On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Rami Developer wrote: > Hi, > I am using servlets and would like to have a > template file for my HTML instead of hard coding it in > the servlet. > Currently I am using a "dump" way, by storing the > template (HTML file in this case). Then, whenever the > servlet is requested, it reads the template and > inserts the dynamic data in place of some predefined > string, e.g. a comment. Afterwards, the servlet > displays the new HTML to the user. > > My question : is there a better (smarter) way to do > that? If yes, I will appreciate an example, article to > read or a hint in the worst case.
Well, if you're going to be doing something like this, I'd suggest not reinventing the wheel but instead using one of the template systems already out there (sounds like they do just the kind of thing you're describing). I haven't evaluated them (although they've been discussed lots on this list, check the archives), but the ones I recall are webmacro, freemarker, there's one available through jakarta/apache (velocity?). Oh, and TEA might be another one. Jason Hunter covers such template systems somewhat in the second edition of his Java Servlet Programming book (and I think he's a TEA aficionado). Milt Epstein Research Programmer Software/Systems Development Group Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
