org.apache.torque.generator.template.velocity
Class VelocityTemplateFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.torque.generator.template.velocity.VelocityTemplateFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TemplateFilter

public class VelocityTemplateFilter
extends Object
implements TemplateFilter

A Filter for velocity templates. It has the effect of beautifying the output of the velocity outlet.

Constructor Summary

VelocityTemplateFilter()

Method Summary

InputStream

filter(InputStream resource, String encoding) This method filters the template and replaces some unwanted characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VelocityTemplateFilter

public VelocityTemplateFilter()

Method Detail

filter

public InputStream filter(InputStream resource,
                          String encoding)
                   throws IOException

This method filters the template and replaces some unwanted characters. For example it removes leading spaces in front of velocity commands and replaces tabs with spaces to prevent bounces in different code editors with different tab-width-setting.

Specified by:

filter in interface TemplateFilter

Parameters:

resource - the input stream to filter.

encoding - the encoding to use, or null for the system encoding.

Returns:

the filtered input stream.

Throws:

IOException - if creating, reading or writing to a stream fails.