Using DisplayTag with Velocity template (vm)

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Using DisplayTag with Velocity template (vm)

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: tahasc

Created: 2007-02-28

Updated: 2012-10-09

tahasc - 2007-02-28

Hi all,

Is it possible to use display tag 1.1 on Velocity's template file (*.vm) ?
If it's not possible, any other way to make this possible ?

Thanks

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- Eric Lentz - 2007-02-28
  
  Displaytag's most popular mode of operation would be as a taglib on a JSP. You'd want to get the contents of the template into a JSP where it could be subsequently acted upon. I haven't tried it, but you could probably use the jsp:include on the output from writing a template to a temporary location. jsp:include, according to my documentation, indicates that it reads on request (as apposed to the include directive which does it only once). There would be a cost involved as the page would be compiled each time. It wouldn't be very efficient.
  
  If you are more adventurous you could explore the HtmlTableWriter in displaytag, which takes a JspWriter which extends java.io.Writer, the same class that a vm template.merge requires. You'd be digging pretty deep into displaytag to do that though.
  
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