Spring boot hello world with freemarker
This example prints hello world with Spring boot and freemarker.
Directory Structure
Project Dependencies (pom.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.loopandbreak</groupId> <artifactId>practice</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>practice</name> <description>Practice</description> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>1.5.16.RELEASE</version> <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository --> </parent> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <java.version>1.8</java.version> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-freemarker</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>
Hello Controller
package com.loopandbreak;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
@Controller
public class HelloController {
@GetMapping("/hello")
public String hello() {
return "hello"; // hello here template file name, path as /resources/templates/hello.ftl
}
}
View Template(hello.ftl)
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>
Hello World with Spring Boot and Freemarker
</title>
</head>
<body>
<p> Hello Spring Boot </p>
</body>
</html>
Application Configuration (PracticeApplication.java)
package com.loopandbreak;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@SpringBootApplication
public class PracticeApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(PracticeApplication.class, args);
}
}
Output
