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Is it possible to make a custom renderer for StringTemplate without using STGroup's?

I'm trying to use StringTemplate to be able to parse some configuration file inputs, and was wondering if it was possible to register a renderer without using STGroup.

Example (but the registerRenderer method seems to be missing from the library):

ST myST = new ST("Hello, <thing>!");
myST.add("thing", new Thing());
myST.registerRenderer(Thing.class, new ThingRenderer());
return myST.render();
Solution

  • Actually after posting this, the answer came to me.

    STGroup myGroup = new STGroup();
myGroup.registerRenderer(Thing.class, new ThingRenderer());
ST myST = new ST(myGroup, "Hello, <thing>!");
myST.add("thing", new Thing());
return myST.render();