Re: [Webmacro-devel] Re: [Melati-developers] WebMacro Test Case: TestSharedOutputStream

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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Keats wrote:

| I think Lane's solution is ultimately best -- don't try to write to the
| underlying stream from within a template, just return a String and let WM
| handle it.

(Note: I have no good suggestions here, just a point.)

This is bad for performance, I kinda feel. Returning a megabyte String to
be included in a stream, when you really could have outputted the stuff
you were making directly to the stream is really really not good. There
are probably a StringBuffer creation, several String creations, and
whatnot, in addition to the rush of memory being used for this TOTALLY
useless intermediate object.

Allthough I hate the FastWriter, it -must- be possible for things inside
the template to directly output (read: "render") to the "actual target".

That said, I come to think about the Macro interface (class?). Why does it
have two methods there? I have never understood which of the methods are
invoked when: one fo them (I am on vacation now, so I can't find the
details) have never been invoked when I have made Macro implementation.
This is also very very badly documented, not explaining nothing.

Endre.