Hi Adam, no, the result should not contain the $-signs. The well parsed template should look like this: "sometext value sometext"
Cheers, Katrin On 5/31/05, Adam Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Katrin. > > Do you want the product to contain $KEY$? If so, you need to escape > that first $. You've likely seen > http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/user-guide.html#Escaping%20Valid%20VTL%20References > > adam > > On 5/31/05, Katrin M�ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to parse a given template containing custom markers. > > Sample template: > > "sometext $KEY$ sometext" > > The easyiest way would be to parse it with a VelocityContext > > containing KEY as a marker: > > context.put("KEY","value"); > > The parsed String is then "sometext value$ sometext". > > This is nasty because first, the remaining "$" must be replaced > > manually and second, even an incomplete marker ($KEY) would be parsed. > > > > How can I find a smarter workaround for this? > > Thanks for help. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
