Configuring Freemarker

The following example shows the typical approach used to configure a Freemarker view resolver.

First, the freemarkerConfig bean is used to load the Freemarker templates:

    <bean id="freemarkerConfig"
      class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.
      freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer"> 
      <property name="templateLoaderPath" value="/WEB-
      INF/freemarker/"/> 
    </bean>

The following bean definition shows how to configure a Freemarker view resolver:

    <bean id="freemarkerViewResolver"  
     class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.
     freemarker.FreeMarkerViewResolver"> 
       <property name="cache" value="true"/> 
       <property name="prefix" value=""/> 
       <property name="suffix" value=".ftl"/> 
    </bean>

As with JSPs, the view resolution can be defined using properties or an XML file.