Get locale in freemarker template

Question

How can I get the current locale used in a freemarker template? I have seen implementation of <spring.message code />

I need this to do a conditional

<#if locale = DE >
.....
<#else>
....
</#if>

Answer 1

As stated by the Freemarker documentation:

Special variables are variables defined by the FreeMarker engine itself. To access them, you use the .variable_name syntax

.locale: Returns the current value of the locale setting. This is a string, for example en_US. For more information about locale strings see the setting directive.

So to access the current local within a Freemarker template you would use

The current locale is: ${.locale}

To use it in a conditional statement as per your requirements, you would do:

<#if .locale == "DE">
   ...
<#else>
   ...
</#if>