fmpp.util
Class FreemarkerUtil

java.lang.Object
  fmpp.util.FreemarkerUtil

public class FreemarkerUtil
extends java.lang.Object

FreeMarker related utilities.

Constructor Summary

FreemarkerUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object

ftlVarToCoreJavaObject(freemarker.template.TemplateModel m) Converts TemplateModel-s to java.util.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FreemarkerUtil

public FreemarkerUtil()

Method Detail

ftlVarToCoreJavaObject

public static java.lang.Object ftlVarToCoreJavaObject(freemarker.template.TemplateModel m)
                                               throws freemarker.template.TemplateModelException

Converts TemplateModel-s to java.util.* and java.lang.* objects.

• FTL hash will be converted to java.util.Map
• FTL sequence and collection will be converted to java.util.List
• FTL numbers will be converted to java.lang.Number
• FTL dates will be converted to java.util.Date
• FTL booleans will be converted to java.lang.Boolean
• FTL strings will be converted to java.lang.String
• Other FTL variables (transforms, methods, etc.) will be returned as is.

Container types (hash, equence, etc.) will be converted recursively, so the subvariables are also converted, and the subvariables of subvariables are converted, etc.

For multi-type variables a single type will be choosen, which is the first type in the above list.

If the TemplateModel supports WrapperTemplateModel, unwrapping will be used only if the type of the unwrapped object is proper according to the above list.

Returns:

The converted object. You may do not modify the returned objects, as it is unpredicalbe if it has effect on the converted TemplateModel-s.

Throws:

freemarker.template.TemplateModelException