HI! I´m not sre what you mean... but.... StringUtils is not an abstract class, so you could put in the context of Velocity an instance of StringUtils.... velContext.put("StringUtils", new StringUtils() ); In your template... $StringUtils.leftPad( $car.id, 6, '0') $StringUtils.leftPad( $car.na000me, 15, ' ') wish it helps... Lucas
Vinicius Caldeira Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: Sorry for the OT. But since they're kinda related ... Does velocity provides a way to fill gaps on my variables? Translating... I have a pojo car, which has ID and Name Id must have size 6 with zero left padd, and Name 15 with with white spaces padding. Now let's suppose I have: Car beetle = new Car(1,"beetle"); When printing: $car.id $car.name I get 1 beetle When the desirable would be: 00001 beetle This is for reporting purposes Thanks all --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! ¡Abrí tu cuenta ya! - http://correo.yahoo.com.ar