> > ...While fixing things on the Velocity Scripting bundle the question > > arised why the scripting bundles like Velocity Scripting should only accept > GET requests. > > Is there a reason why the scripting engines should not handle other > requests?... > > I *think* the idea was that Velocity, Freemarker and some others are only > meant for presentation rendering, as opposed to modifying content. But I'm > not an expert in either of those, and they might also have evolved since > those engines were written. > > I don't remember if there was another reason. > > -Bertrand
With Velocity you almost can do whatever you can with Java (even if I would not recommend to do so...) . Regardless if it is a good practice to do so, I would propose not to prohibit to handle other than a GET request with Velocity scripts. best regards mike
