This info is quite helpful. Thanks a lot

Christopher Schultz-2 wrote:
> 
> To whom it may concer,
> 
> m_kk wrote:
>> wooow velocity core is different from velocity struts.
> 
> Well, not really. Everything is the same, except that the Struts folks
> have introduced a rich set of macros that support their framework.
> 
> If you want a table in Velocity, you don't have to use any special tags
> or whatever: just write the HTML as you usually would. The same is true
> for any other HTML tag (or whatever output you are trying to generate).
> 
> The Struts "tags" (named so because they support JSP and Freemarker,
> both of which use more tag-oriented syntax) should be the same no matter
> which templating language you use (JSP, Freemarker, or Velocity). The
> Velocity syntax is simply a bit different because of the way that
> Velocity does things (i.e. it is /not/ tag-oriented, but rather
> macro-oriented).
> 
> I think this page (and friends) would be helpful to you:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11.2/docs/tag-syntax.html
> 
> Specifically, read this page and continue until you get to the
> Velocity-related stuff. You may be uninterested in the JSP/Freemarker
> coverage, but it's worth reading to understand how similar the tags are
> (and how to read the official documentation, which always uses JSP
> syntax for examples). You also might be swayed into using JSP or
> Freemarker if you like their style better.
> 
> The real meat start here:
> http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11.2/docs/velocity.html
> 
> Finally, the insertion of the "extra" <td> elements is from the Struts
> macros -- not Velocity. You want to read more about the "look and feel"
> (or whatever they call it... it's been a while since I reviewed Struts 2
> in Action) options... forms, specifically, have a look and feel applied
> to them so that you don't have to add all those tags yourself. Your
> templates will be a lot cleaner, and you can more easily switch between
> looks-and-feels rather than doing massive search-and-replace.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> -chris
> 
> 
>  
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