public class XmlTemplateEngine extends TemplateEngine
Template engine for use in templating scenarios where both the template source and the expected output are intended to be XML.
Templates may use the normal '${expression}' and '$variable' notations to insert an arbitrary expression into the template. In addition, support is also provided for special tags: <gsp:scriptlet> (for inserting code fragments) and <gsp:expression> (for code fragments which produce output).
Comments and processing instructions will be removed as part of processing and special XML characters such as <, >, " and ' will be escaped using the respective XML notation. The output will also be indented using standard XML pretty printing.
The xmlns namespace definition for gsp: tags will be removed
but other namespace definitions will be preserved (but may change to an
equivalent position within the XML tree).
Normally, the template source will be in a file but here is a simple example providing the XML template as a string:
def binding = [firstname:"Jochen", lastname:"Theodorou",
nickname:"blackdrag", salutation:"Dear"]
def engine = new groovy.text.XmlTemplateEngine()
def text = '''\
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document xmlns:gsp='http://groovy.codehaus.org/2005/gsp' xmlns:foo='baz' type='letter'>
<gsp:scriptlet>def greeting = "${salutation}est"</gsp:scriptlet>
<gsp:expression>greeting</gsp:expression>
<foo:to>$firstname "$nickname" $lastname</foo:to>
How are you today?
</document>
'''
def template = engine.createTemplate(text).make(binding)
println template.toString()
This example will produce this output:
<document type='letter'> Dearest <foo:to xmlns:foo='baz'> Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou </foo:to> How are you today? </document>The XML template engine can also be used as the engine for
groovy.servlet.TemplateServlet by placing the
following in your web.xml file (plus a corresponding servlet-mapping element):
<servlet> <servlet-name>XmlTemplate</servlet-name> <servlet-class>groovy.servlet.TemplateServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>template.engine</param-name> <param-value>groovy.text.XmlTemplateEngine</param-value> </init-param> </servlet>
| Modifiers | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
static String |
DEFAULT_INDENTATION |
| Constructor and description |
|---|
XmlTemplateEngine () |
XmlTemplateEngine (String indentation, boolean validating) |
XmlTemplateEngine (XmlParser xmlParser, ClassLoader parentLoader) |
XmlTemplateEngine (XmlParser xmlParser, GroovyShell groovyShell) |
| Type Params | Return Type | Name and description |
|---|---|---|
public Template |
createTemplate (Reader reader) |
|
public String |
getIndentation () |
|
public void |
setConfigurePrinter (Closure configurePrinter)Closure that can be used to configure the printer. |
|
public void |
setIndentation (String indentation) |
|
public String |
toString () |
| Methods inherited from class | Name |
|---|---|
class TemplateEngine |
createTemplate, createTemplate, createTemplate, createTemplate, createTemplate, createTemplate |
Closure that can be used to configure the printer. The printer is passed as a parameter to the closure.
new XmlTemplateEngine(configurePrinter: { it.preserveWhitespace = true })
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