syntax that would normally need "poor man's escaping" like: #define() ${blah ]]# #include( "disclaimer.txt" "opinion.txt" ) #include( $foo $bar ) #parse( "lecorbusier.vm" ) #parse( $foo ) #evaluate( 'string with VTL #if(true)will be displayed#end'
) #define( $hello ) Hello $who #end #set( $who = "World!") $hello
$velocityCount #end #end $someObject.getValues("this is a string split across lines") $someObject("This plus $something in the middle").method(7567).property #macro( tablerows $color $somelist ) #foreach( $something in $somelist )
<td bgcolor=$color>$something</td>
<td bgcolor=$color>$bodyContent</td>
</tr> #end #end #tablerows("red" ["dadsdf","dsa"]) #@tablerows("red" ["dadsdf","dsa"]) some body content #end Variable reference: #set( $monkey = $bill ) String literal: #set( $monkey.Friend = 'monica' ) Property reference: #set( $monkey.Blame =
$whitehouse.Leak ) Method reference: #set( $monkey.Plan = $spindoctor.weave($web) ) Number literal: #set( $monkey.Number = 123 ) Range operator: #set( $monkey.Numbers = [1..3] ) Object list: #set( $monkey.Say = ["Not", $my, "fault"] ) Object
map: #set( $monkey.Map = {"banana" : "good", "roast beef" : "bad"}) The RHS can also be a simple arithmetic expression, such as: Addition: #set( $value = $foo + 1 ) Subtraction: #set( $value = $bar - 1 ) Multiplication: #set( $value = $foo
* $bar ) Division: #set( $value = $foo / $bar ) Remainder: #set( $value = $foo % $bar )