if-else in FreeMarker template

Question

FreeMarker templates support an if-statement with the following syntax

<#if hot> 
  It's hot.
</#if>  

I've looked in the documentation and can't find any support for an if-else statement. Of course, I could achieve the same result with:

<#if hot> 
  It's hot.
</#if>  
<#if !hot> 
  It's not hot.
</#if>  

Is there support for if-else in FreeMarker?

Solution 1

Yes, you can write:

<#if hot>
it's hot
<#else>
it's not
</#if>

And if you're doing lots of freemarker, I really can recommend IntelliJ IDEA 8, its freemarker support really helps...

Solution 2

Yes, the sintaxis is:

<#if condition>

...

<#elseif condition2>

...

<#elseif condition3>

...

<#else>

...

<#/if>

You can find Freemarker complete reference

If you are using Netbeans, there is this plugin

Comments

[Ulf Lindback]

Go to the document iberk pointed out, search for if on that page and you get to: freemarker.sourceforge.net/docs/ref_directive_if.html

[Adrien Be]

Thanks. Works with this syntax too [#if myVar?has_content && myVar==<someValue>] ... [#elseif myVar?has_content && myVar==<someValue>] ... [#else] ... [/#if]