Apache Velocity

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Apache Velocity
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Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation
Stable release 1.7 / November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)
Development status Active
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type template engine
License Apache License 2.0
Website http://velocity.apache.org/

Apache Velocity is a Java-based template engine that provides a template language to reference objects defined in Java code. It aims to ensure clean separation between the presentation tier and business tiers in a Web application (the model–view–controller design pattern).

Velocity is an open source software project hosted by the Apache Software Foundation. It is released under the Apache License.

Uses

Some common types of applications that use Velocity are:

  • Web applications: Web designers create HTML pages with placeholders for dynamic information. The page is processed with VelocityViewServlet or any of a number of frameworks which support Velocity.
  • Source code generation: Velocity can be used to generate Java source code, SQL, or PostScript, based on templates. A number of open source and commercial development software packages use Velocity in this manner.[1]
  • Automatic emails: Many applications generate automatic emails for account signup, password reminders, or automatically sent reports. Using Velocity, the email template can be stored in a text file, rather than directly embedded in Java code.
  • XML transformation: Velocity provides an Ant task, called Anakia, which reads an XML file and makes it available to a Velocity template. A common application is to convert documentation stored in a generic "xdoc" format into a styled HTML document.

Code example

The following template:

## Velocity Hello World
<html>
    <body>
       #set( $foo = "Velocity" )
       ## followed by
       Hello $foo World!
    </body>
</html>

processed by Velocity will produce the following HTML:

<html>
    <body>
     Hello Velocity World!
    </body>
</html>

The syntax and overall concept of the Apache Velocity templates is very similar to the syntax of the older WebMacro template engine which is now also an open source project.[citation needed]

See also

References

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Bibliography

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