Example configuration file for velocityTools for Apache Velocity

velocityToolsConfig.xml

<!--

Notes:
- Using this file, the tools are "$dateTool" etc. not "$date" as default -- if needed, change the <key>.

- Apparently, this format is deprecated in Velocity Tools 2.0, but still works. I didn't manage to get the new
format working (http://velocity.apache.org/tools/devel/config-xml.html) so...

-->
<toolbox>
	<xhtml>true</xhtml>
	<tool>
		<key>msg</key>
		<scope>request</scope>
		<parameter name="bundles" value="mensagens" />
		<parameter name="defaultBundle" value="mensagens" />
		<parameter name="locale" value="pt_BR" />
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ResourceTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>escapeTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.EscapeTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>dateTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.DateTool</class>
		<parameter name="format" value="dd/MM/yyyy" />
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>displayTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.DisplayTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>mathTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.MathTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>iterTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.IteratorTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>sortTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SortTool</class>
	</tool>
	<tool>
		<key>listTool</key>
		<scope>application</scope>
		<class>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ListTool</class>
	</tool>
</toolbox>

This could be used by adding the property toolboxConfigLocation to the ViewResolver declaration in your application context XML file.

<bean id="viewResolver"
               class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityLayoutViewResolver">
    <property name="cache" value="true" />
    <property name="prefix" value="" />
    <property name="suffix" value=".html" />
    <property name="layoutUrl" value="layout/layout.html" />

    <property name="toolboxConfigLocation" value="/WEB-INF/velocityTools.xml" />
    <property name="contentType" value="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
</bean>