if one of your objects in the context needs access to the context, you can just put the context into itself. the canonical way is to subclass the VelocityViewServlet and override createContext(...) and do it there.
On 1/20/06, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know.... I know........ > But at this stage I do not know much either...will have to wait till Monday to > know why "exactly" it is needed. > As of now I have only been asked a question, and I also said no to it -- but I > wanted to confirm on the list itself. > > I need fully prepared ChainedContext created by the VelocityViewServlet for > that > particular request, one of my objects stored in the context itself may need to > access the context (I know it sounds vague...but I can't help it either). The > way one can access ServletContext in servlets... > > Any pointers?? > > TIA, > - Manish > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Velocity Users List" <velocity-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:23 PM > Subject: Re: Accessing velocity context... > > > "some reasons", eh? that doesn't really help us help you. how's > this... do you need just any velocity context (very easy to do), a > functional ViewContext (a bit more difficult, but possible), or a > fully prepared ChainedContext created by the VelocityViewServlet for > that servlet request (not possible in VelocityStruts)? > > On 1/20/06, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Exactly that's what we're doing. > > But for some reasons I need a handle to the context, and I am wondering how > > can > > I do that? > > > > - Manish > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Velocity Users List" <velocity-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:50 PM > > Subject: Re: Accessing velocity context... > > > > > > no. the velocity context is not created until after the action passes > > of handling of the request to the VelocityViewServlet. so, the > > velocity context does not exist at the time the action is being > > executed. if you need to put stuff in the context, put them in the > > request attributes; remember that the VelocityViewServlet uses a > > ChainedContext that transparently exposes request attributes to the > > template. > > > > On 1/20/06, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am using velocity with struts, is there a way I can access velocity > > > context > > > directly from within a struts action? > > > > > > - Manish > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
