Load Velocity template from java on JIRA

[Rui Rodrigues]

Hi There,

Is possible to load a Velocity template from java code? In may case, I'm creating a jira-footer and I've a 

PluggableFooter class that has a method called 

getFullFooterHtml

I need todo something like this

// Create the Velocity Context

        Map context = MacroUtils.defaultVelocityContext();

        context.put("myCustomVar", customVar);

        context.put("otherCustomVar", otherCustomVar);

        // Render the Template

        String result = VelocityUtils.getRenderedTemplate("/com/myplugin/templates/macro.vm", context);

Any suggestion?

Cheers,

RMRodrigues.

[Rui Rodrigues · Accepted solution]

I think that I've found a possible solution. I'm doing some testes.

Solution:

Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<String, Object>();

VelocityManager velocityManager = ComponentAccessor.getVelocityManager();

String webworkEncoding = ComponentAccessor.getApplicationProperties().getString(APKeys.JIRA_WEBWORK_ENCODING);
String renderedText = velocityManager.getEncodedBody("/templates/", "MyTemplate.vm",

                "Base URL Here...", webworkEncoding, context);

I will confirm if that is the solution.

Thanks.

[Rui Rodrigues]

This solution is working fine.

[Newbie]

Hey,
replace this line:

String result = VelocityUtils.getRenderedTemplate("/com/myplugin/templates/macro.vm", context);

with this line:

String result = VelocityUtils.getRenderedTemplate("templates/macro.vm", context);
return result;

[Rui Rodrigues]

The class VelocityUtils is not available on JIRA. It's available on Confluence only I think.

[Newbie]

OK, that's not good.

[GabrielleJ]

We have done this with our instance. Depending on your JIRA version, find the soy template for the footer. Usually it can be found in root/app/static/email/global-footer.soy

[Rui Rodrigues]

Hi Gabrielle, Thank for your response. I've a Velocity template and not a SOY template. I need to load my Velocity template from java class and return its content processed. Thanks.