com.infodesire.infobit.render.velocity
Class VelocityRenderer

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.infodesire.infobit.render.velocity.VelocityRenderer

All Implemented Interfaces:

InfobitRenderer

public class VelocityRenderer

extends java.lang.Object

implements InfobitRenderer

takes care of infobit rendering. knows how to do it, which version to take and whatever. also produces fake templates for images / whatever.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

konstantin

Constructor Summary

VelocityRenderer()
Constructor for the VelocityRenderer object

Method Summary

InfobitManager	getManager() Gets the Manager attribute of the VelocityRenderer object
void	init(java.util.Properties properties) initialize itself and velocity with given properties.
void	render(java.lang.String name, java.io.Writer writer, java.util.Map parameters) entry point for infobit rendering
void	setManager(InfobitManager manager) Sets the Manager attribute of the VelocityRenderer object
void	setupContext(org.apache.velocity.context.Context context, java.lang.String infobitName) setup context for infobit rendering.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VelocityRenderer

public VelocityRenderer()

Constructor for the VelocityRenderer object

Method Detail

getManager

public InfobitManager getManager()

Gets the Manager attribute of the VelocityRenderer object

Specified by:

getManager in interface InfobitRenderer

Returns:

The Manager value

setupContext

public void setupContext(org.apache.velocity.context.Context context,
                         java.lang.String infobitName)

setup context for infobit rendering. this method is called by #inbfobit() directive it places following objects on context:

• $infobit - infobit itself
• $version - selected infobit version ( currently it's active version )
• $content - content belonging to this version
• $linkname where linkname is name of script link - just a convenience ( may dissapear ) script names will be also available in template as $content.links("name of the link").name

Parameters:

context - velocity context to be augmented

infobitName - Description of Parameter

setManager

public void setManager(InfobitManager manager)

Sets the Manager attribute of the VelocityRenderer object

Specified by:

setManager in interface InfobitRenderer

Parameters:

manager - The new Manager value

render

public void render(java.lang.String name,
                   java.io.Writer writer,
                   java.util.Map parameters)
            throws java.lang.Exception

entry point for infobit rendering

Specified by:

render in interface InfobitRenderer

Parameters:

writer - sink for rendered infobit data

name - name of infobit in question

parameters - parameter map - wil lbe used to rig up velocity context.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - could be thrown if something wrong happens.

init

public void init(java.util.Properties properties)

initialize itself and velocity with given properties.

Specified by:

init in interface InfobitRenderer

Parameters:

properties - Description of Parameter