Java/Velocity/Email

Use Velocity to Generate Email

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import java.io.StringWriter; import java.util.List; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Map; import java.util.HashMap; import org.apache.velocity.Template; import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext; import org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine; public class EmailDemo {

   public static void main( String[] args )
       throws Exception
   {
       /*
        *   first, get and initialize an engine
        */
       VelocityEngine ve = new VelocityEngine();
       ve.init();
       /*
        *   organize our data 
        */
       ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
       Map map = new HashMap();
       map.put("name", "Cow");
       map.put("price", "$100.00");
       list.add( map );

       map = new HashMap();
       map.put("name", "Eagle");
       map.put("price", "$59.99");
       list.add( map );
       map = new HashMap();
       map.put("name", "Shark");
       map.put("price", "$3.99");
       list.add( map );
       /*
        *  add that list to a VelocityContext
        */
       VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
       context.put("petList", list);
       /*
        *   get the Template  
        */
       Template t = ve.getTemplate( "./src/email_plain.vm" );
       /*
        *  now render the template into a Writer, here 
        *  a StringWriter 
        */
       StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
       t.merge( context, writer );
       /*
        *  use the output in the body of your emails
        */
       System.out.println( writer.toString() );
   }

}

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 $petList.size() Pets on Sale!
 This is an email generated by velocity. 
 This email is about Pets:
 #foreach( $pet in $petList )
   $pet.name for only $pet.price
 #end
 Call Today!
 
 Bests
 www.jexp.ru
          
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