Re: loading plain files

Great!

On Nov 16, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Attila Szegedi wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Luther Baker  
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> I ended up simply looking up the file myself as a resource. I really
> like the header suggestion ... I cache the contents in memory but your
> http header suggestion even helps with the bandwidth as well.
>
> A quick question on using Freemarker again ... I could easily start
> and end the file with a <#noparse> block. For instance - I want to
> load JQuery.js. I've no idea what they include in their distros ...
> but I can easily add the noparse directive to the top and bottom of
> the files they distribute.
>
> Would that be ok?
>
> I think yes.
>
> Would I be safe in assuming that Freemarker would only read that file
> one time?
>
> Yes. Actually, if you're using soft caching (which is the default --  
> look into various CacheStorage implementations if you need i.e.  
> strong caching), JVM can sweep the template out of the memory if  
> it's not used for a while and it decides it can use the memory for  
> something else to improve performance. It'll then be reloaded when  
> requested later. I usually go with this as it lets caching be memory  
> sensitive and results in better overall system throughput.
>
> And that for the most part, the noparse directive would
> speed up how it is served everytime?
>
> No. It'd somewhat speed up the one-time loading. A block of text  
> with no FreeMarker-recognized markup in it will internally end up  
> being a single char[] whether in a <#noparse> or not. <#noparse>  
> will just make sure no content is accidentally recognized as markup  
> during template loading.
>
> Attila.
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