Aspectran Hello World Example

Getting Started

There are two ways to print “Hello, World!”.

Prints out the string “Hello, World!” by written Java code
Prints out the string “Hello, World!” without writing Java code

This section describes how to print “Hello, World” without writing Java code.

Configuration Settings

The simplest configuration for printing “Hello World!” can be written as:

gs-hello-world/app/config/app-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE aspectran PUBLIC "-//ASPECTRAN//DTD Aspectran Configuration 6.0//EN"
        "https://aspectran.github.io/dtd/aspectran-6.dtd">
<aspectran>

    <description style="apon">
        |
        |   {{bold}}--- Aspectran Hello World Example ---{{bold:off}}
        |
        |{{underline}}Commands that can run examples:{{underline:off}}
        |   {{green}}hello{{fg:reset}} - "Hello, World!" will be printed on your console.
        |   {{green}}hello2{{fg:reset}} - "Hello, World!" with ANSI escape codes will be printed on your console.
        |
    </description>

    <translet name="hello">
        <description style="apon">
            |
            |   "Hello, World!" will be printed on your console.
        </description>
        <transform type="transform/text">
            <template style="apon">
                |
                |   Hello, World!
                |
            </template>
        </transform>
    </translet>

    <translet name="hello2">
        <description style="apon">
            |
            |   "Hello, World!" with ANSI escape codes will be printed
            |   on your console.
        </description>
        <transform type="transform/text">
            <template style="apon">
                |
                |   {{bg:green}}                         {{off}}
                |   {{bg:green}}   {{magenta,bg:white}}                   {{bg:blue}}   {{off}}
                |   {{bg:green}}   {{RED,bg:white}}   Hello, World!   {{bg:blue}}   {{off}}
                |   {{bg:green}}   {{magenta,bg:white}}                   {{bg:blue}}   {{off}}
                |   {{magenta,bg:blue}}                         {{off}}
                |
            </template>
        </transform>
    </translet>

</aspectran>

You can see that the translet element with the name “hello” is defined.
The translet element contains a transform element that appears to be responsible for converting to text format.
The template element in transform has the string “Hello, World!”.

How To Run

We need to run translet with the name “hello” or “hello2”.

Aspectran supports the following operating environments.

Run as a Java application in the console environment
Run as a servlet inside a web container
Embedded in other Java applications

Here we will run it through Aspectran Shell in the console environment.

First, download the ZIP file through the following link and extract it to the appropriate path.

Download ZIP

This Hello World application can be run in a console environment on Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS.
Open the console and perform the following steps.

Go to the path gs-hello-world-master/app/bin.
Run shell.sh. (On Windows, run shell.bat.)
The gs-hello-world> prompt will be displayed if it runs normally.
At the prompt, type the command hello or hello2 and the string “Hello, World!” will be displayed.
You can quit the program by typing the command quit.

If it does not work, check the following two points.
Make sure the environment variable is set so that the java command can be executed.
Aspectran requires Java 8 or higher.