On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Nathan Bubna <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:31 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 9 March 2011 17:16, Nathan Bubna <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You will have to put the context into itself and do >>> $context.get('abcd.defg') >> >> OK, thanks, I wondered about using the context. >> >> However I cannot add the context to the context, because the context >> is created somewhere deep in Maven. > > bummer. > >> It would be really useful though as a debugging aid. >> >> Would there be any point in enhancing the Velocity engine to >> optionally self-add the context if e.g. a specific system property was >> set? >> Or perhaps via a properties file (not so useful with Maven, but >> perhaps safer for other usages)? > > properties file is how pretty much everything else is configured. but > i see no reason that both couldn't be supported.
and yes, that would be a useful feature. i like it. >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:03 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> If the context contains a property with the name abcd it can be >>>> referenced as $abcd. >>>> >>>> I've checked the documentation, but cannot work out how to reference a >>>> property with the name abcd.defg. >>>> >>>> Is this possible? If so, how? >>>> >>>> Using Velocity 1.5 (Maven site 2.2) >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
