependency in the library 
> > pluggable. The only reason I could see velocity becoming a 
> barrier to 
> > your work with
> > webwork would be if the dependency forced you to write velocity 
> > templates.
> > It does not. If you never want to touch a velocity template 
> ever with
> > webwork, you don't have to. But you need the jar file because it is 
> > used
> > behind the scenes for some work. If you're not being forced to use 
> > velocity
> > templates, then webwork shouldn't be forced to remove the 
> dependency on
> > something it uses for its internals just because you don't 
> happen to 
> > like
> > it.
> >
> > It sounds to me like you're confused about what the velocity 
> > dependency means. It doesn't mean you don't have a choice in 
> > presentation methods, because you do (Freemarker, JSP, 
> velocity). If 
> > you want to use the ui tags, then you may want to know 
> about velocity 
> > to understand the templates or provide your own. If you 
> don't want to 
> > use them, then fine, don't, and you'll never be forced to 
> even look at 
> > a velocity template.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> On Behalf Of 
> > remigijus
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:02 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] WebWorks without velocity how to
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tracy Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] WebWorks without velocity how to
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Dec 11, 2003, at 1:22 PM, Jason Carreira wrote:
> >>
> >>> WW1 you can use without velocity, WW2 uses velocity for 
> its UI tag 
> >>> templates. If you don't plan to use the UI tags, you can 
> remove it.
> >>
> >> You can use WW2 and just use JSPs and never have to write any 
> >> Velocity templates. However, Velocity is still there 
> lurking in the 
> >> dark helping you out.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ok I'm happy to get velocity in help when I need it, but I 
> don't want
> > to be
> > forced to do that. You can say siple don't use it. Ok I 
> already doing 
> > that.
> > But we are tolking about ww2 design issues. It has to be 
> clear and if 
> > it's
> > addition, evryone should now that is not ww2 but just another 
> > additional
> > feature. And as I see some people also rising some 
> questions about use 
> > of
> > freemaker instead of velocity. I think I'm not only one person who 
> > think in
> > this way.
> >
> > Forget about what is already, done, think again is it better to have
> > it as
> > option or let's say in the core of ww. Try to be objective, 
> don't be 
> > inertic
> > (inertia - I don't know how to write it in english in 
> correct way, I 
> > hope
> > you eill undertand).
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