Typical use

A typical use:

VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
VelocityComponent velocityComponent = lookup( VelocityComponent.class );
Template template = velocityComponent.getEngine().getTemplate( "path to your template" );
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
template.merge( context, writer );

Typical Configuration

Plexus Velocity Component comes with a default configuration: it is expected to be customized to match local specific need. This is done by creating VelocityComponentConfigurator component implementation. Presence of this component is optional.

See Velocity Configuration reference documentation for details on available configurations.