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WhoAmI
WhoAmI

Reputation: 819

Play! Template syntax

I am using Play Framework 1.2.5. What is the difference between:

@{Application.render()}

and

@Application.render()

The first one is preferably used in the form action whereas the second one may be used for an anchor template. Both of them will be generating a URL, hence not able to understand which for the first one I need a {} surrounding braces.

Please let me know about this.

Thanks,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 173

Answers (2)

Theo
Theo

Reputation: 396

@{} is a short cut to generate a relative url based on a reverse route (Controller.method -> URL)

@@{} gives you the absolute URL

#{} refer to tags. There just so happens to be an #a tag and you can do 

#{a @Application.logout()}Disconnect#{/a}

because within the tag, you're actually passing the ActionDefinition when doing @Application.logout(), not the URL.

See http://www.playframework.org/documentation/1.2.5/tags

Upvotes: 1

evandongen
evandongen

Reputation: 2065

As far as I know, you need the curly braces when you use this in a template, for instance: <form action="@{Application.post}">.

I just tried without the curly braces and that resulted in the exact string (@Application.render) and not an URL.

My code in the template:

@Application.index()<br />
@{Application.index()}<br />

Results in the following HTML in my browser:

@Application.index()<br />
/<br />

Upvotes: 0

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