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| <h1 class="content-header header-section1" id="ref_directive_import" itemprop="headline">import</h1> |
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| <h2 class="content-header header-section2" id="autoid_86">Synopsis</h2> |
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| <code class="inline-code"><#import <em class="code-color">path</em> as <em class="code-color">hash</em>></code> |
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| <p>Where:</p> |
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| <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">path</em></code>: The |
| path of a template. This is an expression that evaluates to a |
| string. (With other words, it doesn't have to be a fixed string, |
| it can also be something like, for example, |
| <code class="inline-code">profile.baseDir + "/menu.ftl"</code>.) |
| </li> |
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| <li> |
| <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">hash</em></code>: The |
| unquoted name of hash variable by which you can access the |
| namespace. Not an expression. |
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| <h2 class="content-header header-section2" id="autoid_87">Description</h2> |
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| <p>Imports a library. That is, it creates a new empty namespace, |
| and then executes the template given with |
| <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">path</em></code> parameter in that |
| namespace so the template populates the namespace with variables |
| (macros, functions, ...etc.). Then it makes the newly created |
| namespace available to the caller with a hash variable. The hash |
| variable will be created as a plain variable in the namespace used |
| by the caller of <code class="inline-code">import</code> (as if you would create |
| it with <code class="inline-code">assign</code> directive), with the name given |
| with the <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">hash</em></code> |
| parameter.</p> |
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| <p>If you call <code class="inline-code">import</code> with the same |
| <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">path</em></code> for multiple |
| times, it will create the namespace and run the template for the |
| very first call of <code class="inline-code">import</code> only. The later calls |
| will just create a hash by which you can access the |
| <em>same</em> namespace.</p> |
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| <p>The output printed by the imported template will be ignored |
| (will not be inserted at the place of importing). The template is |
| executed to populate the namespace with variables, and not to write |
| to the output.</p> |
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| <p>Example:</p> |
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| <div class="code-wrapper"><pre class="code-block code-template"><#import "/libs/mylib.ftl" as my> |
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| <@my.copyright date="1999-2002"/></pre></div> |
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| <p>The <code class="inline-code"><em class="code-color">path</em></code> |
| parameter can be a relative path like <code class="inline-code">"foo.ftl"</code> |
| and <code class="inline-code">"../foo.ftl"</code>, or an absolute like |
| <code class="inline-code">"/foo.ftl"</code>. Relative paths are relative to the |
| directory of the template that uses the <code class="inline-code">import</code> |
| directive. Absolute paths are relative to a base (often referred as |
| the ''root directory of the templates'') that the programmer defines |
| when he configures FreeMarker.</p> |
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| <p>Always use <code class="inline-code">/</code> (slash) to separate path |
| components, never <code class="inline-code">\</code> (backslash). If you are |
| loading templates from your local file system and it uses |
| backslashes (like under. Windows), FreeMarker will convert them |
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| lookup</a> may be used for resolving the path.</p> |
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| <p><span class="marked-for-programmers">Note, that it is possible to |
| automatically do the commonly used imports for all templates, with |
| the "auto imports" setting of |
| <code class="inline-code">Configuration</code>.</span></p> |
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| <p>If you are new to namespaces, you should read: <a href="dgui_misc_namespace.html">Template Author's Guide/Miscellaneous/Namespaces</a></p> |
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