On 8/9/01 11:59 AM, "Jon Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> on 8/9/01 5:13 AM, "Jason van Zyl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> We definitely need a solution, but I was thinking of something a little more
>> general for the services. Paths with a leading '/' are treated as absolute
>> paths whereas something without will be treated relative the application
>> root. This won't really affect anything but the general solution of
>> absolute/relative paths should be be resolved in fulcrum at the service
>> level. This require a bit of work in fulcrum.
> 
> That won't work because paths currently start with a /template by default
> and will break existing TR.props. Having them be just "template" would be
> even more confusing to people because it wouldn't look like a path.

I said it would require some work. What we have is confusing, I think people
generally associate a leading '/' with an absolute path and the absence of
leading '/' to be a relative path.
 
> I like the declaration of absolute: because it is similar to
> "jar:file"...you are really defining what you really want and not playing
> more guessing games.

You are using an URL notation for something that is not an URL, which is not
standard which is bound to confuse people. Plus you've hacked off a solution
for one service which satisfies your needs but won't help any of the other
template services. So what works for velocity based apps will not work for
JSP or any other templating service.

Someone is going to see the "absolute:" notation in a TRP file and try with
JSP and than ask why it doesn't work. I guarantee it. A one off solution for
one service using non-standard notation is definitely not the way to go.
 
> -jon

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