On 1/3/02 8:29 PM, "Donnie Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Geir, Ted, and Gabriel: > > Thanks so much for this effort. I haven't gotten to work with it yet, but > I'm excited to start trying it. > > One thing (sorry :) - when I opened up the source file in "view" - > org/apache/velocity/tools/view/servlet/VelocityViewServlet.java, I noticed > that its line terminators are the sequence "\x0D\x0D\x0A". I haven't gone > through every .java file, but the other ones I opened seemed OK. Hm. I'll take a look > > FWIW... > > Donnie > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:48 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Velocity Developer's List >> Subject: [ANN] Struts + Velocity + Tools +... >> >> >> >> Real Soon Now is Now. >> >> Thanks to Gabriel and Ted for this as well as everyone that >> contributed and >> supported the discussion. >> >> >> There is a new CVS repository called >> >> jakarta-velocity-tools >> >> It is where we can put together our tool project. I will add this (and >> -dvsl) to the jakarta cvs page, but you can go there directly : >> >> http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/ >> >> And of course, for those that use CVS clients, just >> >> cvs checkout jakarta-velocity-tools >> >> >> Currently, there are two parts : >> >> View >> ===== >> This is a general purpose servlet that does tool loading, and is >> meant to be >> used in place of (or along side of) JspServlet. The toolbox stuff is >> rudimentary and untested (I put it together today) and there are lots of >> refinements to be made. View includes an example that uses Gabriel's cool >> self-building war, so to see how this works, just go to exmaple/simple and >> type >> >> ant devwar >> >> And then deploy that war. You can see it work with the simple >> index.vm - so >> to test, just point the browser at the servlet engine, and suppose you >> called the war strutsvel.war >> >> http://localhost:8080/strutsvel/index.vm >> >> And you will hopefully see it work >> >> There are a a few cool things in View that will probably migrate into >> Velocity proper, namely the WebappLoader, which does template loading via >> letting the container return input streams, and a ServletLogger, >> which lets >> the velocity log stuff go to the servlet log file for convenience. >> >> These features depend on the current 1.3-dev jar, which is included. >> >> >> Struts >> ====== >> This is a package that contains the stuff needed to connect Struts and >> Velocity, and the overwhelming majority of the hard work was done >> by Gabriel >> Sidler and Ted Husted (from Struts-land). >> >> It has the same project structure as View, you can build the jar, >> but there >> is an excellent example WAR put together by Gabriel with major >> contributions >> by Ted that show three or so apps done using Struts both with JSP and >> Velocity, so you can compare and contrast. >> >> That too should be in the example/struts directory and a >> >> ant devwar >> >> should build it. Deploy and enjoy. >> >> There are a few tools in here that are going to come back out because they >> are generic and go live in View or Tools. I got sick of moving >> things around >> today :) >> >> One really cool thing is that no special Struts support is required for >> this, and it works with struts 1.0, the released version. Hats off to >> Gabriel for this (if you wear a hat...). >> >> Once this is reasonably tested and we do a release, we'll add >> Struts to our >> list of supported frameworks :) >> >> >> And coming : >> >> >> Tools >> ===== >> Not checked in yet, this will be a general tool space, where we >> can grab the >> stuff in commons-sandbox/rupert and give care and feeding >> >> >> VM >> == >> Not started. Need some ideas - basically a collection of VMs >> >> >> >> Sorry about the delay (but some things are worth waiting for). >> >> I'll add links from the Velocity site and make nightly's later today. >> >> >> Also, if someone has better ideas on how this might be organized and >> arranged, just speak up... >> >> >> -- >> Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> System and Software Consulting >> "We will be judged not by the monuments we build, but by the monuments we >> destroy" - Ada Louise Huxtable >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting You're going to end up getting pissed at your software anyway, so you might as well not pay for it. Try Open Source. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
