Check out Velocity at apache.org Kevin McBrearty ATG Automation Technologies Group Ltd. ______________________________________
"A computer lets you make mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila." - D.W. McArthur > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Shadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dynamic Email > > > Hi, > > I'd like to generate dynamic e-mail content, typically based on > some parameters stored in the current HttpSession. JSP seems > like a great tool for this. I can easily edit the "static" > portion of the e-mail, and have non-technical personnel work with > it. I'd get all the advantages JSP gives to dynamic HTML > generation. I can't seem to figure out a good way to do it, > though. I've tried to use the RequestDispactcher.include(), but > there's no way to change the OutputStream to recover the content > that was inadvertently streamed to the browser. I can't wrap the > request/response objects in the Servlet 2.2 spec (tomcat 3.x), > and I'm not sure I'd know the details of how to even if I was > running tomcat 4.0. I tried creating a URL and calling > getContent(), which returns a PushbackInputStream, but this works > only sporadically. Most of the time the buffer has been read > completely, and I have no data with which to push it back. All I > want to do is load a JSP page, ensure that it's processed within > the current Session and Request (so it has access to the needed > variables), and then push that content into an e-mail message > that I send using the JavaMail API. > > I assume that somebody else has wanted this type of thing before. > If there's another solution to let end-users easily edit the > static surroundings of dynamic e-mail content, where I can use > templates, internationalization, and other great tools as easily > as Struts, please let me know. > > Thanks, > > Tim > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
