Escaping quotes in velocity template

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I have a java method, that takes a few strings. This method needs to be called from a Velocity Template. However, the strings are too complex, with lots of single quotes, double quotes and commas as well. As a result merge is failing. Is there a way to escape quotes in Velocity?

score 43 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '13 at 18:32

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It depends on which version of Velocity you're using. Velocity 1.7 has clear rules for escaping quotes: just double the same type of quotes used to wrap the string:

$object.callMethod('Let''s have fun with "quotes"',
  "Let's have fun with ""quotes""")

Prior to that, there were some fuzzy rules with backslash escapes that didn't always work as expected.

answered Oct 29 '13 at 18:32

Sergiu Dumitriu

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This is unfortunately not documented in the [Velocity User Guide](http://velocity.apache.org/engine/releases/velocity-1.7/user-guide.html). – Hok Sep 17 '14 at 12:07
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Life saver, multumesc! – Michael-O Feb 07 '16 at 22:10

Alan Hay · Answer 2 · 2018-05-23T10:15:29.270

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See the Velocity Escape Tool:

https://velocity.apache.org/tools/2.0/apidocs/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/EscapeTool.html

edited May 23 '18 at 10:15

answered Oct 29 '13 at 20:18

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Escaping quotes in velocity template

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