Hi Evan, > My name is Evan Leonard. This is my first post to the users group, so I'd > like to start by saying, great work with velocity. I am enjoying working > with it very much. Simple & powerful, excellent.
Welcome to the gang! :) > I am mainly using velocity in a struts/servlet situation, but I'd like a > more general answer that would work in other environments as well. My > question has to do with writing directly to the output stream that the > velocity engine is using, mid-template. For instance if I have a template > that looks like: > > ...[some html]... > > $RefenceToAnObjectWithAStream.streamToOutput($ReferenceToOutputStream) > > ...[some more html]... > > I'm not sure what output stream to pass to the streaming function. I've > tried using $response.getOutputStream and $response.getWriter from within > the template. I've tried making a velocity view tool that grabs the > response in its init method and holds on to it until the tool is used. But > these methods all create very unusual results, like outputing things in the > wrong order, or not outputing some things at all. > > So my question is, how do I get ahold of the actual stream that the velocity > engine is using, from within a template, and add my own output to it? Is > this possible, or is there a better way? You can't. Also, Velocity outputs to Writers, not Streams. I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to do, but some suggestions: - Put a String representation of the Stream in the Context and render it. - Create a $RefenceToAnObjectWithAStream.streamToString() method and call it. - Create a tool that converts a Stream to a String and call it. - Put a StringWriter wrapped in an OutputStreamWriter in the Context and render it after calling your $RefenceToAnObjectWithAStream.streamToOutput() method. Best regards, -- Shinobu -- Shinobu Kawai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
