org.melati.template
Class AbstractTemplateEngine

java.lang.Object
  org.melati.template.AbstractTemplateEngine

All Implemented Interfaces:

TemplateEngine

Direct Known Subclasses:

NoTemplateEngine, VelocityTemplateEngine, WebmacroTemplateEngine

public abstract class AbstractTemplateEngine
extends Object
implements TemplateEngine

Common elements of a TemplateEngine.

Field Summary

protected Vector<String>

roots

Constructor Summary

AbstractTemplateEngine()
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	addRoot(String root) Add root at index 0, so that the empty string is always returned last by elements.
Enumeration<String>	getRoots() A root should not end in a slash.
String	getTemplateName(String key, String classifier) The name of a template which exists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.melati.template.TemplateEngine

expandedTemplate, expandTemplate, expandTemplate, getEngine, getName, getStringWriter, getTemplateContext, init, template, templateExtension

Field Detail

roots

protected Vector<String> roots

Constructor Detail

AbstractTemplateEngine

public AbstractTemplateEngine()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getTemplateName

public String getTemplateName(String key,
                              String classifier)

The name of a template which exists.

Specified by:

getTemplateName in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

key - short name, without path or extension

classifier - a purpose or database name or similar qualifier

Returns:

the name of a template, null if none found

See Also:

TemplateEngine.getTemplateName(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

getRoots

public Enumeration<String> getRoots()

A root should not end in a slash.

Specified by:

getRoots in interface TemplateEngine

Returns:

an Enumeration of string roots, always at least the empty string

See Also:

TemplateEngine.getRoots()

addRoot

public void addRoot(String root)

Add root at index 0, so that the empty string is always returned last by elements.

Specified by:

addRoot in interface TemplateEngine

Parameters:

root - the root to add

See Also:

TemplateEngine.addRoot(java.lang.String)