Re: extend the Include or Environment classes

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 8:49:57 AM, Francis Mendoza wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>     My bad, the @test is closed with @test. sorry for that typo. I
> tried Attila's suggestion but it doesn't fit my requirement. I can
> get it to resolve to the MultiTemplateLoaders I define but each
> template I use has a bunch of includes in it that must each resolve
> (if it fails). The directive seems to be the right solution for me. 

You also know this feature?
http://freemarker.org/docs/ref_directive_include.html#ref_directive_include_acquisition

>    Daniel, can you give like a snippet on how to access this 
> @myFramework.include "test2.ftl"  inside
> the implemented TemplateDirectiveModel class?  Im suppose to
> implement my own stuff inside the execute method right?

Yes. freemarker.core.Environment has "getTemplate",
"getTemplateForInclusing", even "include" methods.

> I'm a little lost on the API.
>
>    Again, thanks for replying everyone. I really appreciate it.
> There's not much detailed examples in the net on Freemarker. Its
> such a shame because its really a cool templating engine. I'll
> probably make one if I can get this to work. 

The Manual contains an example of a Directive AFAIR. Others should be
extracted from the JavaDoc-s, which may require improvement however...

>
>
>    I'll try this @myFramework.include "test2.ftl" by Daniel in a while. Just need
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 2:30:12 PM, Francis Mendoza wrote:
>
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>>    Thanks for your quick reply. I've had a time to play around with
>> the directive at the moment and I seem to get your point. I'm just
>> testing stuff out of the example Freemarker gave as per your given link.
>>
>>   Im almost there but I have a question, how can I achieve this:
>>
>> <@test y="test2.ftl">
>>
>>   <#include y>
>> </@repeat>
>>
>> and my class "Test" implements TemplateDirectiveModel? How can I
>> get the y to be rendered inside the @test?
>
> I suspects there are some misunderstanding regarding how directives
> supposed to work. Why @test is closed with @repeat? Why would y be
> visible for the #include when it was just a parameter to @test?
> Anyway, if you just wanted something like #include but with a somewhat
> different behavior, certainly you should just implement a directive
> that does that directly. Something like:
>
>  <@myFramework.include "test2.ftl" />
>
> and then in the implementation of "include" you can use the
> Environment API to try to include templates, etc.
>
> Or, as Attila said, maybe a MultiTemplateLoader is the good solution.
>
>
>> This may seem like a
>> stupid question but im a little dizzy. I know im almost there....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Denis Bredelet <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Francis
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>    I'm working right now on shifting our templating engine from
>> StringTemplate to Freemarker. One of the requirement
>> was that if the .ftl file (an #include) cannot be found, it will
>> look for it at the common directory. I've look at the API and
>> Freemarker codes but there seem to be no way for me to do this on the "includes".
>>
>> If the built-in #include does not work for you, you should be able
>> to implement it with your own directive:
>>
>> http://freemarker.org/docs/pgui_datamodel_directive.html
>>
>> -- Denis.
>>
>>
>>    I checked on the Environment.java and saw the rendering of the
>> includes down there: getTemplateForInclusion. Its
>> a public method alright but then the class is marked final so I
>> can't extend it to solve my problem. Is there a possibility
>> for this class to be marked as not final on the future releases?
>>
>> --
>> Francis Mendoza
>>
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> --
> Best regards,
>  Daniel Dekany

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Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security 
threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes 
sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.
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