Freemarker Shared Variable Example

configuration.setSharedVariable("globalMsg", "Hellow World!");
 

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
archivesBaseName = 'Concretepage'
version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT' 
repositories {
    maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-release" }
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    compile 'org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.23'
} 

 ${globalMsg}
 
 My Name is: ${name} 

 ${globalMsg}
 
 My Country is: ${country} 

package com.concretepage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import freemarker.template.Configuration;
import freemarker.template.Template;
import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
import freemarker.template.TemplateExceptionHandler;
public class FreemarkerSharedVariableDemo {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
            //Instantiate Configuration class  
            Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_23);
            cfg.setDirectoryForTemplateLoading(new File("ftl"));
            cfg.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
            cfg.setTemplateExceptionHandler(TemplateExceptionHandler.RETHROW_HANDLER);
            cfg.setSharedVariable("globalMsg", "Hellow World!");
            //Create first Data Model 
            Map<String, Object> map1 = new HashMap<>();
            map1.put("name", "Ram");
            Template template1 = cfg.getTemplate("template1.ftl");
            //Create second Data Model 
            Map<String, Object> map2 = new HashMap<>();
            map2.put("country", "India");
            Template template2 = cfg.getTemplate("template2.ftl");
            //Console output for template1
            Writer console = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out);
            System.out.println("----------Template 1------------");
            template1.process(map1, console);
            //Console output for template2            
            System.out.println("----------Template 2------------");
            template2.process(map2, console);
            console.flush();
            //File output
            Writer file1 = new FileWriter (new File("ftl/template1-output.html"));
            template1.process(map1, file1);
            file1.flush();
            file1.close();
            Writer file2 = new FileWriter (new File("ftl/template2-output.html"));
            template2.process(map2, file2);
            file2.flush();
            file2.close();            
         } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
         } catch (TemplateException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
       }
} 

 ----------Template 1------------
 Hellow World!
 
 My Name is: Ram
----------Template 2------------
 Hellow World!
 
 My Country is: India