A view tool that allows template designers to load view tools from within the template. Any object with a public constructor without parameters can be loaded into the context. This tool is considered by the developers to be merely a development tool and inappropriate for use in a production setting.

<tool>
  <key>toolLoader</key>
  <scope>application</scope>
  <class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ToolLoader</class>
</tool>

Method Overview

load()

Loads an instance of a tool and returns it.

Loads an instance of a tool and returns it.

void load(String class)

Parameters

class

The name of the class to instantiate.

example:

#set( $math = $toolLoader.load("org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.MathTool") )
$math.random(1,1000)

Loads MathTool with name $math into the context. Then, its random() function is used to generate a random number between 1 and 1000.