Templates are handy when we want to make several variations of a xml file or content (or any plain text).

The variation points are marked in the template file (eg, !-$startDate-!), and these can be substituted for required values through dynamic properties.

''!-TemplateFixture-!'' uses ''!-Velocity-!'', an apache, open-source template-handling system, which in turn uses apache commons: collections and lang. See http://velocity.apache.org, http://commons.apache.org

Note that ''Velocity'' only handle relative file names.
!2 Actions
 * Apply the current dynamic variables to the specifed template file and show the result as a string:

|'''set'''|startDate|''to''|24 Dec 2009|

|'''show'''|''get template''|request.xml|

 * This can be used in various ways:

  * Write the result to a file:

|'''set'''|startDate|''to''|24 Dec 2009|

|set|result|''get template''|request.xml|

|''file''|lateRequest.xml|
|''write''|@{result}|

  * Use the result in a web service call:

|'''set'''|startDate|''to''|24 Dec 2009|

|set|result|''get template''|request.xml|

|!-fitlibrary.ws.WebServicesClientFixture-!|
|''post''|http://bla.com|''with''|@{result}|

  * Use the result in a web service mock:

|'''set'''|startDate|''to''|24 Dec 2009|

|set|result|''get template''|request.xml|

|''mock soap on port''|8081|
|''matches URL''|/service|
|''matches request''|<request a="a" b="b">in</request>|
|''response''|@{result}|