VelocityCachedScreen.java

package org.apache.turbine.modules.screens;

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import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
import org.apache.turbine.TurbineConstants;
import org.apache.turbine.pipeline.PipelineData;
import org.apache.turbine.util.RunData;
import org.apache.velocity.context.Context;

/**
 * VelocityCachedScreen is Turbine 2.3.3 VelocityDirectScreen (same package)
 * with methods added for {@link PipelineData}.
 * It is is a screen class which buffers its output
 * before flushing the output stream. It is used in Jetspeed-1 portal.
 * <p>
 * @author <a href="mailto:mbryson@mont.mindspring.com">Dave Bryson</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class VelocityCachedScreen
    extends VelocityScreen
{
    /**
     * This builds the Velocity template.
     *
     * @param pipelineData Turbine information.
     * @return A ConcreteElement.
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    @Override
    public String buildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData)
        throws Exception
    {
        RunData data = pipelineData.getRunData();
        Context context = velocity.getContext(pipelineData);

        String screenTemplate = data.getTemplateInfo().getScreenTemplate();
        String templateName
            = templateService.getScreenTemplateName(screenTemplate);

        // The Template Service could not find the Screen
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(templateName))
        {
            log.error("Screen " + screenTemplate + " not found!");
            throw new Exception("Could not find screen for " + screenTemplate);
        }

        try
        {
            velocity.handleRequest(context, prefix + templateName, data.getOut());
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            // If there is an error, build a $processingException and
            // attempt to call the error.vm template in the screens
            // directory.
            context.put (TurbineConstants.PROCESSING_EXCEPTION_PLACEHOLDER, e.toString());
            context.put (TurbineConstants.STACK_TRACE_PLACEHOLDER, ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(e));

            velocity.handleRequest(context, prefix + templateError, data.getOut());
        }

        return null;
    }
}