How to get StringTemplate V4 to ignore < as delimiter?
java, stringtemplate, stringtemplate-4
Solution
The issue is the the template supplied to the `STGroupString` constructor is not valid "group template" syntax.
To get a Group Template that doesn't require the special syntax try:
STGroup group = new STGroup('$', '$');
group.registerRenderer(...);
CompiledST compiledTemplate = group.defineTemplate("name", ...);
compiledTemplate.hasFormalArgs = false; // very important!
// later on...
ST template = group.getInstanceOf("name");
(This above is an adaptation of my C# code so YMMV. I have tried to ensure the types/names are valid and the syntax is correct, but have not verified it. Feel free to update/correct as required.)
Happy coding.
Problem
I'm using StringTemplate V4 to generate some HTML code in my project. I need to have HTML formatting in my templates, so using the default delimiters `<` and `>` would be very awkward. So, I'm creating a group passing the delimiter as argument (as recommended by this question), but it simply doesn't work. Here is my test code: ``` public void testTemplate() { char sep = '$'; STGroup stGroup = new STGroupString("temp", "<html>hello, $name$!</html>", sep, sep); System.out.println("Group created"); ST st = stGroup.getInstanceOf("temp"); if (st == null) { System.out.println("Failed to get template!"); } else { st.add("name", "Guest"); System.out.println("Template initialized correctly"); } } ``` And this is the output that I get: ``` temp 1:1: invalid character '<' temp 1:5: invalid character '>' temp 1:1: garbled template definition starting at 'html' temp 1:6: garbled template definition starting at 'hello' temp 1:13: invalid character '$' temp 1:18: invalid character '$' temp 1:19: invalid character '!' temp 1:21: invalid character '<' temp 1:22: invalid character '/' temp 1:14: garbled template definition starting at 'name' temp 1:26: invalid character '>' temp 1:22: garbled template definition starting at 'html' Failed to get template! ``` What am I missing here?