TextFormatter Viewtool

The TextFormatter is a helper class to simplify tool usage when retrieving no-arg messages from the default bundle that have periods in their key.

The following example shows how the TextFormatter is mapped in the toolbox.xml file:

    <tool>
        <key>messages</key>
        <scope>request</scope>
        <class>
            org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ActionMessagesTool
        </class>
    </tool>

Example

So instead of '$text.get(“forms.profile.title”)', you can just type $text.forms.profile.title. This also lets you do things like:

#if($text.forms.profile.exists )
    #set( $profiletext = $text.forms.profile )

    <h1>$profiletext.title</h1>
    <h3>$profiletext.subtitle</h3>
#end