That's true but it does not prevent you to write directly in the response
if you want.
Something like:
## Get the response buffer/stream
#set($out = $response.outputStream())
## Write some content to the response buffer
$out.print("some content")
## Make sure everything is sent
$out.flush()
## Indicate XWiki that you already sent the answer
$xcontext.setFinished(true)
Hey, we're getting closer!
How does this play with the velocity execution? Would its output be discarded then?
I've tried this:
$response.setContentType("text/plain")##
#set($out = $response.outputStream())##
## Write some content to the response buffer
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")##
$out.println("some content")
## Make sure everything is sent
$out.flush()##
## Indicate XWiki that you already sent the answer
$xcontext.setFinished(true)##
and had only blank pages/
Paul