Hi Thilo, thank you for your response.
I solved it like you said using ClasspathResource and it works :). Kind regards, Lidija On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Thilo Tanner <thilo.tan...@reprisk.com>wrote: > Hi Lidija, > > I don't use Chenillekit for Freemarker, but I integrated Freemarker not > too long ago, also to render emails, using the AssetSource service: > > First, I created a AssetTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader which > uses the AssetSource service behind the scenes to load the actual template > from a regular Resource object. > > Then I created a Freemarker service with a render method. Something like > this: > > public String render(Resource templateResource, Map dataModel) > > to render the text (or email) to a String. Now, you can inject your > template as a Resource object into the service / page which is using the > Freemarker service. Using the AssetSource also allow you to create > localized template files, if necessary. > > Best, > Thilo > > ________________________________________ > From: Lidija Dolinar <lidija....@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 15:03 > To: Tapestry users > Subject: FreeMarker configuration problems > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use freemarker templates according to the following > instructions: > > http://chenillekit.codehaus.org/chenillekit-template/howto_freemarkerservice.html > > My code in AppModule is the same as specified above. > > In my Java code I'm trying to send mail with the use of a template file: > > OutputStream emailBodyStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); > templateService.mergeDataWithResource(new > URIResource("./templates/test.ftl"), emailBodyStream, parameterMap); > mailService.sendHtmlMail(mmh, emailBodyStream.toString()); > > > The template file is not found - I get exceptions no matter how I set the > URIResource path to the template file: > > - If the path is "./templates/test.ftl", there's a > "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not absolute" exception in > URIResource.exists() method when calling uri.toURL(). > Why does this error occur? (the instructions specify relative path to the > file as a parameter to the URIResource). > > - If the path is an absolute filepath, i.e. > "file:/home/lidija/workspace/.../templates/test.ftl", there's a > "java.lang.RuntimeException: Template file:/home/lidija/workspace/... not > found". The file exists though and has read / write / execute permissions > on it. > (I'm just trying to understand, of course the path shouldn't be set like > this.) > > - If the path is absolute filepath to the file, without the "file:" String, > the eror is again "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not absolute" > > > My questions are: > - should I specifically set the path to the "templates" folder at > configuration time? > - how to specify the template filename parameter to URIResource? > > Any suggestions welcome. > > Kind regards, > Lidija > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >