org.javalite.activeweb.freemarker

Class FreeMarkerTemplateManager

java.lang.Object

org.javalite.activeweb.TemplateManager

org.javalite.activeweb.freemarker.FreeMarkerTemplateManager

public class FreeMarkerTemplateManager
extends TemplateManager

Author:

Igor Polevoy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FreeMarkerTemplateManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FreeMarkerTag	getTag(String tagName) Returns an instance of FreeMarkerTag.
void	merge(Map<String,Object> input, String template, String layout, String format, Writer writer) Merges values with templates and writes a merged template to the writer.
void	merge(Map<String,Object> values, String template, Writer writer) Same as TemplateManager.merge(java.util.Map, String, String, String, java.io.Writer), but uses default layout and default format (html).
void	registerTag(String name, FreeMarkerTag tag) Registers an application-specific tag.
void	setDefaultLayout(String layoutPath)
void	setServletContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext ctx) A template manager might need a context to be able to load templates from it.
void	setTemplateClassPath(String path) This method exists for testing.
void	setTemplateLocation(String templateLocation)

Methods inherited from class org.javalite.activeweb.TemplateManager

sessionId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FreeMarkerTemplateManager

public FreeMarkerTemplateManager()

Method Detail

merge

public void merge(Map<String,Object> values,
                  String template,
                  Writer writer)

Description copied from class: TemplateManager

Same as TemplateManager.merge(java.util.Map, String, String, String, java.io.Writer), but uses default layout and default format (html).

Specified by:

merge in class TemplateManager

merge

public void merge(Map<String,Object> input,
                  String template,
                  String layout,
                  String format,
                  Writer writer)

Description copied from class: TemplateManager

Merges values with templates and writes a merged template to the writer.

Specified by:

merge in class TemplateManager

Parameters:

input - values to be merged.

template - name of template in format: dir/template without file extension. This is to support multiple template technologies in the future.

layout - name of layout, null if no layout is needed.

writer - Writer to write results to.

setServletContext

public void setServletContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext ctx)

Description copied from class: TemplateManager

A template manager might need a context to be able to load templates from it.

Specified by:

setServletContext in class TemplateManager

Parameters:

ctx - servlet context

setTemplateClassPath

public void setTemplateClassPath(String path)
                          throws IOException

This method exists for testing.

Parameters:

path - path to directory with test templates.

Throws:

IOException - exception if directory not present.

setDefaultLayout

public void setDefaultLayout(String layoutPath)

setTemplateLocation

public void setTemplateLocation(String templateLocation)

Specified by:

setTemplateLocation in class TemplateManager

Parameters:

templateLocation - this can be absolute or relative.

registerTag

public void registerTag(String name,
                        FreeMarkerTag tag)

Registers an application-specific tag.

Parameters:

name - name of tag.

tag - tag instance.

getTag

public FreeMarkerTag getTag(String tagName)

Returns an instance of FreeMarkerTag. Use this method to further configure specific tags.

Parameters:

tagName - name of tag as used in a template

Returns:

instance of registered tag