No, the parser is JavaCC-generated and not dynamically modifiable. If you are using a lot of syntax that is like VTL, but is not actually VTL (like your example), either use literals to avoid the syntax conflicts
http://velocity.apache.org/engine/releases/velocity-1.7/user-guide.html#stringliterals or consider a different template engine that has a non-conflicting syntax, like Freemarker or StringTemplate. Any time you choose a template engine, syntax conflicts should be one of your top concerns. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:21 PM, tdoughty <timothy.evan.doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm just starting with Velocity at my internship, but I couldn't find the > answer to this. Is it possible to have Velocity ignore certain characters? > Velocity is giving an error when it encounters a '[' in the html file. I > will post the exact error tomorrow when I have access to my work computer. > The html file looks like: > > > ... > > ...${variable[encoding=html]}... > > ... > > > It gives the error upon reading the opening bracket for encoding=html. > That's the only character that's giving me a problem. I have broken it up > into: > > > ... > > #set{$D = '$'} > > #set{$VARIABLE = '{variable[encoding=html]}'} > > ${D}${VARIABLE} > > ... > > > This works fine, but there's about a hundred different locations that a > variation of this code is listed in the files and I'm hoping there's an > easier way to manage it. Can you just list certain characters to ignore in > the template, or some variation of this? Thank you! > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-to-have-velocity-ignore-certain-characters--tp33979774p33979774.html > Sent from the Velocity - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
