Re: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Eric Lentz
I'm working on a legacy system that is built on jsp. In one of the jsps I need to include a velocity template. The template does not require access to any dynamic data. Struts lets you use Velocity instead of JSPs as an option. Using JSPs *and* Velocity isn't an out-of-the-box type of

Re: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Dave Newton
Check back in the list; we just discussed this topic within the last few days. Dave On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Eric Lentz eric.le...@sherwin.com wrote: I'm working on a legacy system that is built on jsp.  In one of the jsps I need to include a velocity template.  The template does not

RE: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Biesbrock, Kevin
From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnew...@gmail.com] Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:18 PM we just discussed this topic within the last few days. If you're referring to my previous question, that was never resolved. It was left with: From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnew...@gmail.com] Do the templates

Re: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Dave Newton
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Biesbrock, Kevin wrote: There was no response to that and I didn't want to specifically call you out for a response because I recognize that you're a developer, too, and are busy with your own shtuff. The response was embedded/implied; if there's no data model

RE: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Biesbrock, Kevin
From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnew...@gmail.com] Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:41 PM The response was embedded/implied; if there's no data model at all then it doesn't matter if you have a simple tag around template rendering or within the action itself. Going through an entire request process is

Re: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Dave Newton
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Biesbrock, Kevin wrote: One option, I gather, is the same thing Eric suggested -- render the template in the action class and put the result into a string for the view to pull using s:property.../. Is that correct? Yeah, although I'd just use JSTL ${whatever}

RE: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Biesbrock, Kevin
Now we're narrowing in: v:renderTemplate template=theTemplate.vm/ Do I need to create my own taglib for 'v'? There seems to be little documentation with regard to this for Struts2 and Velocity. But this is the very thing I would like to accomplish. Or perhaps I'm overlooking it; could you

Re: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Dave Newton
You'd create a tag; there aren't any out-of-the-box in S2, although there might be a third-party taglib that'd do it. It's really, really easy. Dave On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Biesbrock, Kevin biesbrock.ke...@aoins.com wrote: Now we're narrowing in: v:renderTemplate

RE: Struts2/Velocity Integration

2011-04-19 Thread Biesbrock, Kevin
From: Dave Newton [mailto:davelnew...@gmail.com] Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:06 PM You'd create a tag; there aren't any out-of-the-box in S2, although there might be a third-party taglib that'd do it. It's really, really easy. Okay. Just not something I've done previously. No better time to