Package com.samskivert.velocity

Provides parts of a simple web application framework built around the Velocity template engine.

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Description

Interface Summary

Logic

The logic class is called upon to populate the WebMacro web context, prior to invoking a particular WebMacro template upon it to generate a response page.

Class Summary

Application	The servlet API defines the concept of a web application and associates certain attributes with it like document root and so on.
CurrencyTool	Provides handy currency functions for use in velocity.
DataTool	Some helpful methods for dealing with data in velocity.
DispatcherServlet	The dispatcher servlet builds upon Velocity's architecture.
DummyLogic	The dummy logic is used as a placeholder for URIs that match no normal logic or for which the matching logic could not be instantiated.
FormTool	The form tool can be placed into an invocation context and used by the template to create form elements which automatically inherit form values which were provided to the page at request time.
I18nTool	Provides access to a set of application messages (translation strings) to templates that wish to display localized text.
ImportDirective	Pluggable directive that handles the #import() statement in VTL.
InvocationContext	The invocation context provides access to request related information as well as being the place where objects are placed to make them available to the template.
ServletContextLogger	Routes Velocity log messages to the servlet context.
ServletContextResourceLoader	A Velocity resource loader that loads resources from the servlet context.
ServletContextResourceManager	A resource manager implementation for Velocity that loads resources from the servlet context.
SiteJarResourceLoader	A Velocity resource loader that loads resources from site-specific jar files.
SiteKey	Decodes a compound Velocity resource name plus site identifier.
SiteResourceManager	A resource manager implementation for Velocity that first loads site specific resources (via the SiteJarResourceLoader), but falls back to default resources if no site-specific resource loader is available.
StringTool	Provides simple string funtions like blank().
VelocityTestCase	An abstract base class for easily testing Velocity templates.
VelocityUtil	Handy Velocity-related routines.

Package com.samskivert.velocity Description

Provides parts of a simple web application framework built around the Velocity template engine.

The web application framework provided by this package is simple and intended for use in small projects with limited scope. It is not intended to be all things, nor to evolve into something that makes toast. It builds upon Velocity, a template engine whose philosophies about the separation of markup and code I agree with.

Velocity is designed to be used explicitly by servlets in applications where the design is structured around the servlets rather than the pages generated by the servlets. This is in contrast to the JSP approach where the pages themselves dictate the structure of the application and the servlets are automatically generated to conform to that structure. This package provides a means by which to automatically map serlvet-like units of code to templates in a way akin to JSP's approach but without the combination of code and markup.

Related Documentation

Velocity website.