If the th:replace actually replaces its host tag with the specified fragment. The real processing of these expressions and their conversion to the URLs that will be output is done by implementations of the org.thymeleaf.linkbuilder.ILinkBuilder interface that are registered into the ITemplateEngine object being used. Returns the longest prefix of this Map where each entry (or key/value pair) when If the closure takes one parameter, the Map.Entry object is passed. In the method we are using the return statement to send the sum value to the calling main program. the closure along with the second item. Also, a Template Engine can specify several template resolvers, in which case an order can be established between them for template resolution so that, if the first one is not able to resolve the template, the second one is asked, and so on: When several template resolvers are applied, it is recommended to specify patterns for each template resolver so that Thymeleaf can quickly discard those template resolvers that are not meant to resolve the template, enhancing performance. For each movie element, we are using a closure to browse through each child node and display the relevant information. Since the value of the method is now available to the main method, we are using the println function to display the value in the console. First, lets see a quick summary of the Standard Expression features: All these features can be combined and nested: As we already know, #{} message expressions allow us to link this: But theres one aspect we still havent thought of: what happens if the message text is not completely static? returning a list of transformed values. XML is a portable, open source language that allows programmers to develop applications that can be read by other applications, regardless of operating system and/or developmental language. In our static main method, we are just calling the DisplayName method. Identifiers start with a letter, a dollar or an underscore. For more information on how to register a custom conversion service implementation, have a look at the More on Configuration section. reverse of the natural ordering of the map. Groovys markup generator catches calls to pseudomethods and converts them into elements or nodes of a tree structure. Otherwise if the closure should take two parameters, which will be For example: In this example, the == false is written outside the braces, and so it is Thymeleaf that takes care of it. Well, obviously that wed be adding a bit of Thymeleaf logic (logic) to our templates. Template files are small-to-medium size, and they are not modified while the application is running. be returned. Note this is not a