A string template is used to extract information from strings using
templates, or creating a string by using a template and filling it with
data. The class
StringTemplate
is taking care of this task. The constructor needs a template and
two strings which defines the start and the end of all markers in the
template. The template can be an empty string, but the strings defining
markers must be non empty. Here is an example on how the class can
be used.
StringTemplate st = new StringTemplate("family{number}.tree", "{", "}");
st.setMarker("{number}", "100");
System.out.println(st.getPaintedTemplate());
st.paintTemplate("family200.tree");
System.out.println(st.getFirstValue("{number}"));
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Running the code gives following output.
The template in this example is
family{number}.tree
while the only marker is
{number} since markers
start with '
{' and ends with '
}'.
The second line of code sets the marker to 100 and the next row creates
the results and prints it. The fourth row extracts 200 from the value and
the next row prints it.
Attributes used to define the start and the end of markers in Softparsmap
are markers_begin and markers_end.
Some tags in def.xml are using templates and markers in order
to extract data from strings and create strings.