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For more information on Velocity itself, please visit the Velocity website.

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Velocity is similar to FreeMarker, as both are template languages that can be used outside of a Servlet container. The framework uses FreeMarker internally since it has better error reporting. Developers may also like that FreeMarker supports JSP taglibs. However, both are good alternatives to JSP.

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Since the action context is resolved after the value stack, you can reference the variable without the typical preceding marker (#) that has to be used with the JSP s:property tag. Omitting the marker can be convenient, but it can also trip you up, if used carelessly.

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#s-url#surl "id=url" "value=http://www.yahoo.com"
Click <a href="${url}">here</a>!

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