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StringTemplate invalid character '<' when reading XML Template

I am trying to create a simple XML-Template which so far only consists of:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

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?

Solution

  • 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) ::= <<
<?xml version="1.0"?>
>>

    In addition I also changed the delimeters:

    STGroup group = new STGroupDir("templates",'$','$');