import freemarker.template.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        
        /* ------------------------------------------------------------------- */    
        /* You usually do it only once in the whole application life-cycle:    */    
    
        /* Create and adjust the configuration */
        Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
        cfg.setDirectoryForTemplateLoading(
                new File("/where/you/store/templates"));
        cfg.setObjectWrapper(new DefaultObjectWrapper());

        /* ------------------------------------------------------------------- */    
        /* You usually do these for many times in the application life-cycle:  */    
                
        /* Get or create a template */
        Template temp = cfg.getTemplate("test.ftl");

        /* Create a data-model */
        Map root = new HashMap();
        root.put("user", "Big Joe");
        Map latest = new HashMap();
        root.put("latestProduct", latest);
        latest.put("url", "products/greenmouse.html");
        latest.put("name", "green mouse");

        /* Merge data-model with template */
        Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out);
        temp.process(root, out);
        out.flush();
    }
}