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It is not necessary to use a model in Magnolia templating, but it is useful. If you are starting out with Magnolia use templating functions instead of a model. Model classes cannot be added to light modules because light modules cannot contain their own Java classes. However, a light module can reference a component model from another module such as MTE.

A model can execute any Java code to retrieve data from the JCR repository or from an external source.

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All of the model's public methods can be accessed by the template script.

Benefits of using a model

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Localtab Group

Localtab

active	true
title	YAML file

Code Block

language	js
title	/my-module/templates/pages/home.yaml

renderType: freemarker 
templateScript: /my-module/templates/pages/home.ftl
dialog: my-module:pages/homePageProperties
modelClass: com.example.templates.HomePageModel

Localtab

title	JCR node

Advanced Tables - Table Plus

heading	0
multiple	false
enableHeadingAttributes	false
enableSorting	false
class	m5-configuration-tree
enableHighlighting	false

Node name

Value

Mgnl f

my-module

Mgnl f

templates

Mgnl f

pages

Mgnl n

home

Mgnl p

dialog

my-module:pages/home.ftl

Mgnl p

modelClass

com.example.templates.HomePageModel

Mgnl p

renderType

freemarker

Mgnl p

templateScript

/my-module/templates/pages/home.ftl

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