Configuring Velocity - ResourceNotFoundException

[Timothy Sam]

Hi guys!

I need to know how to configure Velocity properly. I'm using velocity in a batch(CLI) process to send an e-mail and my template file located in a directory somewhere in the file system. I'm using Eclipse and I made sure that the location of my template is included in the classpath (if it is ever needed to do so).

Assuming that my .vm (template) file is located in C:/opt/templates/


I initialize Velocity like this

            Properties p = new Properties();
            p.setProperty("resource.loader","file");
            p.setProperty("file.resource.loader.class", "org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader");
            p.setProperty("file.resource.loader.path", "C:/opt/templates/");           
            p.setProperty("file.resource.loader.cache", "false");
            p.setProperty("file.resource.loader.modificationCheckInterval", "0");

            Velocity.init(p);

And load my template like the following

            VelocityEngine ve = new VelocityEngine();
            ve.init();

            Template t = ve.getTemplate("my_template.vm");

            VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
           
            t.merge( context, writer );

A call to getTemplate throws the error below:

org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource 'my_template.vm'

Is anyone familiar with this? Thanks!

[Timothy Sam]

Solution:

http://devpinoy.org/blogs/lamia/archive/2009/01/28/velocity-template-engine-resourcenotfound-exception.aspx