VelocityScreen.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.annotation.TurbineConfiguration;
import org.apache.turbine.annotation.TurbineService;
import org.apache.turbine.pipeline.PipelineData;
import org.apache.turbine.services.template.TemplateService;
import org.apache.turbine.services.velocity.VelocityService;
import org.apache.turbine.util.RunData;
import org.apache.velocity.context.Context;

/**
 * Base Velocity Screen.  The buildTemplate() assumes the template
 * parameter has been set in the PipelineData object.  This provides the
 * ability to execute several templates from one Screen.
 *
 * <p>
 *
 * If you need more specific behavior in your application, extend this
 * class and override the doBuildTemplate() method.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:mbryson@mont.mindspring.com">Dave Bryson</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:peter@courcoux.biz">Peter Courcoux</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class VelocityScreen
    extends TemplateScreen
{
    /** The prefix for lookup up screen pages */
    protected static final String prefix = PREFIX + "/";

    /** Injected service instance */
    @TurbineService
    protected VelocityService velocity;

    /** Injected service instance */
    @TurbineService
    protected TemplateService templateService;

    @TurbineConfiguration( TurbineConstants.TEMPLATE_ERROR_KEY )
    protected String templateError = TurbineConstants.TEMPLATE_ERROR_VM;

    /**
     * Velocity Screens extending this class should override this
     * method to perform any particular business logic and add
     * information to the context.
     *
     * @param pipelineData Turbine information.
     * @param context Context for web pages.
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    protected void doBuildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData,
                                   Context context)
            throws Exception
    {
        // empty
    }

    /**
     * Needs to be implemented to make TemplateScreen like us.  The
     * actual method that you should override is the one with the
     * context in the parameter list.
     *
     * @param pipelineData Turbine information.
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    @Override
    protected void doBuildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData)
            throws Exception
    {
        doBuildTemplate(pipelineData, velocity.getContext(pipelineData));
    }

    /**
     * This builds the Velocity template.
     *
     * @param pipelineData Turbine information.
     * @return the content of the screen
     * @throws Exception a generic exception.
     */
    @Override
    public String buildTemplate(PipelineData pipelineData)
        throws Exception
    {
        RunData data = pipelineData.getRunData();
        String screenData = null;

        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
        {
            // if a layout has been defined return the results, otherwise
            // send the results directly to the output stream.
            if (getLayout(pipelineData) == null)
            {
                velocity.handleRequest(context,
                        prefix + templateName,
                        data.getResponse().getOutputStream());
            }
            else
            {
                screenData =
                    velocity.handleRequest(context, prefix + templateName);
            }
        }
        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));

            screenData = velocity.handleRequest(context, prefix + templateError);
        }

        return screenData;
    }
}