Question

Exception occurred:
org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to
find resource ‘ResourceLoader1.vm’

I am having ResourceLoader1.vm in /WEB-INF/templates, I stuck up with this please help me.

            Properties props = new Properties();  
            props.put("file.resource.loader.path", "/WEB-INF/templates");
            Velocity.init(props);
            VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
            context.put("greetings", "Many Happy returns");
            context.put("name", "Joseph");
            Writer writer = new StringWriter();
            Template template = Velocity.getTemplate("ResourceLoader1.vm");
            template.merge(context, writer);

Answer 1

You should put .vm templates relative to the CLASSPATH. A better choice would be to put the /templates directory under WEB-INF/classes, lose the props, and fetch it like this:

Template template = Velocity.getTemplate("templates/ResourceLoader1.vm");