[WW-3761] Loading FreeMarker Templates from file system

• Type: Temp
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.3
• Labels: freemarker-template-filesystem-loading

Environment

Tomcat 7.0

• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: Vijayakannan
• Created: 22/Feb/12 11:51
• Updated: 14/Apr/12 06:59
• Resolved: 23/Feb/12 09:28

Description

Loading the freemarker template from the file system using templatePath in web.xml is not working as expected

Example:

My template path is --> "file://D://templates"

try {
if(templatePath!=null){
if (templatePath.startsWith("class://"))

{ // substring(7) is intentional as we "reuse" the last slash templatePathLoader = new ClassTemplateLoader(getClass(), templatePath.substring(7)); }

else if (templatePath.startsWith("file://"))

{ templatePathLoader = new FileTemplateLoader(new File(templatePath)); }

}
} catch (IOException e)

{ LOG.error("Invalid template path specified: " + e.getMessage(), e); }

Line "templatePathLoader = new FileTemplateLoader(new File(templatePath));" always return null

Fix:

By changing the above line as below, it's working fine.

templatePathLoader = new FileTemplateLoader(new File(templatePath.substring(7)));