Chapter 8.  Templates and Velocity Features

JeeWiz uses the Velocity engine, with JeeWiz-specific enhancements, to do templating - and pattern generation, as we will see in the next chapter.

This chapter is divided into two parts:

1. The first deals with features that are only relevant to templates - where a final text file is being created by running a Velocity script.
2. The second deals with the JeeWiz-specific features that are common to both template and pattern scripting. This consists of a description of the common features, followed by the list of helper methods that are available on all meta-classes.

8.1  Template-only Features

8.2  Miscellaneous Velocity Extensions

8.3  JeeWiz Methods

8.4  #return

8.5  #divert/#revert

8.6  #trace

8.7  #while and #break/#continue

8.8  #try

8.9  Trouble-shooting Velocity Scripts

8.10  Using Velocity For Scripting

8.11  Helper Methods