Hi Randika, Welcome! :-) Regarding the Spring Framework integration support, we have made some progress in "3" branch: - https://github.com/apache/incubator-freemarker/tree/3
There is also a brief summary what has been done so far: - https://github.com/apache/incubator-freemarker/blob/3/FM3-CHANGE-LOG.txt#L501 Basically, basic view resolver support and spring bean wiring has been done. Also, basic directive and function models to replace Spring JSP Taglibs were done. So, I would say Spring Framework integration with FreeMarker 3 is kind of working already with basic directives/functions support already, but we need to add more to support form directives, too. I think I've implemented about half of directive and function models to replace Spring Framework Form JSP Taglibs as well. I still need to add directives to replace OptionsTag, CheckboxesTag, RadioButtonsTag, CheckboxTag and RadioButtonTag. Of course, even after we add the remaining form models, we have to pass thorough testing and validation on potential issues (e.g, escaping issue). I hope you take a look around those and understand how the directives/functions work in FM3. I'm looking forward to working with you, getting insights and sharing thoughts! :-) You can build the branch with Gradle and you can browse the unit tests as well. Here are some links: - To build: https://github.com/apache/incubator-freemarker/blob/3/README.md#building-freemarker - Test cases under https://github.com/apache/incubator-freemarker/tree/3/freemarker-spring/src/test/. And you will see test .ftlh file resources under https://github.com/apache/incubator-freemarker/tree/3/freemarker-spring/src/test/resources/META-INF. too. Please feel free to ask anything. You can start forking and creating a pull request if anything is ready. Finally, you can also browse old threads from here: - https://lists.apache.org/list.html?d...@freemarker.apache.org Kind regards, Woonsan On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Randika Navagamuwa < randikanavagam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dianel and Angelo, > > Thanks for the information. Yes, Eclipse Che uses LSP4J and I'm > interested in that, but I'm more interested in supporting frameworks and > IDE-s. I've gone through the provided link regarding FM3 but still, there > are lot things which I don't understand properly. You have mentioned that > Woonsan > Ko has already implemented a lot of Spring integration. I would love to > take a look at his code so we can figure out what should/can be improved. > > At the moment, I haven't decided on what I want to do in this project. > Still, I'm trying to understand how can I be a help to FM, so I'm open to > any suggestion. > > I've gone through the issue[1] created by Angelo and I would love to know > the opinion of others as well. My personal preference is to go with the > first solution which is to "Create a custom parser". > > [1] https://github.com/angelozerr/freemarker-languageserver/issues/1 > > Regards, > > > *Randika Navagamuwa,* > > *Software Engineer,* > *AdroitLogic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.* > *www.rnavagamuwa.com <http://www.rnavagamuwa.com>* > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rnavagamuwa/> [image: > https://www.facebook.com/rnavagamuwa] > <https://www.facebook.com/rnavagamuwa> <https://twitter.com/rnavagamuwa> > [image: > https://plus.google.com/+RandikaNavagamuwa/] > <https://plus.google.com/+RandikaNavagamuwa/> > <http://github.com/rnavagamuwa> > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Angelo zerr <angelo.z...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Randika, >> >> If you are interested to work on the Freemarker Language Server >> https://github.com/angelozerr/freemarker-languageserver, it should be >> really fantastic. >> >> Today I have just managed to support validation (publishDiagnostics), but >> for advanced features like completion, outline, etc we must have the >> capability to have a Freemarker AST even if the content of ftl is not >> valid. >> >> I have created an issue for that >> https://github.com/angelozerr/freemarker-languageserver/issues/1 Don't >> hesitate to add your comment. Thanks! >> >> Hope you could be interested. >> >> Regard's Angelo >> >> 2018-03-17 16:57 GMT+01:00 Daniel Dekany <ddek...@apache.org>: >> >> > Saturday, March 17, 2018, 1:34:11 PM, Randika Navagamuwa wrote: >> > >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > I'm from Sri Lanka and currently, I'm working as a Senior >> > Software >> > > Engineer at AdroitLogic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd [1]. During my undergraduate >> > > period, I've contributed to some open source projects including >> Eclipse >> > Che >> > > [2]. >> > >> > Speaking of Eclipse... we had a bit of a problem with the old Eclipse >> > editor plugin (at JBoss Tools), which it sparked this new one using >> > LSP4J (also used by Che AFAIK; not sure how syntax highlighting parts >> > works there): https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4e-freemarker >> > >> > If you are interested in that, let me know. >> > >> > > For some time I couldn't actively participate in any open source >> > > projects and I thought of getting back to it. >> > > >> > > After going through some Apache projects I found Free Marker >> > > really interesting. I'm interested in taking part in "*FreeMarker >> Spring >> > > MVC integration. >> > > >> > > Please let me know how to contribute to this. >> > >> > So first of all, glad to hear that you are interested. We need that a >> > lot, especially when it comes to supporting frameworks and IDE-s. >> > >> > Now, there are two main development branches: >> > >> > - FreeMarker 2: This is the one that's actually used in production, >> > for 15 years or so. Be prepared for remnants of 2000-s cowboy >> > coding <-;, and complications and restrictions for keeping backward >> > compatibility. >> > >> > The Spring support was made very long ago by someone who, I don't >> > remember ever talked to the FM developers (I was already around in >> > that times). My brief interactions with it has shown that it's not >> > very good, and it's quite abandoned. Now, the main problem is that >> > it's at Spring, not here. So I'm not sure if writing patches to them >> > is the better, or starting over here. Though I'm certain that the >> > last is much more fun, and you have more freedom to figure out the >> > best approach to bring FM2 features and Spring together. (OTOH that >> > will lead to FM support being removed from Spring, which is quite a >> > loss in visibility... but we go for what's best technically.) >> > >> > If you need new FM features during that (and certainly you will, if >> > you are creative about it), I can do that if you find the FM2 >> > internals scary (which would be understandable). >> > >> > - FreeMarker 3: You can read about it here: >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FREEMARKER/FreeMarker+3 >> > So it's much more rewarding to work with, except that nobody uses it >> > yet... Furthermore, Woonsan Ko (a PPMC member here) has implemented >> > a lot of the Spring integration already, as you will find. I know >> > there are parts missing, even trickier parts (like i10n messages >> > that are outputFormat aware). Not sure if he wants them for himself >> > (after all, those are the fun parts), or if he needs help elsewhere. >> > Woonsan? >> > >> > Also, generating e-mail in Spring seems to become more and more >> > important compared to generating web pages. Just in case you are >> > interested in polishing that application as well. But really, find the >> > a part that you think you will enjoy. >> > >> > > Someone who know both well should keep an eye on this, >> > > improving it where necessary.*" which I found here [3] under "*Improve >> > > framework integration*". >> > > >> > > [1] https://www.adroitlogic.com/ >> > > [2] https://www.eclipse.org/che/ >> > > [3] https://freemarker.apache.org/contribute.html >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > >> > > >> > > *Randika Navagamuwa,* >> > > >> > > *Senior Software Engineer,* >> > > *AdroitLogic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.* >> > > *www.rnavagamuwa.com <http://www.rnavagamuwa.com>* >> > > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rnavagamuwa/> [image: >> > > https://www.facebook.com/rnavagamuwa] >> > > <https://www.facebook.com/rnavagamuwa> >> > > <https://twitter.com/rnavagamuwa> [image: >> > > https://plus.google.com/+RandikaNavagamuwa/] >> > > <https://plus.google.com/+RandikaNavagamuwa/> >> > > <http://github.com/rnavagamuwa> >> > >> > -- >> > Thanks, >> > Daniel Dekany >> > >> > >> > >
