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How to mix Vaadin and Thymeleaf/Static HTML?

I've built a site in Spring Boot and Thymeleaf but the logic is getting too messy. Vaadin seems to be the right answer but how can I mix it with Thymeleaf?

What I want is to embed Vaadin into the Thymeleaf template. What I want to avoid is converting all the markup to Java, that would be tedious.

I'd even settle for templating in Vaadin but it seems to lack this.

TL;DR - how can I include static boilerplate HTML (preferably Thymeleaf) in a Vaadin app?

... or vice versa, include a Vaadin app in Thymeleaf (or static HTML)?

Solution

  • You can use static HTML generated by Thymeleaf in CustomLayout Component of vaadin:

    https://vaadin.com/docs/v8/framework/layout/layout-customlayout.html

    It is also possible to embed vaadin inside a <div>.

    https://vaadin.com/docs/v8/framework/advanced/advanced-embedding.html