Question

I want to create files in different formats in the java based web app. The files are pure text files without any html tags. But the files need a certain kind of format, text in left, middle, right or somewhere (tabs, spaces) in the file.

Template with the place holder + java bean with data = text file.

What java template engine or api is fit for this?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You may check String Template (GitHub).

It looks like this:

import org.antlr.stringtemplate.*;
import org.antlr.stringtemplate.language.*;

StringTemplate hello = new StringTemplate("Hello, $name$", DefaultTemplateLexer.class);
hello.setAttribute("name", "World");
System.out.println(hello.toString());