Velocity string function

Question

I just start using Java Velocity. Now I want to create a java class template.

package $app.package_namespace
public class ${app.name}Station

{
    #foreac         


        

Answer 1

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.