LESS for Java

LESS extends CSS with: variables, mixins, operations and nested rules. Best of all, LESS uses existing CSS syntax. The following projects enable the use of the original less.js distribution in pure JVM environment thanks to Rhino.

LESS Engine

LESS Engine provides basic access to the core LESS functionality. It's a core library that can be used for a variety of JVM based LESS applications.

The functionality can be easily utilized in a Maven 2 project by adding the following configuration to the dependencies section of the pom.xml file.

<dependency> <groupId>com.asual.lesscss</groupId> <artifactId>lesscss-engine</artifactId> <version>1.0.22</version> </dependency>

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LESS Servlet

LESS Servlet enables optimized runtime processing of LESS resources. It can be used with any static file or classpath resource and offers support for gzip and the YUI Compressor.

The functionality can be easily utilized in a Maven 2 project by adding the following configuration to the dependencies section of the pom.xml file.

<dependency> <groupId>com.asual.lesscss</groupId> <artifactId>lesscss-servlet</artifactId> <version>1.0.22</version> </dependency>

Download the latest binary | Source and docs on GitHub