protected String renderTemplate(String templateName, Object objectToRender) {
try {
freemarker.template.Configuration config = new freemarker.template.Configuration();
// XXX fall-over to ClassTL after failure in FTL seems not to work
ClassTemplateLoader ctl = new ClassTemplateLoader(getClass(), "/rest_templates/");
TemplateLoader[] loaders = new TemplateLoader[] { ctl };
MultiTemplateLoader mtl = new MultiTemplateLoader(loaders);
config.setTemplateLoader(mtl);