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This is my StringTemplate template for generating import statements, which does map operation on the anonymous template {i | import <i>;<\n>} for every value in imports .

importdecl(imports) ::= "<if(imports)> <imports: {i | import <i>;<\n>}> <endif>"

This throws java.lang.NullPointerException at org.stringtemplate.v4.misc.ErrorManager.runTimeError(ErrorManager.java:133).

And the weird part is, when I change i to something else, this works perfectly and I'm sure that there is no difference in the input in both the cases. Like this doesn't throw error,

importdecl(imports) ::= "<if(imports)> <imports: {r | import <r>;<\n>}> <endif>"

Is i reserved or something in StringTemplate or am I missing something?

scarecrow
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<i> is used to access the 1 based index in the array.

For example,

ST st = stGroup.getInstanceOf("importdecl");
int[] data = {4, 5};
st.add("imports", data);
System.out.println(st.render());

with a template of 

importdecl(imports) ::= <<
  <if(imports)><imports: {k | import <i><k>;<\n>}><endif>
>>

Prints:

import 14;
import 25;

I'd suggest using a different variable name :)

More info here and here

scarecrow
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Andy Stabler
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Yes i is reserved.List of reserved keywords:

i, i0

The iteration number indexed from one and from zero, respectively, when referenced within a template being applied to an attribute or attributes.

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