HelloWorldProperties.java

import java.io.StringWriter;  import java.io.Writer;  import java.util.Properties;    import org.apache.velocity.Template;  import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext;  import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity;    public class HelloWorldProperties {      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {      Properties props = new Properties();      props.put("input.encoding", "utf-8");        Velocity.init(props);        Template template = Velocity.getTemplate("./src/HelloWorld.vm");        VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();        Writer writer = new StringWriter();      template.merge(context, writer);        System.out.println(writer.toString());    }  }

HelloWorld.vm

//File: HelloWorld.vm  Hello World!