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Picotemplate is a BSD-licensed C-Template workalike written in Java.
For usage, please see README.md

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picotemplate
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`picotemplate` is a simple, tiny C-Template workalike written in java
picotemplate is a simple, tiny C-Template workalike written in java
with the intention of being as high performance as possible.
`picotemplate` is very small, only three class files and is BSD licensed.
picotemplate is very small, only three class files and is BSD licensed.
basic usage
-----------
First, create your template:
<code><pre>
<html>
<body>
This is my template. My favorite food is {{FOOD}}.
</body>
</html>
</pre></code>
Import the required classes:
<code><pre>
import com.binarythought.picotemplate.Template;
import com.binarythought.picotemplate.TemplateDictionary;
</pre></code>
Create your template and template dictionary:
<code><pre>
Template template = new Template(new File("mytemplate.tpl"));
TemplateDictionary dict = new TemplateDictionary();
</pre></code>
Assign a value to the "food" variable (Unassigned variables are not shown):
<code><pre>
dict.put("food", "cookies");
</pre></code>
And parse your template:
<code><pre>
String result = template.parse(dict);
</pre></code>
And the result:
<code><pre>
<html>
<body>
This is my template. My favorite food is cookies.
</body>
</html>
</pre></code>
advanced usage
--------------
picotemplate can selectively show areas of static content, called "sections".
It can also loop over these sections using child dictionaries. Consider the
following example:
<code><pre>
<html>
<body>
{{FAVORITE_SHOW}} is probably my favorite show.
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{{/GOODSHOWS}}
</body>
</html>
</pre></code>
Create your template and template dictionary as usual:
<code><pre>
Template template = new Template(new File("mytemplate.tpl"));
TemplateDictionary dict = new TemplateDictionary();
</pre></code>
Define our favorite show:
<code><pre>
dict.put("favorite_show", "Happy Days");
</pre></code>
Now show the section called "goodshows" (Sections are by default hidden, and
must be explicitly told to be shown):
<code><pre>
dict.show("goodshows");
</pre></code>
And add some shows for it to loop over:
<code><pre>
TemplateDictionary child1 = dict.createChild("goodshows");
child1.put("show", "M.A.S.H");
TemplateDictionary child2 = dict.createChild("goodshows");
child2.put("show", "A-Team");
</pre></code>
And the result:
<code><pre>
<html>
<body>
Happy Days is probably my favorite show.
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A-Team is pretty good, too..
</body>
</html>
</pre></code>