Re: Converting Velocity

nothing really is influencing me... i just like the syntax of webmacro 
alot more... of course this could be because i have be using it for such 
a long time that i don't feel like taking the time to learn velocity... 
in all honestly, i don't like the {} around variables... i know there 
optional for velocity, but it looks too much like ant and i can just do 
an XSLTransform on my ant build script if i wanted to do it that way...

But in reality, Velocity is a hack and was stolen from you guys, i don't 
like working with thieves... true to the end!!! to add insult to injury 
the Velocity developers didn't even take out all references to Webmacro 
in the source code:

http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/api/org/apache/velocity/Template.html

i like the .wm in the template code example...

you kydz are the creative thinkers behind this... Velocity is going to 
always be a step behind...

I think that i am going to create a method that takes in a velocity 
context, iterates over the objects, puts them into a webmacro context, 
and returns the webmacro context.... granted this is a bit pricey 
however the quicker i move these guys to webmacro the faster velocity 
will be out the door... ;-)

when its done, i'll forward it off... I'm working on embedding tomcat to 
make a stand alone service right now and need to get to this method 
later today... fun fun fun!!!!

cheers
paul

Lane Sharman wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I would try to see if there is a pattern allowing you to replace old 
> code with new code so that you can have a search and replace script. 
> that way, the end product will be so much more maintainable.
> 
> just out of curiousity: besides your influence, are there other factors 
> forcing the change?
> 
> -Lane
> 
> paul senescu wrote:
> 
>> hey guys -
>>
>> I have an opportunity to convert a Velocity Site to Webmacro. I 
>> thought that i could do a simple type cast on the Velocity Context to 
>> Webmacro but it doesn't work. Any thoughts/suggestions/snippets/docs 
>> on how to start using webmacro instead of velocity using the existing 
>> code base? Does someone have a wrapper class/method for this?
>>
>> cheers
>> paul
>>
>>
>>
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