No, the #evaluate directive is to be used as it the following example:
#set( $error = $i18n_tool.getMessage("ERROR123") )
#evaluate( $error )## reder by merging with context
It something like the #parse directive, but the content comes
from a string and not a file.
:) Christoph
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Do you mean
>
> $foo = "#foreach($a in $b) ...... #end"
>
> ?
>
> If so, why not just do it that way, rather than add a new directive?
>
> geir
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:47 PM, Will Glass-Husain (JIRA) wrote:
>
>> Add new directive #evaluate
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> Key: VELOCITY-509
>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-509
>> Project: Velocity
>> Issue Type: New Feature
>> Components: Engine
>> Affects Versions: 1.5 beta2
>> Reporter: Will Glass-Husain
>> Priority: Minor
>> Fix For: 1.6
>>
>>
>> On a separate issue (VELOCITY-504) we came up with the idea of a new
>> directive, #evaluate. Basically, it would act just like
>> Velocity.evaluate().
>>
>> Users are always asking for this capability (internal evaluation).
>> Usually we tell them to "use a tool". Instead, we should just put in
>> a simple directive that would evaluate a VTL string using the current
>> context.
>>
>> Incidentally, this should be the current local context, e.g. if inside
>> a macro or a foreach loop (or worse, both) it should use that
>> context. See VELOCITY-504 for why this is needed.
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