Java Coding Problem 1

Write a "template engine" meaning a way to transform template strings, "Hello {$name}" into "instanced" strings.
To do that a variable->value mapping must be provided.
For example, if name="Cenk" and the template string is "Hello {$name}" the result would be "Hello Cenk".

- Should evaluate template single variable expression:

mapOfVariables.put("name","Cenk");
templateEngine.evaluate("Hello {$name}", mapOfVariables)
=>   should evaluate to "Hello Cenk"

- Should evaluate template with multiple expressions:

mapOfVariables.put("firstName","Cenk");
mapOfVariables.put("lastName","Civici");
templateEngine.evaluate("Hello {$firstName} ${lastName}", mapOfVariables);
=>   should evaluate to "Hello Cenk Civici"

- Should give error if template variable does not exist in the map:

map empty
templateEngine.evaluate("Hello {$firstName} ", mapOfVariables);
=>   should throw missingvalueexception

- Should evaluate complex cases:

Case 1:
mapOfVariables.put("name","Cenk");

templateEngine.evaluate("Hello ${$name}}", mapOfVariables);
=>   should evaluate to "Hello ${Cenk}"

Case 2:
mapOfVariables.put("name","Cenk");
mapOfVariables.put("Cenk ","ABCCenk");

templateEngine.evaluate("Hello ${$name}}", mapOfVariables);
=>   should evaluate to "Hello ABCCenk"

package com.techdive.serivce;

import java.util.Map;

import com.techdive.exception.MissingValueExcpetion;

public interface TemplateEngine<T> {

        T evaluate(T t, Map<T, T> map) throws MissingValueExcpetion;

}

package com.techdive.serivce;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import com.techdive.exception.MissingValueExcpetion;

public class StringTemplateEngine implements TemplateEngine<String> {

        private String startCharRegex = "\\$";

        private String startBracketRegex = "\\{";

        private String endBracketRegex = "\\}";
       
       

        /**
         * @return the startCharRegex
         */

        public String getStartCharRegex() {
                return startCharRegex;
        }

        /**
         * @param startCharRegex the startCharRegex to set
         */

        public void setStartCharRegex(String startCharRegex) {
                this.startCharRegex = startCharRegex;
        }

        /**
         * @return the startBracketRegex
         */

        public String getStartBracketRegex() {
                return startBracketRegex;
        }

        /**
         * @param startBracketRegex the startBracketRegex to set
         */

        public void setStartBracketRegex(String startBracketRegex) {
                this.startBracketRegex = startBracketRegex;
        }

        /**
         * @return the endBracketRegex
         */

        public String getEndBracketRegex() {
                return endBracketRegex;
        }

        /**
         * @param endBracketRegex the endBracketRegex to set
         */

        public void setEndBracketRegex(String endBracketRegex) {
                this.endBracketRegex = endBracketRegex;
        }

        @Override
        public String evaluate(String patternString,
                        Map<String, String> mapOfVariables) throws MissingValueExcpetion {

                if (mapOfVariables.isEmpty())
                        throw new MissingValueExcpetion("Empty Map");

                String finalStr = patternString;

                for (String s : mapOfVariables.keySet()) {
                        Pattern patt = Pattern.compile(startCharRegex + startBracketRegex
                                        + s + endBracketRegex);
                        Matcher m = patt.matcher(finalStr);

                        if (m.find()) {

                                String text = m.replaceAll(mapOfVariables.get(s));
                                finalStr = text;
                        }

                }
                return finalStr;
        }

}

package com.techdive.exception;

public class MissingValueExcpetion extends Exception {

        /**
         *
         */

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 511983494959375382L;
       

        public MissingValueExcpetion() {
                super();
               
        }

        public MissingValueExcpetion(String message) {
                super(message);
                System.out.println("Exception occured "+message);
        }

}

package com.techdive.main;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import com.n4.exception.MissingValueExcpetion;
import com.n4.serivce.StringTemplateEngine;
import com.n4.serivce.TemplateEngine;

/**
 * @author Arun
 *
 * To Test the String Template Engine
 *
 */

public class TemplateEngineTest {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
                TemplateEngine<String> templateEngine = new StringTemplateEngine();

                Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();//To maintain the order in which key/value are inserted

                map.put("name", "john");
                map.put("john", "clement");
                map.put("clement", "alex");

                String templateString = "Hello ${clement} how are you ${${${name}}}";
                try {
                        String instStr = templateEngine.evaluate(templateString, map);
                        System.out.println(instStr);
                } catch (MissingValueExcpetion e) {
                        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                }
        }

}

 

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