why does one work and not the other?

[mwaschkowski]

Confusing issue here, any ideas most welcome!

Why does:

<bean id="velocityConfig"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.veloci ty.VelocityConfigurer">
<property name="resourceLoaderPath"><value>/WEB-INF/velocity/</value></property>
<property name="velocityProperties">
<props>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.cache">false</prop>
<prop key="directive.foreach.counter.initial.value">0</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>

work correctly, but

<bean id="velocityConfig"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.veloci ty.VelocityConfigurer">

<property name="velocityProperties">
<props>
<prop key="resource.loader">file</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.class">
org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileRe sourceLoader
</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.path">/WEB-INF/velocity/</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.cache">false</prop>
<prop key="directive.foreach.counter.initial.value">0</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>

does not?

[irbouho]

does not?

any stackTrace, error messages...
also, remove the cr/lf:

<prop key="file.resource.loader.class">org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader</prop>

[mwaschkowski]

Hi!

Thanks for the reply irbouho! Sorry its taken so long for me to respond, I didn't have a good test case, got a new job, and got sick, not necessarily in that order! But I'm back on my feet trying to figure out some Spring stuff

OK, here is the scenario which is working:

<bean id="velocityEngine" class="org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEng ineFactoryBean">
<property name="resourceLoaderPath"><value>/velocity/</value></property>
<property name="velocityProperties">
<props>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.cache">false</prop>
<prop key="directive.foreach.counter.initial.value">0</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>

However, the one below does not, and shows the error message at the bottom of the email.

<bean id="velocityEngine" class="org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEng ineFactoryBean">
<property name="velocityProperties">
<props>
<prop key="resource.loader">file</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.class">org.apache.veloci ty.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.path">/velocity/</prop>
<prop key="file.resource.loader.cache">false</prop>
<prop key="directive.foreach.counter.initial.value">0</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>

The only way the second one works is if I change the file.resource.loader.path to reference the first directory under the root of my project, without a leading '/'

ie. srcHome/web/WEB-INF/velocity/

So it will work, just not the way that I would expect, and differently in the two scenarios...can anyone explain to me why?

Thanks!

Mark


PS. Error message with second config:
ERROR - CommonsLoggingLogSystem.logVelocityMessage(42) | ResourceManager : unable to find resource 'notificationEmail.vm' in any resource loader.

[robh]

I believe that your second example does not work because your /WEB-INF/ directory does not have a real file path that is accessible by FileResourceLoader. Are you deploying as a WAR into your container?

Rob

[mwaschkowski]

Hi Rob,

Well, I'm just running JUnit tests actually, no deploying going on at all...

Mark

[mwaschkowski]

Hi Rob,

I just took a look through the source and there is some logic to choose between a file resource and a SpringResourceLoader...first config is treated as a File type, and the second config is treated differently, as property entries.

Different code, different results...

Best,

Mark