Java Rendering Library 4.3-R34458 : Place Templates

Place Templates

Place template allows to place a single template linked with an item on arbitrary coordinates on a document spread. Contrary to build, placeTemplate

• does not require a page template
• does not respect build rules, i.e.: the template is placed on the requested coordinates, no matter, which content already exists on the spread

The return value of placeTemplate is the CometGroup Id of the newly created group.

The following example places a template linked with a product and gets the preview of this product:

import javax.activation.DataHandler;

import com.priint.comet.metadata.DocumentMetadata;
import com.priint.comet.renderer.RecordId;
import com.priint.comet.renderer.Renderer;
import com.priint.comet.renderer.OpenedDocument;
import com.priint.comet.renderer.exception.RendererException;

public class PlaceTemplate {

  private final Renderer renderer = new Renderer();

  public void placeTemplate() {
    String w2ml = "";
    int templateId = 2;
    String itemStringId = "product.309";
    try (OpenedDocument document = renderer.openDocument(
                                          "DSN", 
                                          new TmpCopyFromString(w2ml, W2MLDocumentType.class))) {
      int groupId = document.placeTemplate(-1, templateId, new RecordId(1, 0, 0, itemStringId), 0.0, 0.0);

      DocumentMetadata dmd = document.getMetadata();
      DataHandler[] previews = dmd.getCometGroupPreviews(groupId);
      if (previews != null && previews.length > 0) {
        DataHandler itemPreview = previews[0];
        // ... + save etc.
      }
    } catch (RendererException e) {
      // exception during rendering
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // exception during close
    }
  }
}