Handlebars.java is a modern and full featured template engine and a java port of [handlebars]. It provides the power necessary to build semantic templates with the same syntax as [mustache]
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Escaping curly brackets standing next to expression in handlebars
Can't understand how to escape { or } symbols standing next to expression at handlebars java templating engine.
I'm using handlebars templates to generate plain text so I can't use HTML ASCII codes of braces as advised there.
I need expression like…

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Wiremock templating fixedDelayMilliseconds
I am trying to generated a response in wiremock, after a delay, where that delay is derived from the incoming request. e.g the family-name of the user in the request is "delay_10000" then delay by 10000 milliseconds, or delay_20000 then delay by…

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Wiremock Date format
I want to generate date in the format 2019-03-28T15:30:59+12:00 using wiremock.
I tried:
"currentDateTime": "{{now timezone='Australia/Sydney' format='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ'}}"
but, I get…

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Comparing 2 strings with Handlebars in Java
I am using Handlebars with Dropwizard in Java. I'd like to compare 2 strings and if the are identically, I'd like to do something. I know there are some Helpers within Javascript, but I don't get how to adapt them to java.
I've this code, but…

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Spring Boot with Handlebars: could not find helper: 'dateFormat'
I'm trying to get the handlebars dateFormat to work. At the moment I'm getting the error com.github.jknack.handlebars.HandlebarsException: /hbs/doc/docheader.hbs:6:12: could not find helper: 'dateFormat'
when I call {{dateFormat doc.documentDate…

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How to use Handlebars in Spring MVC?
I have the packages, but I am not sure how to use it. Do I just use them as I would .jsp files?
I have tried something like this:
test.hbs
{{message}}
in my controller: private static class M { private final String message; public…
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Handlebar compile error if template is not well-formed html
I am using handlebar as a templating framework.
When the template get compiled, in case it is not well-formed html, there should be exception thrown.
Does handlebar have such a feature?
For example the following template is not well-formed as the…

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Java Handlebars : not using helpers but context, is it possible?
I'am using handlebars "com.github.jknack" % "handlebars" % "4.1.2" for templating.
What I want is when compiling {{something.foo}} and the result is HW it replaces automatically the code HW by its label Hello World !. HW can be the result of…

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How do I specify options params in Handlebars.java?
As per the Handlebars.java documentation, there is an Options class which has a params object that can be accessed. My question is, how do I write a template + input JSON, which will populate this Options.param object?
API Documentation that shows…

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Handlebars if method returns null / empty string
I currently use handlebars in java (com.github.jknack.handlebars)
and have a handlebars helper method to get a link (with some logic behind)
{{ getLink data.node}}
which just render the url /subfolder/link.html
In my handlebars template I now only…

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The meaning of "scope" in Handlebars
I am confused by "scope" in the Handlebars template engine. In its documentation on block helpers, I read
"Private variables provided via the data option are available in all
descendent scopes. Private variables defined in parent scopes may be
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Can I change the default escaping in Handlebars.java?
I have a template with default Handlebars expansion {{thing}}.
For various nasty reasons I'd like to use it to render JSON, and so not to do the default HTML escaping that comes with {{.
I'd also like to use the template in an HTML context.
Can I…

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Multiple applies on handlebars template
I have helpers that return a string that contains helperbars expressions.
What I would like to achieve is that the expressions returned will also be resolved (and so on).
It can be done quite easily without handlebars internal support by simply…

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How to create links or Ids to sections or CTAs on the same page in handlebars.java?
I have come here with a concern. We want a structure of linking for different CTAs on same page of our client's website. Like, if someone opens the link https://www.smansha.com/webinar/#book-a-private-demo/ then it should open with respective pop-up…

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Spring MVC: update handlebars view without restart
I am working on a Spring MVC web application (not spring boot). I develop it locally by building a war package using maven, and then running this application using tomcat.
The Spring application uses the…

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