I'm using velocity-tools-1.4.jar velocity-tools-generic-1.4.jar velocity-tools-view-1.4.jar
velocity.properties file.... # config file # webapp.resource.loader.path = /templates/ velocimacro.library = macro_library.vm # Filepath for error template, relative to web application root directory # tools.view.servlet.error.template = error.vm # Directory for layout templates, relative to web application root directory # tools.view.servlet.layout.directory = layout/ # Filepath of the default layout template relative to the layout directory # NOT relative to the root directory of the webapp! # tools.view.servlet.layout.default.template = default.vm Thanks Roger -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Bubna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 July 2008 17:26 To: Velocity Users List Subject: Re: velocity.properties isn't being read ok, just to keep things straight. what version of VelocityTools are you using? and can i see your whole velocity.properties file? On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:03 AM, LAU, Roger, GBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for the fast reply Nathan. > > OK, I've added the following to velocity.properties > > webapp.resource.loader.path = /templates/ > > I've updated my web.xml as you suggested. Now when I'm getting this output on > stdout... > > INFO: Server startup in 1844 ms > 23-Jul-2008 16:54:51 > org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.ServletToolboxManager getInstance > INFO: Using config file '/WEB-INF/toolbox.xml' > 23-Jul-2008 16:54:52 org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.JdkLogChute log > INFO: FileResourceLoader : adding path '.' > 23-Jul-2008 16:54:52 org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.JdkLogChute log > SEVERE: ResourceManager : unable to find resource 'trade_profile.vm' in any > resource loader. > > > It looks like it's still using the FileResourceLoader. > I also tried adding the following to velocity.properties > > resource.loader = webapp > > and got the same result as above. I then tried the following entry > > resource.loader = > > with the same results. Any ideas? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Bubna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 July 2008 16:44 > To: Velocity Users List > Subject: Re: velocity.properties isn't being read > > answers below... > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:50 AM, LAU, Roger, GBM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to get a webapp to read template files from a template directory >> located under the web application root /template/ >> >> I tried to use the Velocity Singleton with the FileResourceLoader, >> specifying different paths in velocity.properties such as >> >> file.resource.loader.path = ../webapps/app_name/template/ >> >> But no matter what I set the path to, velocity still seems to use the >> default FileResourceLoader path of '.' >> >> I've confirmed this by placing a template in $CATALINA_HOME/bin >> where velocity is able to find the template correctly. It seems as though >> the velocity.properties file isn't being read. >> >> Here is my web.xml file. You can see I've got the <init-param> >> >> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee >> http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; >> version="2.4"> >> >> <servlet> >> <servlet-name>automatchingServlet</servlet-name> >> >> >> <servlet-class>org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet</servlet-class> >> >> <init-param> >> >> <param-name>org.apache.velocity.toolbox</param-name> >> <param-value>/WEB-INF/toolbox.xml</param-value> >> </init-param> >> >> <init-param> >> <param-name>properties</param-name> >> >> <param-value>/WEB-INF/velocity.properties</param-value> >> </init-param> > > this should be <param-name>org.apache.velocity.properties</param-name> > >> </servlet> >> >> <servlet-mapping> >> <servlet-name>automatchingServlet</servlet-name> >> <url-pattern>*.vm</url-pattern> >> </servlet-mapping> >> </web-app> >> >> How do I configure the FileResourceLoader to find my template files? I've >> read several posts and although the WebappResourceLoader would be a good >> solution, but I'm not able to use a beta version of velocity tools. > > so don't use the beta version. :) in VelocityTools 1.1 thru 1.4, the > default resource loader is the WebappLoader. It works just as well > as the WebappResourceLoader in VelocityTools 2.x, because it is the > same class, just renamed to properly fit the conventions for resource > loader naming. really, there is no need for the FileResourceLoader. > just change the param-name above and add this to your > velocity.properties: > > webapp.resource.loader.path = /template/ > > that should do the trick. > >> Thanks >> Roger >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *********************************************************************************** >> The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. 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