groovy.text

## Class TemplateEngine

- java.lang.Object
- - groovy.text.TemplateEngine

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    GStringTemplateEngine, SimpleTemplateEngine, XmlTemplateEngine

      public abstract class TemplateEngine
      extends Object

  Represents an API to any template engine which is basically a factory of Template instances from a given text input.
  Author:
    sam

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `TemplateEngine()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Template` | `createTemplate(File file)`
    `abstract Template` | `createTemplate(Reader reader)`
    `Template` | `createTemplate(String templateText)`
    `Template` | `createTemplate(URL url)`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### TemplateEngine

          public TemplateEngine()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### createTemplate

          public abstract Template createTemplate(Reader reader)
                                           throws CompilationFailedException,
                                                  ClassNotFoundException,
                                                  IOException

      Throws:
        `CompilationFailedException`
        `ClassNotFoundException`
        `IOException`

    - #### createTemplate

          public Template createTemplate(String templateText)
                                  throws CompilationFailedException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException,
                                         IOException

      Throws:
        `CompilationFailedException`
        `ClassNotFoundException`
        `IOException`

    - #### createTemplate

          public Template createTemplate(File file)
                                  throws CompilationFailedException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException,
                                         IOException

      Throws:
        `CompilationFailedException`
        `ClassNotFoundException`
        `IOException`

    - #### createTemplate

          public Template createTemplate(URL url)
                                  throws CompilationFailedException,
                                         ClassNotFoundException,
                                         IOException

      Throws:
        `CompilationFailedException`
        `ClassNotFoundException`
        `IOException`