<s>
Apache	B-Language
FreeMarker	I-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
Java-based	O
template	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
focusing	O
on	O
dynamic	O
web	O
page	O
generation	O
with	O
MVC	O
software	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
template	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
with	O
no	O
dependency	O
on	O
servlets	B-Application
or	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
or	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
thus	O
often	O
used	O
for	O
generating	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
configuration	O
files	O
or	O
e-mails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeMarker	B-Language
had	O
a	O
somewhat	O
hectic	O
history	O
until	O
about	O
2004	O
,	O
caused	O
by	O
paradigm	O
shifts	O
and	O
other	O
significant	O
changes	O
on	O
multiple	O
occasions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeMarker	B-Language
1	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
Classic	O
,	O
a	O
separate	O
project	O
)	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Benjamin	O
Geer	O
and	O
Mike	O
Bayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
project	O
lead	O
was	O
Jonathan	O
Revusky	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
2	O
,	O
which	O
started	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
several	O
substantial	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
significant	O
backward	O
incompatible	O
changes	O
are	O
expected	O
in	O
the	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
2	O
series	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2015	O
,	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
was	O
granted	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
has	O
entered	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
2018-03-21	O
it	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
fully	O
accepted	O
Apache	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
processed	O
by	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
will	O
produce	O
something	O
like	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
the	O
exact	O
Java	B-Language
API	B-General_Concept
(	O
and	O
hence	O
the	O
class	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
values	O
can	O
be	O
hidden	O
in	O
FreeMarker	B-Language
using	O
a	O
technique	O
called	O
object	O
wrapping	O
.	O
</s>
