SimpleTemplate is a Java-based template engine. Compared to JSP, its main advantage is the clear separationof page code (most often HTML) and java code.
Hello World
The following template:
Hello {VAR XX}
processed by SimpleTemplate and the following java code:
TemplateEngine.stFilenamePrefix = "c:/franksordner/dev/SimpleTemplate/examples/";TemplateEngine engine = new TemplateEngine(); engine.useTemplate("Hello.tpl"); engine.setVariable("XX","World!");StringBuffer outb = engine.createOutput();FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("./output/Hello.html");fw.write(outb.toString());fw.close();
will produce the following text:
Hello World!Note that this example is very simple. The power of a good templateengine will manifest itself as soon as more complex operations, such asiterative Sections are used. See [http://fgerlach.com/NewsgroupPosting.txt this] example to appreciate the usefulness of SimpleTemplate.
