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Wiki Scripting Tools

 Adds the Velocity tools and Polarion specific objects to the Velocity Context of active Wiki and LiveReport pages to extend scripting possibilities.

Description

Installation

  • Download the extension from this page and extract it
  • Extract file com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext_<version>.zip into the Polarion extensions folder
- ​a complete path should look like this:
<Polarion>\polarion\extensions\yourFolder\eclipse\plugins\com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext_<version>\
- working example:
C:\Polarion\polarion\extensions\myPlugins\eclipse\plugins\com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext_1.3.5\
  • ​Shutdown Polarion
  • Remove folders (you will not lose any data, all content of these folders will be regenerated):
    <Polarion>\data\workspace\.config
    <Polarion>\data\workspace\.metadata
  • Start Polarion

 

To verify the correct deployment of the extension, you can check the main Polarion log (search for "vcontext") - it should contain these two lines:

2022-05-04 21:36:28,878 [main] INFO  com.polarion.platform.hivemind.EclipseHiveMindPlatform  -   [20] - com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext
2022-05-04 21:36:28,881 [main] INFO  com.polarion.platform.hivemind.EclipseHiveMindPlatform  - Add bundle com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext to HiveMind

 

Included Generic Velocity Tools

Context Variable Name Description
$dateTool ComparisonDateTool A tool with the ability to manipulate, format, compare and describe the periods between dates.
$mathTool MathTool A tool for performing floating-point math.
$numberTool NumberTool A tool for formatting numbers.
$renderTool RenderTool A tool to evaluate and render arbitrary strings of VTL (Velocity Template Language).
$escapeTool EscapeTool A tool to help with common escaping needs in Velocity templates.
$resouceTool ResourceTool A tool to simplify access to ResourceBundles for internationalization or other dynamic content needs.
$alternatorTool AlternatorTool Utility class for easily alternating overvalues in a list and tool for easy creation of Alternators in templates.
$valueParser ValueParser A tool to retrieve and parse String values pulled from a map. This provides the basis for the ParameterParser in VelocityView.
$listTool ListTool A tool to help when working with arrays or Lists. This tool transparently handles both the same way.
$sortTool SortTool A tool that allows a user to sort a collection (or array, iterator, etc) on any arbitrary set of properties exposed by the objects contained within the collection.
$iteratorTool IteratorTool A convenience tool to use with #foreach loops. It wraps a list to let the designer specify a condition to terminate the loop and reuse the same list in different loops.

 

Polarion Tool, XML Tool, and Fact Base Factory

  • The Polarion Tool is stored in the context variable $polarionTool
    • This is a custom service designed as a part of this extension - polarionTool
  • The XML Tool in the variable $xmlTool
    • com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext.XMLTool
  • The Fact Base Repository in the variable $factBaseRepository
    • com.polarion.qcentre.factbase.serialization.FactBaseRepository
  • ​The Object Factory in variable $objectFactory
    • ​com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext.ObjectFactory


Examples of use follow:

Read a file from the repository and parse it as DOM

#set($repoService = $polarionTool.getRepositoryService())
#set($connection = $repoService.getReadOnlyConnection($polarionTool.getLocation()))
#set($path = "/.polarion/announcements/announcements.rss")
#set($input = $connection.getContent($polarionTool.getLocation().getLocation($path)))
#set($doc = $xmlTool.getDocumentBuilderFactory().newDocumentBuilder().parse($input))
RSS contains $doc.getDocumentElement().getElementsByTagName("item").length items.

Load a metric value

#set($fbRepository = $polarionTool.getFactBaseRepository())
#set($fbId = "workitems-data")
#set($prjId = "drivepilot")
#set($workItemsData  = $fbRepository.loadFactBase($fbId, $prjId, null, false))
#set($factId = "RESOLVED-UNRESOLVED.UNRESOLVED")
Unresolved Work Items: $workItemsData.findElement($factId).getValue()

Access a custom enumeration

#set($enumType = $polarionTool.getTypeFactory().getEnumType("status"))
#set($contextId = $trackerService.getTrackerProject("drivepilot").getContextId())
#set($dataService = $trackerService.getDataService())
#set($statusEnum = $dataService.getEnumerationForEnumId($enumType, $contextId))
$statusEnum.getAllOptions()

Load the modules of a project

#set($project = $trackerService.getTrackerProject("drivepilot"))
#set($moduleManager = $trackerService.getModuleManager())
$moduleManager.getModules($project, $polarionTool.getLocation())

 

Useful Tips

The source code of the extension is part of the distribution package - see com.polarion.alm.extension.vcontext_<version>/src/.

This extension was originally created to support Wiki Pages only - support for the Rich Pages was added later and there are some dissimilarities.

  • The ObjectFactory is part of the OOTB context of the Rich Pages as $objectFactory
    • It is realized using a different class - com.polarion.alm.shared.api.utils.velocity.ObjectFactory
    • The offered functionality is very similar - see Polarion SDK for details
  • Some of the Generic Velocity Tools are offered OOTB but under different variables
    • $mathTool as $math
    • $escapeTool as $escape
    • ...
    • You can use either variant, it always references the same class
  • The VelocityContext (org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext) is not available on Rich Pages
    • Methods of RenderTool requiring this object cannot, therefore, be used

 

What's New in Version 1.3.5

Updated August 2022

Changes for 1.3.5
- Adjusted for Log4j incompatibility issues
- Added support for Polarion 22 R1 (3.22.1)

Changes for 1.3.4
- Extension adjusted to work with all supported Polarion versions including Polarion 20 R2
- Updated Extension description - added section with Useful Tips

Changes for 1.3.3
- Added support for velocity context of LiveReport Pages

Information

Vendor Siemens PLM
Published Version 1.3.5 - August 2022
Categories
Products
Price Free
3862 Downloads
Community Supported Extension This extension is not supported by Siemens PLM.
Requirements Polarion 2010 and newer
Last tested with Polarion 22 R1 (3.22.1)