[stringtemplate-interest] filling a field ($...$) with data that also contains a (part of) a field ($...$test)

[Christophe Vanderhaeghen]

Hi all,

I have a template (myTemplate.st) which is filled with data from the
database.
In the database, the fields might also contain stringtemplate-fields
($...$), thus allowing in the database some dynamics as well.

What I do now is loop twice through the text where the second wave uses the
string-result from the first wave. Like this:
StringTemplateGroup group = new StringTemplateGroup("Templates",
Application.StartupPath + "/Templates/");

StringTemplate template = group.GetInstanceOf("/Module");

template.SetAttribute(GetData().GetType().Name, GetData()); //Get the data
from the database

string firstWave = template.ToString(); //Fill the fields with the data that
came from the database

 

//Now do it for a second time so that the dynamic items from the database
are formatted also:

StringTemplate secondWave = new StringTemplate(firstWave);

secondWave.SetAttribute(GetData().GetType().Name, GetData());

string x = secondWave.ToString();

Question: Is there an alternative way to get all fields filled at once so
that I don't have to StringTemplate twice?

Thanks in advance,

Christophe

 

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