Using Velocity Toolsin Velocity templates

[dvanhussel]

Hi,

I would like to use the html escape functionality of the Velocity Tools (http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/ ... .html#html() )

I have put velocity-tools-2.0.jar in ufs/WEB-INF/lib and the following in /WEB-INF/classes/velociy.properties

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tools.toolbox = application
tools.application.esc=org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.EscapeTool

In the velocity template that is defined in Ebase Designer, I have:

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$esc.html($CONTROL)

This is not rendered as expected, it is output as the literal $esc.html($CONTROL) No errors are loged, it just doesn't work.

Has anyone used Velocity tools in Ebase? And if so, how whas it configured?

Regards,

David

[Jon]

David,

I've never used Velocity Tools, but a a couple of comments on this:

If you're trying to use Velocity in a custom layout, any generated HTML should already be escaped if it needs to be. Also, if you're using a custom layout, I don't think velocity.properties is being read.

Having said that, I would expect to see an error saying $esc is undefined and if you're not seeing this, it implies that it's been found.

Regards
Jon

[dvanhussel]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for your reply. You are right, I was thinking in the wrong direction for a solution for the problem I was solving.
Indeed, the escaping should already be done when the data is send to Velocity.

I solved this with a function that escapes all data before further processing. So, I don't need the Velocity tools right now.

Regards,

David