Hello,

Here Is my thing. I am trying to develop a very simple program that implements both strus and Velocity. I am using strus to handle moving from page to page. Anyway, I have been trying to figure out how to wrrite the java code for the velocity pages. I understand the concept and the "template" of what needs to into each class to get the .vm file to be outputted as a html file. In the books that I have been reading each velocity java page I've seen in books and on the web had the velocity page have a main method. Now if I have to create a java file for each .vm file I create, which I have no problem with, I can't have a main method for each. I know that. So, how do I it? I am not sure if I should be extending from the VelocityServlet class and I am not sure about the method names. Can I mmakeup my own or should I be overwritting a predefined method?

Thanks,

Hockeyfan

Hi,
If you wish to use Apache Velocity and Struts, there is a velstruts tool which integrates Velocity which Struts(see the velocity page).
If you want to use the original Struts and Velocity, you can edit your web.xml file and add a servlet mapping for the extension *.vm so that it will be handled by the Velocity Servlet.

I have edited my web.xml file to include the .vm file extension. What I am having trouble wrapping my head around is that I know that each .vm file that has Velocity statements needs a corresponding java file to create a true html document. My problem is that I don't know how to write the code without it being in the main method. I can't find any source code that shows me that. Unless the class I am writing is an extension of VelocityServlet and the method and in that case the method that is used is handlerequest(...). I am not used to writing java programs that are web based. I am learning but its slow. So if anyonce can help that would be great.

You don't need a java file for every vm file, the servlet mapping and the velocityservlet exist for that purpose.