Re: macro fails to access param properties with render.eval

I got this working!!!

#set($macroName = "aMacro")
#set( $call = '#'+$macroName+'($p1)' )
#evaluate($call)


On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Krishna Sarma <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello Jonathan,
> thanks for your reply.
>
> It works great when I call #aMacro($p1). But in my case, the macro to
> call would be determined dynamically. I would construct the macro name
> something like :
>     #$objectx.type+$objecty.operation($objectz)
>
> In my example, if I remove the quotes around $p1, system throws an error
> like "unrecognized string..." Also, I believe with those quotes, VE is not
> considering $p1 as plain string literal. When I uncomment the first line in
> aMacro, it is printing the object reference, not the string "$p1".
>
> Is there any workaround to invoke the macro dynamically with parameters?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Jonathan Ihm [via Velocity] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You are calling a method on a string.  When you put $p1 between the
>> single
>> quotes, you are not using whatever object $p1 is, but the literal string
>> '$p1' and getId() is not a method for a string.
>>
>> Also, it works fine for me when I run #aMacro($p1) with a dummy object,
>> but
>> not setting macroName and call variables.  Are those necessary?  Try
>> this:
>>
>> #aMacro($p1)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:46 AM, kris <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=16195&i=0>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > My VTL template looks like:
>> > #macro(aMacro $par1)
>> >         ##$par1
>> >         $par1.getId()
>> > #end
>> >
>> > #set($macroName = "aMacro")
>> > #set( $call = "#$macroName('$p1')" )
>> > #evaluate($call)
>> >
>> > I have filled the context with an object that has Id property. When I
>> run
>> > this template I would like to see the Id of the object. Instead it just
>> > outputs "$par1.getId()"
>> >
>> >
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