Re: How to get the context into a ContextTool

I'm playing with this 'trick' but can't get it to work.

in my webmacro.defaults I've got this:
ContextTools.Info: org.webmacro.util.Info

But when I do this in my template:
$Info

It says:
Exception:org.webmacro.PropertyException$UndefinedVariableException:
Attempted to write an undefined variable: $Info at 
c:\mydir\wsf\templates\index.wmt:15.1

So I think I must be doing something wrong.

If somebody could kick me in the right direction, I'll sent some virtual 
flowers from Holland :-)




Keats Kirsch wrote:

> I had developed a way to use "context-aware" functions, but I think 
> the concept was rejected in favor of the new AutoContextVariable concept.
> I believe it works something like:
>
> public class ContextManipulator implements ContextAutoLoader {
>    public Object get(String name, Context context) throws 
> PropertyException {
>       return doSomethingWithTheContext(context);
>   }
> }
>
> I think you configure this as a ContextTool, like:
>
>    ContextTools.Manipulate: com.acme.wm.ContextManipulator
>
> And then access it in the template like:
>
> $Manipulate
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Keats
>
> marcel.huijkman wrote:
>
>> How to get the context into a ContextTool?
>>
>> I am playing with a ContextTool, which  does a lot for me, but I
>> want to be able to manipulate the context from within my too.
>>
>> I can do it in a dirty kind of way, by putting the context in
>> a var "WM_CONTEXT" into the context.
>>
>> And if I have to get of set something, I'll do it like this in my 
>> template:
>> $util.manipulate($WM_CONTEXT);
>>
>> But I was wandering if there isn't any better, cleaner way to do this?
>> Can a ContextTool (that is loaded once) manipulate the exact context
>> the end-user is playing with?
>>
>> - Marcel -
>>
>> PS. I start working for a java-company next year, so I hope to do 
>> more WM.
>>
>>
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