The obvious advantage of using the HTML Templates feature is that you can establish, and later update, the way multiple files appear all from one template file. This is especially helpful in cases where content is created before the presentation is decided or when content from multiple origins must be combined into some cohesive presentation. Rather than go back and edit all those files, you simply create a template file which uniformly applies the desired presentation elements. Besides the application of headers and footers to your HTML files, you can also define body content to appear before or after the content of the source HTML documents.
Features are subject to change without notice.
The servlet uses the template information to process the file. The resulting file, now reflecting the specified appearance, is then passed to the browser. Note that the file being displayed is not actually changed on disk, only its appearance in the browser is changed. This is an HTML extension that the TemplateServlet recognizes. This is another HTML extension that the TemplateServlet recognizes.