Re: velocity and JET (java emitter templates)

2005-02-10 Thread Shinobu Kawai
Hi Mike,

Thanks for the report.  I'm sure it will be of value to other people
who will consider the template engines in the future.

## Somebody might want to make an xdoc/wiki page for this.  :)

 Sorry, I don't know anything about JET, but I was wondering if you
 could share with us what you have found about the two.
 Shinobu Kawai Yoshida [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Sure thing, What I have found is that JET or Java Emitter Templates is an
 Eclipse technology www.eclipse.org and part of EMF (though I'm sure it
 could have been made a separate plugin).
 Similar to Velocity, JET takes templates, script and data objects and
 merges the three to create a final output.
 JET uses a JSP like scripting language. JET also allows full translation
 from templates to resulting output
 or you can compile your templates to java classes, and simply invoke the
 java class.
 
 If your interested in this I have found two really good tutorials on the
 technology which can be found at:
 
 http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET/jet_tutorial1.html
 and
 http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET2/jet_tutorial2.html
 
 I haven't really come to any conclusions other than JET is built into
 eclipse and supports eclipse projects. The few tests I have
 ran with JET have been very favorable, I didn't run into any problems with
 what I Was trying to do.
 
 Performance wise I have no ideas how the two compare, though the compile
 to class feature might be nice.
 
 ALSO I thought I'd mention that while I was researching JET I ran into
 another new technology that is for reporting
 that is being worked on called BIRT (B.I.R.T.). Business Intelligence and
 Reporting Tools,  take a look at
 
 http://www.eclipse.org/birt/
 
 Though thats about the extent of my knowledge at this point on it.

Best regards,
-- Shinobu

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Re: velocity and JET (java emitter templates)

2005-02-09 Thread Shinobu Kawai
Hi Mike,

 Hi Does anyone have any any experience working with both of these template
 technologies?
 
 I'm evaluating both and trying to get a feel for what they can and can't
 do, so far
 I'm getting the impression that velocity provides a more flexible solution
 but wondering
 
 whats your experiences out there might have been with both.

Sorry, I don't know anything about JET, but I was wondering if you
could share with us what you have found about the two.  Maybe we can
add a new page under Comparisons.  :)

Best regards,
-- Shinobu

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Re: velocity and JET (java emitter templates)

2005-02-09 Thread Mike J Boyersmith
Sorry, I don't know anything about JET, but I was wondering if you
could share with us what you have found about the two. 
Shinobu Kawai Yoshida [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Sure thing, What I have found is that JET or Java Emitter Templates is an 
Eclipse technology www.eclipse.org and part of EMF (though I'm sure it 
could have been made a separate plugin). 
Similar to Velocity, JET takes templates, script and data objects and 
merges the three to create a final output.
JET uses a JSP like scripting language. JET also allows full translation 
from templates to resulting output
or you can compile your templates to java classes, and simply invoke the 
java class. 

If your interested in this I have found two really good tutorials on the 
technology which can be found at:

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET/jet_tutorial1.html
and
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET2/jet_tutorial2.html

I haven't really come to any conclusions other than JET is built into 
eclipse and supports eclipse projects. The few tests I have
ran with JET have been very favorable, I didn't run into any problems with 
what I Was trying to do. 

Performance wise I have no ideas how the two compare, though the compile 
to class feature might be nice. 

ALSO I thought I'd mention that while I was researching JET I ran into 
another new technology that is for reporting 
that is being worked on called BIRT (B.I.R.T.). Business Intelligence and 
Reporting Tools,  take a look at 

http://www.eclipse.org/birt/

Though thats about the extent of my knowledge at this point on it.