I just start using Java Velocity.
Now I want to create a java class template.
package $app.package_namespace
public class ${app.name}Station
{
#foreach($s_attribute in $app.station)
$s_attribute.type $s_attribute.name,
#end
public $app.name Station(#foreach($s_attribute in $app.station)
$s_attribute.type $s_attribute.name;
#end)
{
#foreach($s_attribute in $app.station)
$s_attribute.name=$s_attribute.name;
#end
}
#foreach($s_attribute in $app.station)
public ${s_attribute.type} get${s_attribute.name}()
{
return get${s_attribute.name}();
}
#end
}
The problem is s_attribute.name first character is lowercase. When I create getter and setter function for attributes. I need change first character to uppercase.
Did anyone know how to do it?
You can invoke standard java methods on these objects. If s_attribute.name
is type String you can directly use $s_attribute.name.toUpperCase()
or for your specific case use $s_attribute.name.substring(0,1).toUpperCase()
and $s_attribute.name.substring(1).toLowerCase()
There is capitalize()
method in DisplayTool
:
get${display.capitalize($s_attribute.name)}()
If you are using commons-lang
you can use the StringUtils
class:
context.put("StringUtils", org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.class);
Then in your template:
...
return get$StringUtils.capitalize(s_attribute.name)();
...
You could just create 2 methods getName()
and getname()
then when you use ${s_attribute.name}
velocity will use getname()
and when you use ${s_attribute.Name}
velocity will use the getName()
method.
From the Velocity guide:
Property Lookup Rules
As was mentioned earlier, properties often refer to methods of the
parent object. Velocity is quite clever when figuring out which method
corresponds to a requested property. It tries out different
alternatives based on several established naming conventions. The
exact lookup sequence depends on whether or not the property name
starts with an upper-case letter. For lower-case names, such as
$customer.address, the sequence is
getaddress()
getAddress()
get("address")
isAddress()
For upper-case property names like $customer.Address, it is slightly different:
getAddress()
getaddress()
get("Address")
isAddress()
What i'm suggesting is that you handle it in your object on the backend.