com.arsdigita.templating.html
Class StringTemplate

java.lang.Object
  com.arsdigita.templating.html.StringTemplate

public class StringTemplate

extends Object

A utility class to make it easier to read Java code that generates HTML.

Since:

2002-08-26

Version:

$Id: //core-platform/dev/src/com/arsdigita/templating/html/StringTemplate.java#4 $

Author:

Vadim Nasardinov (vadimn@redhat.com)

Constructor Summary

StringTemplate(String htmlFragment)
Constructs a template.

Method Summary

void	bind(int i) A conveniece method for binding int values.
void	bind(Object object)
void	bind(String value) Binds the next available placeholder that has not been bound yet.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringTemplate

public StringTemplate(String htmlFragment)

Constructs a template.

Parameters:

htmlFragment - a string like "<h1>Java is $ times better than Perl.</h1>", where the $ sign is a place holder for a variable that can be bound via the bind(Object) method.

Known bug: a run of multiple dollar signs as in "foo$$$bar" is treated as a single placeholder, i.e., it is equivalent to "foo$bar".

Method Detail

bind

public void bind(String value)

Binds the next available placeholder that has not been bound yet.

To continue the example introduced in the constructor, after doing something like this

   StringTemplate html = new StringTemplate("<h1>Java is $ times better than Perl</h1>");
   html.bind("5");
 

html.toString() will evaluate to "<h1>Java is 5 times better than Perl</h1>".

bind

public void bind(Object object)

bind

public void bind(int i)

A conveniece method for binding int values.

See Also:

bind(String)

toString

public String toString()