Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread Musachy Barroso
> Nonethess, it makes sense to make the java templates extensible. I can see > plently of developers using > them especially if they provide a performance boost as implied in the > documentation. The way the chaining handlers are set up should make the > implementation/maintenance manageable (I h

Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread Obinna
Ultimately, I'd like to implement in both. I've already done some custom themes for the ftl templates, so I know that will work but I'd like to use the java templates as well, at least initially. Nonethess, it makes sense to make the java templates extensible. I can see plently of developers using

Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread Philip Luppens
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Musachy Barroso wrote: > Do you want to implement the plugin using Java instead of FreeMarker? > Unless the output is very simple, generating javascript from java will > be a pain to write and maintain. JQuery/MooTools/Prototype/.. + external S2 libraries added via

Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread Musachy Barroso
Do you want to implement the plugin using Java instead of FreeMarker? Unless the output is very simple, generating javascript from java will be a pain to write and maintain. musachy On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Obinna wrote: > Hi James, Thanks for getting back so quickly. > > I see two major

Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread Obinna
Hi James, Thanks for getting back so quickly. I see two major areas of extensibility required: 1) Allow plugging in of custom themes 2) Allow for easy extensibility/re-use of existing themes (currently SimpleTheme or DefaultTheme) 1) We need a way of specifying custom themes to the JavaTemplateEn

Re: Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-04 Thread James Holmes
I don't know if any plugging mechanism for themes has been discussed. Please send us your thoughts. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Obinna wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to know if there's a 'recommended' way of extending the > javatemplates theme. > I've been using the default freemarker templates a

Pluggable themes for JavaTemplates plugin

2009-02-03 Thread Obinna
Hi, I'd like to know if there's a 'recommended' way of extending the javatemplates theme. I've been using the default freemarker templates and have developed a few custom tag templates for some custom tags. I'm eager to port to javatemplates. I noticed that the SimpleTheme is 'hard-coded' in the