Plexus Velocity Component

A component which provide velocity rendering.



Typical use

A typical use : 

VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();        
VelocityComponent velocityComponent =  (DefaultVelocityComponent) lookup( VelocityComponent.ROLE );
Template template = velocity.getEngine().getTemplate("path to your template" );
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
template.merge( context, writer );

Typical Configuration

A typical component configuration : 


    <component>
      <role>org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.VelocityComponent</role>
      <implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.DefaultVelocityComponent</implementation>
      <configuration>
        <properties>
          <property>
            <name>runtime.log.logsystem.class</name>
            <value>org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.Log4JLoggingSystem</value>
          </property>        
          <property>
            <name>resource.loader</name>
            <value>classpath</value>
          </property>
          <property>
            <name>classpath.resource.loader.class</name>
            <value>org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader</value>
          </property>
        </properties>
      </configuration>
    </component>