1. What is commontemplate
CommonTemplate is a open source template engine, a generic tool to generate text output: HTML, XML, Mail, Java source code, etc. Project Home: http://www.commontemplate.org
2. How to use commontemplate
(1) Standard syntax
<html>
<body>
$if{users != null && users.size > 0}
<table border="1">
$for{user : users}
<tr>
<td>${for.index + 1}</td>
<td>${user.name}</td>
<td>${user.coins}</td>
</tr>
$end
</table>
$end
</body>
</html>package com.${project.company}.${project.name}.domain;
$if{project.framework != project.name}
import com.${project.company}.${project.framework}.domain.BaseEntity;
$end
public class ${entity.name} extends BaseEntity {
$for{field : entity.fields}
private ${field.type} ${field.name};
public ${field.type} get${field.name.capitalize}() {
return ${field.name};
}
public void set${field.name.capitalize}(${field.type} ${field.name}) {
this.${field.name} = ${field.name};
}
$end
} (2) Comment syntax
<html>
<body>
<!--$if{users != null && users.size > 0}-->
<table border="1">
<!--$for{user : users}-->
<tr>
<td><!--$output{for.index + 1}-->1<!--$end--></td>
<td><!--$output{user.name}-->james<!--$end--></td>
<td><!--$output{user.coins}-->2.00<!--$end--></td>
</tr>
<!--$end-->
</table>
<!--$end-->
</body>
</html>package com.${project.company}.${project.name}.domain;
/*$if{project.framework != project.name}*/
import com.${project.company}.${project.framework}.domain.BaseEntity;
/*$end*/
public class ${entity.name} extends BaseEntity {
/*$for{field : entity.fields}*/
private ${field.type} ${field.name};
public ${field.type} get${field.name.capitalize}() {
return ${field.name};
}
public void set${field.name.capitalize}(${field.type} ${field.name}) {
this.${field.name} = ${field.name};
}
/*$end*/
} (3) Tag syntax
<html>
<body>
<ct:if param="users != null && users.size > 0">
<table border="1">
<ct:for param="user : users">
<tr>
<td><ct:output param="for.index + 1">1</ct:output></td>
<td><ct:output param="user.name">james</ct:output></td>
<td><ct:output param="user.coins">2.00</ct:output></td>
</tr>
</ct:for>
</table>
</ct:if>
</body>
</html>(4) Attribute syntax
<html>
<body>
<table ct:if="users != null && users.size > 0" border="1">
<tr ct:for="user : users">
<td><span ct:output="for.index + 1">1</span></td>
<td><span ct:output="user.name">james</span></td>
<td><span ct:output="user.coins">2.00</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
