Include directive to include FTL in webscript's FTL

fstnboy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:29:00 GMT

Hi all,Let's see if someone can help me.I've got a web script defined in Data Dictionary/Web Scripts Extensions/com/testI tested the freemarker include directive with header and footer FTLs in the same directory and it works. Tested putting them somewhere else in the repository but cannot get them…

Re: Include directive to include FTL in webscript's FTL

fstnboy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:28:03 GMT

It seems that if I place the FTL inside the Data Dictionary/Web Scripts Extensions at any level I can get to it with a relative path.
Eg:


<#include "../homePage.ftl" />
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But if I put it somewhere else… and I do:


<#include "../../../homePage.ftl" />
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I get an error saying that the file Data Dictionary/Web Scripts Extension/com/test/../../../homePage.ftl doesn't exist….

Re: Include directive to include FTL in webscript's FTL

fstnboy — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:20:06 GMT

Got the answer…

Alfresco uses a template processor that has a searchPath as a property (this sets where in the repository, filesystem, etc. look up for the templates). To add a custom path to that template do the following:

Create/Edit the custom-web-context.xml file in <TOMCAT_HOME>/shared/classes/alfresco/extension directory

Add a custom bean with the path you want to store the templates in as follows (I've set it to the Company Home/Data Dictionary/Templates directory):


<bean name="templates.store.repo.custom" parent="webscripts.repostore">
      <property name="store"><value>workspace://SpacesStore</value></property>
      <property name="path"><value>/${spaces.company_home.childname}/${spaces.dictionary.childname}/cm:Templates</value></property>
   </bean>
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Then add another bean with the paths you want your repo to search the templates in (don't forget adding the OOTB ones!)


<bean id="templates.searchpath" class="org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.SearchPath">
      <property name="searchPath">
          <list>
             <ref bean="templates.store.repo.custom" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store.repo.extension" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store.repo" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store.client.extension" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store.client" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.enterprise.store" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store.alfresco" />
             <ref bean="webscripts.store" />
          </list>
      </property>
   </bean>
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Finally set the searchpath property of the webscripts.repo.templateprocessor with the bean we just created:


<bean id="webscripts.repo.templateprocessor" class="org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryTemplateProcessor">
      <property name="serviceRegistry" ref="ServiceRegistry" />
      <property name="freeMarkerProcessor" ref="freeMarkerProcessor" /> 
      <property name="searchPath" ref="templates.searchpath" />
   </bean>
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Restart Alfresco and it should work

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