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Create XML from Template and Properties

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Groovy script that creates an XML file using an XML template containing ${params} and a standard Java Properties file

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  1. import groovy.text.XmlTemplateEngine
  2. import java.util.Properties
  3. import java.io.File
  4. import java.io.FileWriter
  5.  
  6. //Takes a java props file, an XML template file and creates the given output file
  7. void createFile(propertiesFile, templateFileName, outputFileName) {
  8. 	// read properties file given
  9. 	def props = new Properties()
  10. 	props.load(new FileInputStream(new File(propertiesFile)))
  11.  
  12. 	// map to the bindings
  13. 	def bindings = [:]
  14. 	props.propertyNames().each{prop->
  15. 		bindings[prop]=props.getProperty(prop)
  16. 	}
  17.  
  18. 	// create the template and make the output file
  19. 	def engine = new XmlTemplateEngine()
  20. 	def templateFile = new File(templateFileName)
  21. 	def output = engine.createTemplate(templateFile).make(bindings)
  22.  
  23. 	def outputFile = new File(outputFileName)
  24. 	def parentFile = outputFile.getParentFile()
  25. 	if (parentFile != null)	parentFile.mkdirs()
  26. 	def fileWriter = new FileWriter(outputFile)
  27. 	fileWriter.write(output.toString())
  28. 	fileWriter.close()
  29. }

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