This has inspired me to add these spaces() and cell() formatting
methods to the new DisplayTool in VelocityTools. stay tuned for
future releases of VelocityTools. :)
On 10/24/07, Nathan Bubna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> n 10/24/07, Vasilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all ,
> >
> > I am using Velocity to create autogenerated mail messages. These messages
> > will be in html and text format. I want to represent data in rows and
> > columns like in a table. For the html format this is easy just using the
> > velocity $for command and represent the data using <td> and <tr>. How can I
> > achieve this in the text without looing the table formatting?
>
> unless all of your column values have the same number of characters,
> this is not easily achieved.
>
> > Below there is an example of what I want to do:
> >
> > Item Price VAT
> > $item[1] $price[1] $vat[1]
> > $item[2] $price[2] $vat[2]
> > $item[..] $price[..] $vat[..]
>
> you will need to somehow know the max number of characters per column
> you have/want. once you know that, you can create a tool class like
> this:
>
> public class CellFormatter {
> public String space(int size) {
> StringBuilder spaces = new StringBuilder();
> for(int i=0; i < size; i++)
> spaces.append(' ');
> return spaces.toString();
> }
> public String format(Object obj, int cellsize) {
> String value = String.valueOf(obj);
> if (value.length() == cellsize) {
> return value;
> } else if (value.length() > cellsize) {
> return value.substring(0, cellsize);
> } else {
> return value + space(cellsize - value.length());
> }
> }
> }
>
> put that into your context as "cell" (you can use VelocityTools to
> automate this).
>
> and use the it something like this:
>
> #set( $cell = 10 )
> $cell.format('Item', $cell)$cell.format('Price',
> $cell)$cell.format('VAT', $cell)
> #foreach( $row in [0..$rowCount] )
> $cell.format($items.get($row), $cell)$cell.format($prices.get($row),
> $cell)$cell.format($vats.get($row), $cell)
> #end
>
> of course, i haven't tested this code, but that's the basic idea.
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Roy
> >
> >
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