[xwiki-devs] Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1 release available

From: Nathan Bubna <nbubna(a)apache.org> Date: April 28, 2010 12:53:50 AM GMT+02:00 To: Velocity Developers List <dev(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, Velocity Users List <user(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, announce(a)apache.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1 release available The Velocity developers are please to announce the availability of Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1. Downloads can be found here: http://velocity.apache.org/download.cgi A great deal of work has been done since the 1.6 branch. Here's a taste: - Your macros can now be called with bodies when you want: #macro(foo)Here is $bodyContent#end #@foo()body content!#end - Quotes can be escaped in strings by doubling them: #set( $foo = "$person said, ""$comment"" " ) #set( $bar = 'Joe said, ''Hi!'' ' ) - The flawed #literal directive has been replaced with: #[[ This is included but not parsed, so #if and $foo need no escaping.]]# Also included are namespacing improvements, better #break and #stop, bracketed index syntax, and more! For full details, please see the change log: http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/changes-report.html This should work as a drop-in replacement for Velocity 1.6.3 in the vast majority of cases. However, there have been a number of deprecations (should result in warnings in your log output) and a few minor behavioral changes, all of which are explained in the change log. :)