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How to resolve error: freemarker.template.TemplateNotFoundException and specify custom path for load template file in FreeMarker with Spring Boot

Resolve error:

freemarker.template.TemplateNotFoundException: Template not found for name . The name was interpreted by this TemplateLoader: LegacyDefaultFileTemplateLoader(baseDir="", canonicalBasePath="" Warning: The "template_loader" FreeMarker setting wasn't set (Configuration.setTemplateLoader), and using the default value is most certainly not intended and dangerous, and can be the cause of this error.

Solution

  • To specify a custom path from which to read the template file in Java Spring Boot just create a method like this that creates a custom FileTemplateLoader:

    public freemarker.template.Configuration getConfiguration() throws IOException {
    FileTemplateLoader fileTemplateLoader = new FileTemplateLoader(new File(templateBasePath));
    freemarker.template.Configuration config = new freemarker.template.Configuration();
    config.setTemplateLoader(fileTemplateLoader);
    return config;
}

    rather than:

    @Bean
public FreeMarkerConfigurationFactoryBean freemarkerConfiguration() {
    FreeMarkerConfigurationFactoryBean bean = new FreeMarkerConfigurationFactoryBean();
    bean.setTemplateLoaderPath("classpath:/templates/");
    return bean;
}