can someone give an example of a servlet using a servlet template technique,
i did want to learn how it works.
----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Servlet Template vs. JSP
> Quoting Steve Buonincontri ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > What are servlet templates? are they presentation templates?
> >
> > - steve
>
> A servlet template is an object that processes text "filling in the
> blanks" with values from some data set. The idea is to use it to
> produce HTML:
>
> <html>....$someVariable..<tag>$someOtherVariable</tag>...</html>
>
> Most template systems also have the ability to do some basic flow
> control, conditional logic, etc., and some go further than that. A
> template typically does not allow you to insert arbitrary Java code,
> but limits itself to generating HTML.
>
> The idea is that your code is cleaner and easier to read if there is
> no HTML strewn through it, and similarly the HTML is easier to edit
> if it is not embedded in code.
>
> WebMacro is an example of a template system that is free:
>
> http://webmacro.org
>
> In addition to the above, WebMacro also performs bean-style class
> analysis to work out how to extract properties from regular objects,
> so that as the program you don't have to work out the mapping yourself.
>
> Obviously I'm biased, since I'm the principal author of WebMacro. Other
> similar systems are FreeMarker, and also I believe that Enhydra has one.
> They don't do the class analysis, but are largely equivalent to WebMacro
> in other respects.
>
> One key point about template systems as opposed to JSP is that the
> template system is under your control as the Java programmer in the
> servlet: you can choose when and how you want to use it, you aren't
> forced to use it all the time--even within the same servlet you could
> use it sometimes and not others.
>
> Justin
>
> ---
> WebMacro Servlet Framework
> http://webmacro.org
>
>
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