In this short article we will see how to iterate an HashMap in FreeMarker template. Consider below code which is normally used to iterate a List in FTL.
// Java
List<String> cityList = new ArrayList<String>();
cityList.add("Washington DC");
cityList.add("Delhi");
cityList.add("Berlin");
cityList.add("Paris");
cityList.add("Rome");
request.setAttribute("cityList", cityList);
// FTL template
<#list cityList as city>
<b> ${city} </b>
</#list>Code language: Java (java)Output:
Washington DC Delhi Berlin Paris Rome
Here in above code, we created a List object and passed it to FTL page. In FTL we used <#list> to iterate and print its values.
So here’s the problem statement. I have an Hashmap which I want to iterate and display in my FTL (FreeMarker) template. Consider following code in Java.
So how to iterate this Hashmap in FTL and display its values?
//Java
Map<String, String> countryCapitalList = new HashMap<String, String>();
countryCapitalList.put("United States", "Washington DC");
countryCapitalList.put("India", "Delhi");
countryCapitalList.put("Germany", "Berlin");
countryCapitalList.put("France", "Paris");
countryCapitalList.put("Italy", "Rome");
request.setAttribute("capitalList", countryCapitalList);Code language: Java (java)Well, the above hashmap can be iterated in FTL using following code:
Code language: Java (java)<#list capitalList?keys as key> ${key} = ${capitalList[key]} </#list>
Output:
United States = Washington DC India = Delhi Germany = Berlin France = Paris Italy = Rome
In above code, we used ?keys attribute to get the keySet of HashMap. This key set is iterated and corresponding value is fetched by user.get(key) method.
Note: One thing that’s worth noting here is that the sequence in which the values are printing may be different then the actual sequence in which values are added in hashmap. This is because, hashmap doesn’t preserve order or values. If you want to preserve the sequence of keys use LinkedHashMap.
Hope this helps.
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Nice one, exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks for the post!
How do i access the next element in a sequence in freemarker
[code language="xml"]
<#assign elements = [1,2,3,4]
<#list elements as element>
${elements[element_index + 1]}
</#list>
[/code]
I have tried this but doesnt work
How do I iterate over a hashmap<String,List> in freemarker? abc() takes as input only strings or arrays. Not lists & the hashmap which I am looking at contains Keys as String & Value as a list of strings.
I want the output to be like :
A= apple,mango,banana
B = x,e,t,
My code:
abc().setTargeting('${key?js_string}','${key_value_list_map[key]}');
Nice Article. But when I try this:
${key} = ${criteriaMap[key]}
It throws exception:
freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: Expression criteriaMap[key] is undefined.
However, If i print key only using ${key} , the code works. I dont know why "criteriaMap[key]" is causing trouble.
Thanks in advance
PS: There is a Line in your article "corresponding value is fetched by user.get(key) method."
where is user in the article, its confusing.
Staring from FreeMarker 2.3.25 you can do this: ${key} = ${value}
My last comment was mangled... so again, staring from FreeMarker 2.3.25 you can do this:
${key} = ${value}
I have no idea what the syntax of the comments is... a last attempt:
${key} = ${value}
Hi, I'm unable to get the desired output and getting following error:
FreeMarker template error:
The following has evaluated to null or missing:
==> key [in template "template/xyz.ftl" at line 35, column 19]
Code Snippet:
FROM HERE
[#if sourceList?? && sourceList?has_content]
Source: ${sourceList}
List:
${key} = ${value};
[#else]
sourceList is empty
[/#if]
TILL HERE
Output (after commenting out [#-- ${key} = ${value}; --])
FROM HERE
Source: {a12=Test}
List:
TILL HERE
Would appreciate all the help.
when I iterate , I am getting unnecessary key and values like,size, clone, equals etc.. how to avoid those values.