public static void Main(System.String[] args)
{
// first, we init the runtime engine. Defaults are fine.
try {
Velocity.Init();
} catch (System.Exception e) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Problem initializing Velocity : " + e);
return;
}
// lets make a Context and put data into it
VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
context.Put("name", "Velocity");
context.Put("project", "Jakarta");
// lets render a template
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
try {
Velocity.MergeTemplate("example2.vm", context, writer);
} catch (System.Exception e) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Problem merging template : " + e);
}
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(" template : " + writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString());
// lets dynamically 'create' our template
// and use the evaluate() method to render it
System.String s = "We are using $project $name to render this.";
writer = new StringWriter();
try {
Velocity.Evaluate(context, writer, "mystring", s);
} catch (ParseErrorException pee) {
// thrown if something is wrong with the
// syntax of our template string
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("ParseErrorException : " + pee);
} catch (MethodInvocationException mee) {
// thrown if a method of a reference
// called by the template
// throws an exception. That won't happen here
// as we aren't calling any methods in this
// example, but we have to catch them anyway
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MethodInvocationException : " + mee);
} catch (System.Exception e) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Exception : " + e);
}
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(" string : " + writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString());
}
public Example1(System.String templateFile)
{
try {
/*
* setup
*/
Velocity.Init("nvelocity.properties");
/*
* Make a context object and populate with the data. This
* is where the Velocity engine gets the data to resolve the
* references (ex. $list) in the template
*/
VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
context.Put("list", Names);
/*
* get the Template object. This is the parsed version of your
* template input file. Note that getTemplate() can throw
* ResourceNotFoundException : if it doesn't find the template
* ParseErrorException : if there is something wrong with the VTL
* Exception : if something else goes wrong (this is generally
* indicative of as serious problem...)
*/
Template template = null;
try {
template = Velocity.GetTemplate(templateFile)
;
} catch (ResourceNotFoundException) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Example1 : error : cannot find template " + templateFile);
} catch (ParseErrorException pee) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Example1 : Syntax error in template " + templateFile + ":" + pee);
}
/*
* Now have the template engine process your template using the
* data placed into the context. Think of it as a 'merge'
* of the template and the data to produce the output stream.
*/
if (template != null)
{
template.Merge(context, System.Console.Out);
}
} catch (System.Exception e) {
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(e);
}
}
