Chunk is a Java Template Engine for applications that serve HTML or XML. It is abstract enough to handle lots of other needs and situations as well.

Chunk is compact and speedy, easy to learn yet very powerful.

Chunk templates provide for rich tagging, in-tag filters, in-tag default values, defining multiple snippets per template file, layered themes, macros, conditional includes and much much more.

Download the latest chunk-template jar. Works with Java 1.5 and up.

Go here for Complete documentation of the Chunk Template Engine.

Features:

• Nestable loops and conditionals (if/elseIf/else).
• Macros, Includes and Conditional Includes.
• Curly-brace {~tags} pop nicely in a backdrop full of <AngleBrackets> (and your xml/html can still validate).
• Flexible null-handling; template designer may specify default tag values.
• Library of powerful chainable filters a la {~tag|trim}, including regex (regular expressions), sprintf.
• Localization framework.
• Rapid MVC: Glue a "model" object (or objects) to a "view" template with a single line of controller code.
• Define multiple snippets per template file.
• Support for theme layers.
• Highly optimized codebase.
• Hooks for extending.
• Eclipse Template Editor plugin available with syntax highlighting & more.

An Eclipse plugin with syntax highlighting, outline navigation of snippets, and auto-linking of snippet references is available on the Chunk project downloads page. Requires Eclipse Helios (3.6) or better.