org.springframework.ui.velocity
Class VelocityEngineFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEngineFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

VelocityConfigurer, VelocityEngineFactoryBean

public class VelocityEngineFactory
extends Object

Factory that configures a VelocityEngine. Can be used standalone, but typically you will either use VelocityEngineFactoryBean for preparing a VelocityEngine as bean reference, or VelocityConfigurer for web views.

The optional "configLocation" property sets the location of the Velocity properties file, within the current application. Velocity properties can be overridden via "velocityProperties", or even completely specified locally, avoiding the need for an external properties file.

The "resourceLoaderPath" property can be used to specify the Velocity resource loader path via Spring's Resource abstraction, possibly relative to the Spring application context.

If "overrideLogging" is true (the default), the VelocityEngine will be configured to log via Commons Logging, that is, using the Spring-provided CommonsLoggingLogSystem as log system.

The simplest way to use this class is to specify a "resourceLoaderPath"; the VelocityEngine typically then does not need any further configuration.

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

setConfigLocation(org.springframework.core.io.Resource), setVelocityProperties(java.util.Properties), setResourceLoaderPath(java.lang.String), setOverrideLogging(boolean), createVelocityEngine(), CommonsLoggingLogSystem, VelocityEngineFactoryBean, VelocityConfigurer, VelocityEngine

Field Summary

protected Log

logger

Constructor Summary

VelocityEngineFactory()

Method Summary

VelocityEngine	createVelocityEngine() Prepare the VelocityEngine instance and return it.
protected ResourceLoader	getResourceLoader() Return the Spring ResourceLoader to use for loading Velocity template files.
protected void	initSpringResourceLoader(VelocityEngine velocityEngine, String resourceLoaderPath) Initialize a SpringResourceLoader for the given VelocityEngine.
protected void	initVelocityResourceLoader(VelocityEngine velocityEngine, String resourceLoaderPath) Initialize a Velocity resource loader for the given VelocityEngine: either a standard Velocity FileResourceLoader or a SpringResourceLoader.
protected boolean	isPreferFileSystemAccess() Return whether to prefer file system access for template loading.
protected VelocityEngine	newVelocityEngine() Return a new VelocityEngine.
protected void	postProcessVelocityEngine(VelocityEngine velocityEngine) To be implemented by subclasses that want to to perform custom post-processing of the VelocityEngine after this FactoryBean performed its default configuration (but before VelocityEngine.init).
void	setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation) Set the location of the Velocity config file.
void	setOverrideLogging(boolean overrideLogging) Set whether Velocity should log via Commons Logging, i.e. whether Velocity's log system should be set to CommonsLoggingLogSystem.
void	setPreferFileSystemAccess(boolean preferFileSystemAccess) Set whether to prefer file system access for template loading.
void	setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) Set the Spring ResourceLoader to use for loading Velocity template files.
void	setResourceLoaderPath(String resourceLoaderPath) Set the Velocity resource loader path via a Spring resource location.
void	setVelocityProperties(Properties velocityProperties) Set Velocity properties, like "file.resource.loader.path".
void	setVelocityPropertiesMap(Map velocityPropertiesMap) Set Velocity properties as Map, to allow for non-String values like "ds.resource.loader.instance".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected final Log logger

Constructor Detail

VelocityEngineFactory

public VelocityEngineFactory()

Method Detail

setConfigLocation

public void setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation)

Set the location of the Velocity config file. Alternatively, you can specify all properties locally.

See Also:

setVelocityProperties(java.util.Properties), setResourceLoaderPath(java.lang.String)

setVelocityProperties

public void setVelocityProperties(Properties velocityProperties)

Set Velocity properties, like "file.resource.loader.path". Can be used to override values in a Velocity config file, or to specify all necessary properties locally.

Note that the Velocity resource loader path also be set to any Spring resource location via the "resourceLoaderPath" property. Setting it here is just necessary when using a non-file-based resource loader.

See Also:

setVelocityPropertiesMap(java.util.Map), setConfigLocation(org.springframework.core.io.Resource), setResourceLoaderPath(java.lang.String)

setVelocityPropertiesMap

public void setVelocityPropertiesMap(Map velocityPropertiesMap)

Set Velocity properties as Map, to allow for non-String values like "ds.resource.loader.instance".

See Also:

setVelocityProperties(java.util.Properties)

setResourceLoaderPath

public void setResourceLoaderPath(String resourceLoaderPath)

Set the Velocity resource loader path via a Spring resource location. Accepts multiple locations in Velocity's comma-separated path style.

When populated via a String, standard URLs like "file:" and "classpath:" pseudo URLs are supported, as understood by ResourceLoader. Allows for relative paths when running in an ApplicationContext.

Will define a path for the default Velocity resource loader with the name "file". If the specified resource cannot be resolved to a java.io.File, a generic SpringResourceLoader will be used under the name "spring", without modification detection.

Note that resource caching will be enabled in any case. With the file resource loader, the last-modified timestamp will be checked on access to detect changes. With SpringResourceLoader, the resource will be cached forever (for example for class path resources).

To specify a modification check interval for files, use Velocity's standard "file.resource.loader.modificationCheckInterval" property. By default, the file timestamp is checked on every access (which is surprisingly fast). Of course, this just applies when loading resources from the file system.

To enforce the use of SpringResourceLoader, i.e. to not resolve a path as file system resource in any case, turn off the "preferFileSystemAccess" flag. See the latter's javadoc for details.

See Also:

setResourceLoader(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader), setVelocityProperties(java.util.Properties), setPreferFileSystemAccess(boolean), SpringResourceLoader, FileResourceLoader

setResourceLoader

public void setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader)

Set the Spring ResourceLoader to use for loading Velocity template files. The default is DefaultResourceLoader. Will get overridden by the ApplicationContext if running in a context.

See Also:

DefaultResourceLoader, ApplicationContext

getResourceLoader

protected ResourceLoader getResourceLoader()

Return the Spring ResourceLoader to use for loading Velocity template files.

setPreferFileSystemAccess

public void setPreferFileSystemAccess(boolean preferFileSystemAccess)

Set whether to prefer file system access for template loading. File system access enables hot detection of template changes.

If this is enabled, VelocityEngineFactory will try to resolve the specified "resourceLoaderPath" as file system resource (which will work for expanded class path resources and ServletContext resources too).

Default is "true". Turn this off to always load via SpringResourceLoader (i.e. as stream, without hot detection of template changes), which might be necessary if some of your templates reside in an expanded classes directory while others reside in jar files.

See Also:

setResourceLoaderPath(java.lang.String)

isPreferFileSystemAccess

protected boolean isPreferFileSystemAccess()

Return whether to prefer file system access for template loading.

setOverrideLogging

public void setOverrideLogging(boolean overrideLogging)

Set whether Velocity should log via Commons Logging, i.e. whether Velocity's log system should be set to CommonsLoggingLogSystem. Default value is true.

See Also:

CommonsLoggingLogSystem

createVelocityEngine

public VelocityEngine createVelocityEngine()
                                    throws IOException,
                                           VelocityException

Prepare the VelocityEngine instance and return it.

Returns:

the VelocityEngine instance

Throws:

IOException - if the config file wasn't found

VelocityException - on Velocity initialization failure

newVelocityEngine

protected VelocityEngine newVelocityEngine()
                                    throws IOException,
                                           VelocityException

Return a new VelocityEngine. Subclasses can override this for custom initialization, or for using a mock object for testing.

Called by createVelocityEngine().

Returns:

the VelocityEngine instance

Throws:

IOException - if a config file wasn't found

VelocityException - on Velocity initialization failure

See Also:

createVelocityEngine()

initVelocityResourceLoader

protected void initVelocityResourceLoader(VelocityEngine velocityEngine,
                                          String resourceLoaderPath)

Initialize a Velocity resource loader for the given VelocityEngine: either a standard Velocity FileResourceLoader or a SpringResourceLoader.

Called by createVelocityEngine().

Parameters:

velocityEngine - the VelocityEngine to configure

resourceLoaderPath - the path to load Velocity resources from

See Also:

FileResourceLoader, SpringResourceLoader, initSpringResourceLoader(org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine, java.lang.String), createVelocityEngine()

initSpringResourceLoader

protected void initSpringResourceLoader(VelocityEngine velocityEngine,
                                        String resourceLoaderPath)

Initialize a SpringResourceLoader for the given VelocityEngine.

Called by initVelocityResourceLoader.

Parameters:

velocityEngine - the VelocityEngine to configure

resourceLoaderPath - the path to load Velocity resources from

See Also:

SpringResourceLoader, initVelocityResourceLoader(org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine, java.lang.String)

postProcessVelocityEngine

protected void postProcessVelocityEngine(VelocityEngine velocityEngine)
                                  throws IOException,
                                         VelocityException

To be implemented by subclasses that want to to perform custom post-processing of the VelocityEngine after this FactoryBean performed its default configuration (but before VelocityEngine.init).

Called by createVelocityEngine().

Parameters:

velocityEngine - the current VelocityEngine

Throws:

IOException - if a config file wasn't found

VelocityException - on Velocity initialization failure

See Also:

createVelocityEngine(), VelocityEngine.init()