I have just added a Screen and Layout to allow the use of FreeMarker templates within Turbine. The screen is completely commented out, so that everyone not using FreeMarker will not receive a bunch of compile errors. I have implemented it very simply. All the attributes of RunData are available as well as ACL (permssions) as properties/variables to the template along with a default URI: http://host/servlets/Turbine/screen/FreeMarkerScreen. These values are accessible to the template as e.g.: data.screen data.title acl.roles.admin (which will be true, if the User has role admin.) acl.permissions.canAddUsers (which will be true, if the User has permission "canAddUsers".) links.default (which is http://host/servlets/Turbine/screen/FreeMarkerScreen.) It is my hope that a statement like <if data.permissions.canAddUsers> will evaluate to false if the permission is not valid, but I did not check it out. It is possible to add methods, so that <if data.permissions.hasPermission("canAddUsers")> is a possibility, but I have not had time to implement it like this (someone else feel free.) For displaying database queries etc, you should extend FreeMarkerScreen and override the method freeMarkerBuild(data, modelRoot). And add additional Models to modelRoot. A very simple example can be found in the turbine/examples directory. Set the path property in TurbineResources and after logging in to Turbine enter the url <http://host/servlets/Turbine/screen/FreeMarkerScreen/freemarker/default.htm l> FreeMarker is an open source project. The template library is covered under LGPL. It can be found at <http://freemarker.sourceforge.net/> Have fun and please help improve this interface. John McNally ------------------------------------------------------------ To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
