problem with #set

[Sébastien Revel]

When I have this line in my vm
#set ($realId = "${id}")

I obtain
var realId = context.id
in my js

It must be context.realId = context.id  .  If not, in my vm, $realId bugs !

Secondly, in my vm
#set ($id = "${id}Cal")

must be transformed in
context.id = context.id+"Cal" beacause the $ is not escaped

Thks

[Tobias Riemer]

First problem:

Velocity2js assumes that the left operand in the set directive (in this case: realId) is a local variable.
To solve this problem I will add the possibility to force the left operand to be a context variable.
The syntax will be as followed:

#set($context.realId = ${id})

see tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1719411&group_id=194675&atid=950379

Second problem:

use (this will work in the current version): #set ($x = ${id} + "Cal")
this will generate following output: var x = context.id + "Cal";

use (will work in upcoming version): #set ($context.id = ${id} + "Cal")
to get: context.id = context.id+"Cal";

thx for using and testing velocity2js

[kazoolist]

My $0.02:  This behavior seems to be inconsistent with Apache's velocity, where sets do not change local variables, but change the state within the context. I came across velocity2js because I'm looking for a templating system I can use across platforms (Java, JS, python via airspeed, etc) but this behavior would seem to interfere with that goal.