Hi,
I'm pretty new to Jakarta and all its sub-stuff.
I've had a look at the Cheetah template-engine written in Python and
found some nice features there which I am missing in Velocity. Or maybe
I just haven't discovered how to get the same out of Velocity.
Cheetah was inspired by Velocity so using a similar syntax.
I want to build up a hierarchy of templates as outlined below.:
MasterPage.tmpl: A master template containing a header and a footer at
the top of the hierarchy (note the placeholders $htTitle and $body)
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<!DOCTYPE html ... >
<html><head>...</head>
<body>
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="1"><img src="file:///...Logo.png" alt="Logo"></td>
<th valign="middle" align="center"><font
size="+3">$htTitle</font></th>
</tr>
</table>
$body
<hr width="100%" size="2">
Copyright XYZ 2003<br>
</body>
</html>
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A.tmpl: Example for a template that extends the master template: (Note
the placeholders $navigation and $content)
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#extends MasterPage
#def body
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr> <td width="1">$navigation</td><td valign="top">$content</td> </tr>
</table>
#end def
## Navigation defaults to an empty string:
#def navigation
#end def
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There may be more templates using #extends and #def/#end def and
containing placeholders to build up a hierarchy of templates without
writing any redundant stuff. All templates can be written using an
HTML-WYSIWYG-editor.
How can I achieve this within the Jakarta environment or using Velocity?
How can I possibly add these features to Velocity?
I think this is a common problem and there should be anybody out there
who has found a solution.
Graceful for any advice!
Regards
Dirk
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