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The pattern can be anything you like. Velocity usually uses .vm, but I used .jst for Java Server Templates. |
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!!Configure the Toolbox and VelocityEngine |
With me so far? Good, the last step is easy. We need to create two files in the web/WEB-INF directory to configure Velocity. |
More information about configuring Velocity can be found on their [site|http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html]. |
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First is the velocity.properties: |
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velocimacro.library = /WEB-INF/VM_global_library.vm |
velocimacro.permissions.allow.inline = true |
velocimacro.permissions.allow.inline.to.replace.global = false |
velocimacro.permissions.allow.inline.local.scope = false |
velocimacro.context.localscope = false |
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Very simple, the only thing you may wish to change is velocimacro.library to match where you wish to put your global macros file. |
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Last is toolbox.xml (this configures the Struts tools): |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> |
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<toolbox> |
<tool> |
<key>link</key> |
<scope>request</scope> |
<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.StrutsLinkTool</class> |
</tool> |
<tool> |
<key>msg</key> |
<scope>request</scope> |
<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.MessageTool</class> |
</tool> |
<tool> |
<key>errors</key> |
<scope>request</scope> |
<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ErrorsTool</class> |
</tool> |
<tool> |
<key>form</key> |
<scope>request</scope> |
<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.FormTool</class> |
</tool> |
</toolbox> |
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!!Modify and ActionForward to point to Velocity [#6] |
I haven't got my head around where webdoclet looks for this yet. But basically if you forward out from an Action to anything matching the Velocity uri-pattern. The above tools will contain all the struts resources you'll need. They're embedded in the context as $key, for example $link, $errors, $form and so on. |
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!!Build your Velocity Templates [#7] |
See the [User Guide|http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html] for Velocity for help with VTL. |