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Class Template</H2>
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java.lang.Object
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+--<A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html">org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.Resource</A>
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+--<B>org.apache.velocity.Template</B>
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<DT>public class <B>Template</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html">Resource</A></DL>
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This class is used for controlling all template
operations. This class uses a parser created
by JavaCC to create an AST that is subsequently
traversed by a Visitor.
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Template template = Velocity.getTemplate("test.wm");
Context context = new VelocityContext();
context.put("foo", "bar");
context.put("customer", new Customer());
template.merge(context, writer);
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<DT><B>Version: </B><DD>$Id: Template.java,v 1.36.4.1 2004/03/03 22:28:24 geirm Exp $</DD>
<DT><B>Author: </B><DD><a href="mailto:jvanzyl@apache.org">Jason van Zyl</a>, <a href="mailto:geirm@optonline.net">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a></DD>
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<CODE>private &nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/Template.html#initialized">initialized</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To keep track of whether this template has been
initialized.</TD>
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<TD><B>Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.<A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html">Resource</A></B></TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#data">data</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#encoding">encoding</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#lastModified">lastModified</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#MILLIS_PER_SECOND">MILLIS_PER_SECOND</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#modificationCheckInterval">modificationCheckInterval</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#name">name</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#nextCheck">nextCheck</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#resourceLoader">resourceLoader</A>, <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#rsvc">rsvc</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/Template.html#Template()">Template</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/Template.html#initDocument()">initDocument</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;initializes the document.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/Template.html#merge(org.apache.velocity.context.Context, java.io.Writer)">merge</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/context/Context.html">Context</A>&nbsp;context,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The AST node structure is merged with the
context to produce the final output.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/Template.html#process()">process</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;gets the named resource as a stream, parses and inits</TD>
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initialized</H3>
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private boolean <B>initialized</B></PRE>
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<DD>To keep track of whether this template has been
initialized. We use the document.init(context)
to perform this.</DL>
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errorCondition</H3>
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private java.lang.Exception <B>errorCondition</B></PRE>
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<A NAME="Template()"><!-- --></A><H3>
Template</H3>
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public <B>Template</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Default constructor</DL>
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<A NAME="process()"><!-- --></A><H3>
process</H3>
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public boolean <B>process</B>()
throws <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ResourceNotFoundException.html">ResourceNotFoundException</A>,
<A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ParseErrorException.html">ParseErrorException</A>,
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<DD>gets the named resource as a stream, parses and inits<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html#process()">process</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/runtime/resource/Resource.html">Resource</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if successful<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ResourceNotFoundException.html">ResourceNotFoundException</A></CODE> - if template not found
from any available source.<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ParseErrorException.html">ParseErrorException</A></CODE> - if template cannot be parsed due
to syntax (or other) error.<DD><CODE>java.lang.Exception</CODE> - some other problem, should only be from
initialization of the template AST.</DL>
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initDocument</H3>
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public void <B>initDocument</B>()
throws java.lang.Exception</PRE>
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<DD>initializes the document. init() is not longer
dependant upon context, but we need to let the
init() carry the template name down throught for VM
namespace features</DL>
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merge</H3>
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public void <B>merge</B>(<A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/context/Context.html">Context</A>&nbsp;context,
java.io.Writer&nbsp;writer)
throws <A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ResourceNotFoundException.html">ResourceNotFoundException</A>,
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<DD>The AST node structure is merged with the
context to produce the final output.
Throws IOException if failure is due to a file related
issue, and Exception otherwise<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>context</CODE> - Conext with data elements accessed by template<DD><CODE>writer</CODE> - output writer for rendered template<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ResourceNotFoundException.html">ResourceNotFoundException</A></CODE> - if template not found
from any available source.<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../org/apache/velocity/exception/ParseErrorException.html">ParseErrorException</A></CODE> - if template cannot be parsed due
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