# Package groovy.text

Contains the text processing utilities including templating APIs and default implementations.

See: Description

Interface Summary
Template: A template is a block of text with an associated binding that can be output to a writer or evaluated to a string.

Class Summary
GStringTemplateEngine: Processes template source files substituting variables and expressions into placeholders in a template source text to produce the desired output using a streaming approach.
SimpleTemplateEngine: Processes template source files substituting variables and expressions into placeholders in a template source text to produce the desired output.
StreamingTemplateEngine: Processes template source files substituting variables and expressions into placeholders in a template source text to produce the desired output using a closure based approach.
TemplateEngine: Represents an API to any template engine which is basically a factory of Template instances from a given text input.
XmlTemplateEngine: Template engine for use in templating scenarios where both the template source and the expected output are intended to be XML.

Exception Summary
TemplateExecutionException: A custom exception class to flag template execution errors
TemplateParseException: A custom exception class to flag template parsing errors

## Package groovy.text Description

Contains the text processing utilities including templating APIs and default implementations.