JarCastingAcorn
Acorn is a simple file tree template engine inspired by lazybones project.
The Acorn lets you create archetypes for any kind of project or file structures.
Getting Started
The Acorn has two version: Groovy (Java) library and CLI for it.
Get library from Maven Central Repo
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group:
com.ainrif.acorn -
artifact:
core -
version:
CLI App can be downloaded from GitHub Release page
Features
Content parametrisation
Replace placeholders with given data
simple.txt.tmpl
Dear ${user}. You have ${count} thing${count > 1 ? 's' : ''} in your cart.
Total price is \$${totalPrice}
Template scripting
You can use groovy for scripting inside file templates because they are GStringTemplateEngine
advanced.txt.tmpl
Dear <%= user%>. You have <% out << count %> thing<%
if (count > 1) {
out << 's'
}
%> in your cart.
Total price is \$${totalPrice}
File name parametrisation
Placeholders can be used in plain file and template names
./src
└── ${nameVar}-file.txt
└── ${nameVar}.txt.tmpl
Generate folder path with placeholders
You can generate nested hierarchy by templating folder names
./src
├── ${emptyValue}
│ └── file-in-root.txt
├── ${folderVar}
│ └── nested-file.txt
└── ${nameVar}-file.txt
params: [nameVar: 'named', folderVar: 'one/two/three', emptyValue: '']
./dest
├── file-in-root.txt
├── named-file.txt
└── one
└── two
└── three
└── nested-file.txt