diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManager.java b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4121d49bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: FileUploadAction.java 394498 2006-04-16 15:28:06Z tmjee $
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.struts.action2.showcase.freemarker;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.struts.action2.views.freemarker.FreemarkerManager;
+import org.apache.struts.action2.views.freemarker.ScopesHashModel;
+
+import com.opensymphony.xwork.util.OgnlValueStack;
+
+/**
+ * This is an example of a custom FreemarkerManager, mean to be
+ * instantiated through Spring.
+ *
+ *
+ * It will add into Freemarker's model
+ * an utility class called {@link CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil} as a simple
+ * example demonstrating how to extends FreemarkerManager.
+ *
+ *
+ * The {@link CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil} will be created by Spring and
+ * injected through constructor injection.
+ *
+ */
+public class CustomFreemarkerManager extends FreemarkerManager {
+
+ private CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil util;
+
+ public CustomFreemarkerManager(CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil util) {
+ this.util = util;
+ }
+
+ public void populateContext(ScopesHashModel model, OgnlValueStack stack, Object action, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
+ super.populateContext(model, stack, action, request, response);
+ model.put("customFreemarkerManagerUtil", util);
+ }
+}
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil.java b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bb6758fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action2/showcase/freemarker/CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: FileUploadAction.java 394498 2006-04-16 15:28:06Z tmjee $
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.struts.action2.showcase.freemarker;
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * This class is just a simple util that gets injected into
+ * {@link CustomFreemarkerManager} through Spring's constructor
+ * injection, serving as a simple example in SAF2's Showcase.
+ */
+public class CustomFreemarkerManagerUtil {
+
+ public String getTodayDate() {
+ SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+ return sdf.format(new Date());
+ }
+
+ public String getTimeNow() {
+ SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
+ return sdf.format(new Date());
+ }
+}
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
index 6629f243e..421205fe6 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,14 @@
+
+
+
+