Charlie, Thanks for the information. Even feels a little cleaner doing it this way.
Ben On 12 March 2010 15:57, Charles Harvey III <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > Use the VelocityLayoutServlet in your web.xml. > Actually, if it were only Velocity than that would be the solution. But > since you have > Spring here is the setup: > > > /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <beans> > <bean id="velocityConfigurer" > class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityConfigurer"> > <property name="resourceLoaderPath" value="/"/> > <property name="configLocation" > value="/WEB-INF/velocity.properties"/> > </bean> > </beans> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > /WEB-INF/abc-servlet.xml > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <beans> > <bean id="viewResolver" > > class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityLayoutViewResolver"> > <property name="viewClass" > value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityLayoutView"/> > <property name="cache" value="true"/> > <property name="prefix" value=""/> > <property name="suffix" value=".vm"/> > <property name="exposeRequestAttributes" value="true"/> > <property name="exposeSessionAttributes" value="true"/> > <property name="exposeSpringMacroHelpers" value="true"/> > <property name="layoutUrl" value="/layout/default_layout.vm"/> > <property name="toolboxConfigLocation" > value="/WEB-INF/toolbox.xml"/> > </bean> > </beans> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > /WEB-INF/velocity.properties (include this anywhere) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # LAYOUT SERVLET MANAGEMENT > > #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Allows for screens to be used for layout > > #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Filepath for error template, relative to web application root directory > tools.view.servlet.error.template = /layout/layout_error.vm > > # Directory for layout templates, relative to web application root > directory > tools.view.servlet.layout.directory = /layout/ > > # Filepath of the default layout template > # relative to the layout directory > # NOT relative to the root directory of the webapp! > tools.view.servlet.layout.default.template = default_layout.vm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > /layout/default_layout.vm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en" xml:lang="en"> > > #parse( "/includes/header.vm" ) > > <body> > > #parse( "/includes/navigation.vm" ) > > > $!{screen_content} > > > #parse( "/includes/footer.vm" ) > > > </body> > > </html> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The default_layout.vm is a wrapper file. > The call goes like so: > - home.htm -> HomeController > - HomeController -> return new ModelAndView( "/home.vm" ) > - /home.vm -> set any variables > - VelocityLayoutViewResolver -> wrap home.vm with default_layout.vm > - show page > > > Hopefully this was all the information you needed to get going. I've > been using this setup for years. > > > > Charlie > > > > > On 03/12/2010 10:12 AM, Ben Short wrote: > > Hi Malcom, > > > > Yes I have thought about that pattern. > > > > I'm using spring mvc so that way of doing it wont work for me. What I > don't > > want to have to do is > > > > #parse('header.vm') > > <div> > > <h1>Standard Page</h1> > > </div> > > #parse('footer.vm') > > > > As cutting a designed page up can be tricky. > > > > Ben > > > > On 12 March 2010 11:16, Malcolm Edgar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> In Apache Click we use a similar pattern using Velocity. > >> > >> > >> > http://click.apache.org/docs/user-guide/htmlsingle/click-book.html#page-templating > >> > >> regards Malcolm Edgar > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Ben Short <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> With free marker I can do the following: > >>> > >>> layout.ftl > >>> > >>> <#macro layout> > >>> <html> > >>> <head> > >>> <title>Freemarker Test</title> > >>> </head> > >>> <body> > >>> <h1></h1> > >>> <#nested/> > >>> </body> > >>> </html> > >>> </#macro> > >>> > >>> page.ftl > >>> > >>> <#import "layout.ftl" as layout> > >>> <@layout.layout> > >>> <div> > >>> <h1>Standard Page</h1> > >>> </div> > >>> </@layout.layout> > >>> > >>> Is it possible todo the same with velocity? > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Ben > >>> > >>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
