[VELTOOLS-175] Velocity Tools 2.0 docs do not list Velocity 1.6.2 as a runtime dependency

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0
• Assignee: Michael Osipov
• Reporter: Nate Chadwick
• Created: 19/Sep/18 22:53
• Updated: 29/Sep/18 22:59
• Resolved: 29/Sep/18 22:59

Description

When testing Velocity 2.0 tools with Velocity 2.0.  A couple of the generic 2.0 tools error out with a missing dependency on the runtime Log class. This came up in testing the xml tool and the field tool.  Looking at the 2.0 stable tool sources they do import this class.

 

org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/Log
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log

 

After downloading the source tarball for Velocity Tools 2.0 is looks like the POM is referencing 1.6.2 of the Velocity Engine, and as Velocity 2.0 no longer includes the org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log package, that explains the runtime error. 

 

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>

The fact that the tools jar is version 2.0 is misleading as it is actually compiling with velocity 1.6 not Velocity 2.0.

I think in the least the dependency documentation page needs updated to indicate that Velocity Tools 2.0 required Velocity 1.6.2 instead of 1.5+.

In the best the 2.0 tools should be compiling against the 2.0 engine. 

 

Issue Links

• depends upon: VELTOOLS-177 Clean up inconsistencies in POMs