Example of mail merge generating multiple files.

Example of mail merge (Dependency Example) generating different files using RTFTemplate library.

• Add required JARS in class path.

 Required JARS:  
   
 rtftemplate-1.0.1-b14.jar  
 commons-collections-3.2.1.jar  
 spring-beans-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-context-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-context-support-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-core-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-expression-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-jdbc-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-orm-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 spring-tx-3.2.2.RELEASE.jar  
 xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar  
 commons-logging-1.1.1.jar  
 freemarker.jar  
 commons-digester-2.1.jar  
 org.apache.commons.beanutils.jar  
 velocity-1.7.jar  
 commons-lang.jar  

• Download the sample files (Project_www.liveinNJ.com.rtf, Project_www.liveinSF.com.rtf, Project_www.scart.com.rtf, Project_www.workinNJ.com.rtf, Project_www.workinSF.com.rtf, Project_www.workwithme.com.rtf) and Template file (RTF_Websites.rtf) in rtf format.
• Add the required classes.

	package com.rtf.impl;
	public class Dependency {
	private String artifactID;
	private String type;
	private String version;
	private String url;
	public Dependency(String artifactID, String type, String version, String url) {
	this.artifactID = artifactID;
	this.type = type;
	this.version = version;
	this.url = url;
	}
	public String getArtifactID() {
	return artifactID;
	}
	public void setArtifactID(String artifactID) {
	this.artifactID = artifactID;
	}
	public String getType() {
	return type;
	}
	public void setType(String type) {
	this.type = type;
	}
	public String getUrl() {
	return url;
	}
	public void setUrl(String url) {
	this.url = url;
	}
	public String getVersion() {
	return version;
	}
	public void setVersion(String version) {
	this.version = version;
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	import java.util.ArrayList;
	import java.util.Collection;
	public class Developer {
	private String name;
	private String email;
	private Collection<Role> roles;
	private Manager manager;
	public Developer(String name, String email) {
	this.name = name;
	this.email = email;
	roles = new ArrayList<Role>();
	}
	public String getEmail() {
	return email;
	}
	public void setEmail(String email) {
	this.email = email;
	}
	public String getName() {
	return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	}
	public Collection<Role> getRoles() {
	return roles;
	}
	public void setRoles(Collection<Role> roles) {
	this.roles = roles;
	}
	public void addRole(Role role) {
	roles.add(role);
	}
	public void addRole(String roleName) {
	addRole(new Role(roleName));
	}
	public Manager getManager() {
	return manager;
	}
	public void setManager(Manager manager) {
	this.manager = manager;
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	public class DeveloperGroup {
	private Developer developer1;
	private Developer developer2;
	private Developer developer3;
	public DeveloperGroup(Developer developer1, Developer developer2,
	Developer developer3) {
	this.developer1 = developer1;
	this.developer2 = developer2;
	this.developer3 = developer3;
	}
	public Developer getDeveloper1() {
	return developer1;
	}
	public void setDeveloper1(Developer developer1) {
	this.developer1 = developer1;
	}
	public Developer getDeveloper2() {
	return developer2;
	}
	public void setDeveloper2(Developer developer2) {
	this.developer2 = developer2;
	}
	public Developer getDeveloper3() {
	return developer3;
	}
	public void setDeveloper3(Developer developer3) {
	this.developer3 = developer3;
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	import java.io.File;
	import java.util.ArrayList;
	import java.util.List;
	import net.sourceforge.rtf.RTFTemplate;
	import net.sourceforge.rtf.helper.RTFTemplateBuilder;
	/**
	* This class is to generate a multiple file with there different addresses
	* using RTF Template.
	*
	* @author Suraj Bhambhani
	*
	*/
	public class GenerateMultipleRTFFiles {
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
	// Source of file to be generated.
	String rtfSource = "src/RTF_Websites.rtf";
	// 1. Get default RTFtemplateBuilder
	RTFTemplateBuilder builder = RTFTemplateBuilder.newRTFTemplateBuilder();
	// 2. Get RTFtemplate with default Implementation of template engine
	RTFTemplate rtfTemplate = builder.newRTFTemplate();
	// 3. Set the RTF model source
	rtfTemplate.setTemplate(new File(rtfSource));
	// List of Projects
	List<Project> projects = new ArrayList<Project>();
	// Project with one website, website2 exists.
	Project project1 = new Project("Be Open Source", "Suraj Bhambhani",
	"OutOfMemory", "", "www.scart.com");
	// Project with two website.
	Project project2 = new Project("Be Open Source", "Suraj Bhambhani",
	"OutOfMemory", "www.liveinSF.com", "www.liveinNJ.com");
	// Project with one website, website1 exists.
	Project project3 = new Project("Be Open Source", "Suraj Bhambhani",
	"OutOfMemory", "www.workwithme.com", "");
	// Project with one website, website1 exists.
	Project project4 = new Project("Be Open Source", "Suraj Bhambhani",
	"OutOfMemory", "www.workinSF.com", "www.workinNJ.com");
	projects.add(project1);
	projects.add(project2);
	projects.add(project3);
	projects.add(project4);
	rtfTemplate.put("header_developer_name", "Name");
	rtfTemplate.put("header_developer_email", "Email");
	rtfTemplate.put("header_developer_roles", "Roles");
	// Dependencies
	List<Dependency> dependencies = new ArrayList<Dependency>();
	Dependency dependency = new Dependency("commons-collection", "jar",
	"1.0", "http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collection/");
	dependencies.add(dependency);
	rtfTemplate.put("dependencies", dependencies);
	// List of developers.
	List<Developer> developers = new ArrayList<Developer>();
	Developer developer;
	developer = new Developer("Will Glass-Husain", "wglass@apache.org");
	developer.addRole("Java Developer");
	developer.addRole("Manager");
	rtfTemplate.put("developers", developers);
	developers.add(developer);
	developer = new Developer("Ma-Husain", "wglass@apache.org");
	developer.addRole("Java Developer");
	developer.addRole("Manager");
	developers.add(developer);
	// Iterating over projects and generating files accordingly.
	for (Project projectIterate : projects) {
	// When both wesite exists.
	if (!projectIterate.getWebsite1().equals("")
	&& !projectIterate.getWebsite2().equals("")) {
	withTwoWebsites(rtfTemplate, projectIterate);
	withTwoWebsites(rtfTemplate, projectIterate);
	}
	// When Website2 exists and website1 not.
	if (projectIterate.getWebsite1().equals("")
	&& !projectIterate.getWebsite2().equals("")) {
	withWebsite2(rtfTemplate, projectIterate);
	}
	// When Website1 exists and website2 not.
	if (!projectIterate.getWebsite1().equals("")
	&& projectIterate.getWebsite2().equals("")) {
	withWebsite1(rtfTemplate, projectIterate);
	}
	System.out.println(projectIterate.getWebsite1());
	System.out.println(projectIterate.getWebsite2());
	}
	}
	private static void withWebsite1(RTFTemplate rtfTemplate,
	Project projectIterate) throws Exception {
	String name;
	name = projectIterate.getWebsite1();
	generateFile(rtfTemplate, projectIterate, name);
	}
	private static void withWebsite2(RTFTemplate rtfTemplate,
	Project projectIterate) throws Exception {
	String name;
	projectIterate.setWebsite1(projectIterate.getWebsite2());
	name = projectIterate.getWebsite2();
	generateFile(rtfTemplate, projectIterate, name);
	}
	private static void generateFile(RTFTemplate rtfTemplate,
	Project projectIterate, String name) throws Exception {
	// 4. Put the context.
	rtfTemplate.put("project", projectIterate);
	String rtfTarget = "Project_" + name + ".rtf";
	// 5. Merge the RTF source model and the context
	rtfTemplate.merge(rtfTarget);
	}
	private static void withTwoWebsites(RTFTemplate rtfTemplate,
	Project projectIterate) throws Exception {
	String name;
	boolean websiteCheck = true;
	int websitBreak = 0;
	// When two website exist.
	while (true) {
	name = projectIterate.getWebsite1();
	if (websiteCheck == false) {
	projectIterate.setWebsite1(projectIterate.getWebsite2());
	name = projectIterate.getWebsite2();
	}
	generateFile(rtfTemplate, projectIterate, name);
	websitBreak++;
	websiteCheck = false;
	if (websitBreak == 2)
	break;
	}
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	import java.util.ArrayList;
	import java.util.List;
	public class Manager {
	private List<Project> projects;
	public Manager(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	this.projects = new ArrayList<Project>();
	}
	private String name;
	public String getName() {
	return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	}
	public void addProject(Project project) {
	projects.add(project);
	}
	public List<Project> getProjects() {
	return projects;
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	import java.io.InputStream;
	import java.util.List;
	public class Project {
	private String name;
	private InputStream logo = null;
	private String clientName;
	private String error;
	public String getError() {
	return error;
	}
	public void setError(String error) {
	this.error = error;
	}
	private String website1;
	private String website2;
	public String getWebsite2() {
	return website2;
	}
	public void setWebsite2(String website1) {
	this.website2 = website1;
	}
	public String getWebsite1() {
	return website1;
	}
	public void setWebsite1(String website) {
	this.website1 = website;
	}
	public String getClientName() {
	return clientName;
	}
	public void setClientName(String clientName) {
	this.clientName = clientName;
	}
	public Project(String name, String clientName, String error,
	String website, String website1) {
	this.name = name;
	this.clientName = clientName;
	this.error = error;
	this.website1 = website;
	this.website2 = website1;
	}
	public String getName() {
	return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	}
	public void setLogo(InputStream logo) {
	this.logo = logo;
	}
	public InputStream getLogo() {
	return logo;
	}
	private List<Project> group;
	public List<Project> getGroup() {
	return group;
	}
	public void addProject(Project project) {
	group.add(project);
	}
	}

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	package com.rtf.impl;
	public class Role {
	private String name;
	public Role(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	}
	public String getName() {
	return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	}
	}

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	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">
	<!-- **********************************************************************
	********************* RTFTEMPLTE IMPLEMENTATION *********************
	********************************************************************** -->
	<!-- Defautlt RTFTemplate implementation with freemarker template engine -->
	<bean id="ftlRTFTemplate"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.RTFTemplate"
	singleton="false" >
	<property name="parser" ref="defaultRTFParser" />
	<property name="transformer" ref="ftlTransformer" />
	<property name="templateEngine" ref="ftl" />
	</bean>
	<!-- Defautlt RTFTemplate implementation with velocity template engine -->
	<bean id="vmRTFTemplate"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.RTFTemplate"
	singleton="false" >
	<property name="parser" ref="defaultRTFParser" />
	<property name="transformer" ref="vmTransformer" />
	<property name="templateEngine" ref="vm" />
	</bean>
	<!-- **********************************************************************
	********************* RTFDOCUMENT PARSER *********************
	********************************************************************** -->
	<!-- Defautlt RTFDocument Parser -->
	<bean id="defaultRTFParser"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.handler.RTFDocumentHandler"
	singleton="true" >
	</bean>
	<!-- **********************************************************************
	********************* FREEMARKER TEMPLATE ENGINE *********************
	********************************************************************** -->
	<!-- Freemarker template engine -->
	<bean id="ftl"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.template.freemarker.FreemarkerTemplateEngineImpl"
	singleton="false" >
	<property name="freemarkerConfiguration" ref="ftlConfiguration" />
	</bean>
	<!-- Freemarker Configuration -->
	<bean id="ftlConfiguration"
	class="freemarker.template.Configuration"
	singleton="true" >
	</bean>
	<!-- Freemarker RTF Document Transformer -->
	<bean id="ftlTransformer"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.template.freemarker.RTFFreemarkerTransformerImpl"
	singleton="true" >
	</bean>
	<!-- **********************************************************************
	********************* VELOCITY TEMPLATE ENGINE *********************
	********************************************************************** -->
	<bean id="vm"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.template.velocity.VelocityTemplateEngineImpl"
	singleton="false" >
	<property name="velocityEngine" ref="vmEngine" />
	</bean>
	<!-- VelocityEngine Configuration -->
	<bean id="vmEngine"
	class="org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine"
	singleton="true" >
	</bean>
	<!-- Velocity RTF Document Transformer -->
	<bean id="vmTransformer"
	class="net.sourceforge.rtf.template.velocity.RTFVelocityTransformerImpl"
	singleton="true" >
	</bean>
	</beans>

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References:-
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtftemplate/

http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/