Thanks, I'll look at Velocity. I also know that I can achieve what I want using Freemarker, but really this doesn't seem like much of a stretch for Tiles.
The <tiles:insert> tag already puts together seveal pieces of JSP code before the servlet is generated by reading from a file. All I really want to do is hand it a filestream that pulls information out of a database instead of a filesystem. I guess I'll take a quick look at the code for the insert tag. -R On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:18:19 -0600, Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Remember that ultimately, a JSP is a servlet, albeit one which is > automatically created and compiled by transforming JSP syntax into > Java. > > You would need to intervene in this sophisticated and low-level > process in order to store JSP code in a database and still have it > work. It's probably possible in theory, but likely far, far from > practical. > > Velocity is probably better suited to your use case; it can do all of > the basic things that JSP can do, and it is possible to use a variety > of "resource loaders" to get templates and template fragments; it > comes with loaders which read from the file system and from the > classpath; there may already even be one which gets templates from a > database. > > http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity > > Joe > > At 1:21 AM -0800 3/10/05, Richard Cox wrote: > >Hi All, > > > >I am just coming up to speed on tiles and I have searched the archive > >and not found the answer to this one. > > > >I want to import JSP "files" into my layout which are stored in a > >database. The key issue is that there are JSP tags in the "file" > >stored in the database that need to be evaluated as part of the page. > > > >I think a controller won't work because it returns information after > >the JSP has been evaluated and the string in the database will contain > >struts and JSTL tags which will get skipped. > > > >I think it is possible to get this effect from by extending the > >DefinitionFactory class, but I am not sure. > > > >The other thought that I had was to get the source and extend the > ><tiles:insert> tag so that instead of reading from a file, it reads > >from the database. But that seems like overkill. > > > >Tiles looks great, and I think it can do 100% of what I need, but > >right now I am missing the last 5% with this issue. > > > >Any thoughts or help is very much appreciated. > > > >-R > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Joe Germuska > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://blog.germuska.com > "Narrow minds are weapons made for mass destruction" -The Ex > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
