Getting Error Resource Not Found Exception while using velocity - spring

Question

Not able to attach the template for sending the mail..
-servlet.xml
<bean id="velocityEngine"
class="org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEngineFactoryBean">
<property name="velocityProperties">
<value>
resource.loader=class
class.resource.loader.class=org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.ClasspathResourceLoader
</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="velocityConfig"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityConfigurer">
<property name="resourceLoaderPath" value="/"/>
</bean>
<bean id="velocityviewResolver"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityViewResolver"
p:prefix="/WEB-INF/velocity/"
p:suffix=".vm" />
</beans>
code :
The error is pointing to this line which i am using in my Service implementation
String text = VelocityEngineUtils.mergeTemplateIntoString(velocityEngine, "mailtemplate", model);
I am getting an error saying not able to find any resource
The complete stack trace of error is:
org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource 'mailtemplate'
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:483)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:345)
at org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEngineUtils.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngineUtils.java:58)
at org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEngineUtils.mergeTemplateIntoString(VelocityEngineUtils.java:122)
at service.impl.EmployeeServiceImpl.sendMail(EmployeeServiceImpl.java:110)
at controllers.TrainingInvitationController.sendMail(TrainingInvitationController.java:54)
at controllers.TrainingInvitationController$$FastClassByCGLIB$$176c7e66.invoke()
at net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:149)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.Cglib2AopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(Cglib2AopProxy.java:700)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:149)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:106)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.Cglib2AopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(Cglib2AopProxy.java:635)
at controllers.TrainingInvitationController$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$b58c7689.sendMail()
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.support.HandlerMethodInvoker.doInvokeMethod(HandlerMethodInvoker.java:421)
at org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.support.HandlerMethodInvoker.invokeHandlerMethod(HandlerMethodInvoker.java:136)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java:326)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.handle(AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java:313)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:875)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:807)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:571)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:511)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:445)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:356)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:226)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:627)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:149)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:123)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:141)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:269)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:430)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:701)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:617)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:199)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:339)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.HttpChannelEndPoint.run(HttpChannelEndPoint.java:270)
at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:475)
Now how to resolve this problem?

Answer 1

I got the answer.. i got an idea from the velocity docs itself..
I was needed to modify only in velocity bean configuration.. See Below for what i have changed.
<bean id="velocityEngine" class="org.springframework.ui.velocity.VelocityEngineFactoryBean">
<property name="resourceLoaderPath" value="/WEB-INF/velocity/"/>
</bean>
Thats it... now its working perfect for me..