StringTemplate invalid character '

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I am trying to create a simple XML-Template which so far only consists of: ``` ``` I read the file like this: ``` STGroup group = new STGroupDir("templates"); ST st = group.getInstanceOf("report"); st.add("analysis", ana); String result = st.render(); System.out.println(result); ``` And the result is several error messages: ``` report.st 1:1: invalid character '<' report.st 1:1: invalid character '?' report.st 1:19: invalid character '?' report.st 1:20: invalid character '>' report.st 1:2: no viable alternative at input 'xml' ``` I have seen other people reading HTML tempaltes that also use tags. So what am I doing wrong?

Accepted Answer

Okay it seems I overlooked that you need to specify templates in a different snytax. Allthough this was not obvious from the examples I used: My working template looks different now: ``` report (analysis) ::= << >> ``` In addition I also changed the delimeters: ``` STGroup group = new STGroupDir("templates",'$','$'); ```

StringTemplate invalid character '<' when reading XML Template

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