Robert Koberg wrote:
Jonathan Revusky wrote:
But really, why do you feel a need for a raw template to be well
formed XML? Isn't it the output that matters? If you were using
FreeMarker or Velocity to generate a Java source file, would you
expect the raw template to be compilable java code? (If it were, that
would be quite surprising.)
let me expand on my previous email with a brief example.
Lets say I have a content management system that puts XML content pieces
into page regions. One of those content pieces has some links that
should only be available to certain users at runtime:
<list-o-links>
<link>everyone can see</link>
#if ($isWhatever)
<link>whatever can see</link>
#end
</list-o-links>
This is transformed to, say, (X)HTML by XSL for a run against the
velocity engine at runtime.
Yes, I understand now. You're chaining XSL->Vel->Final output. This same
disposition can be used easily with the latest, greatest FM version,
because rather than:
<#if isWhatever>...</#if>
you can use a syntax of:
[#if isWhatever]...[/#if]
which is just as XML-friendly as the Velocity syntax.
However, you might also consider that you can do the full transformation
with FreeMarker.
Jonathan Revusky
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lead developer, FreeMarker project http://freemarker.org
Velocity-FreeMarker comparison page: http://freemarker.org/fmVsVel.html
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