velocity a good choice?

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visionset@yahoo.com - 13 Dec 2007 14:15 GMT

We are looking at writing a generic messaging framework to handle our
fax/email/sms requirements. We will be utilising an ESB architecture
and probably use email gateways to handle fax/sms. When it comes to
the actual templating of the messages is velocity the current standard
or is there something else I should consider?

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Daniel Dyer - 13 Dec 2007 14:19 GMT

> We are looking at writing a generic messaging framework to handle our
> fax/email/sms requirements. We will be utilising an ESB architecture
> and probably use email gateways to handle fax/sms. When it comes to
> the actual templating of the messages is velocity the current standard
> or is there something else I should consider?

I've not had any complaints about Velocity, but I've heard people
recommending FreeMarker in preference. I haven't used FreeMarker but I
did see this comparison the other day that seems to favour it over
Velocity:

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2007/jw-11-java-template-engines.html?f
src=rss-index

Dan.

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revusky@gmail.com - 14 Dec 2007 15:12 GMT

> > We are looking at writing a generic messaging framework to handle our
> > fax/email/sms requirements. We will be utilising an ESB architecture
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> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2007/jw-11-java-template-eng...

Yes, though actually, that article presents a rather superficial
comparison of the two tools. I wrote a blog entry on the freemarker
group blog that addresses the velocity-freemarker comparison in
greater depth.

http://freemarker.blogspot.com/2007/12/velocity-of-freemarker-looking-at-5.html

JR

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