1 #macro ( recursive $xml $indent )     
 2 #if( $xml.getChildren().size() > 0 )
 3 $indent <$xml.getName()> 
 4 #foreach ($child in $xml.getChildren() ) 
 5 #recursive( $child "$indent  " )
 6 #end
 7 $indent </$xml.getName()>
 8 #else
 9 $indent <$xml.getName()>
10 $indent    $xml.getTextTrim()
11 $indent </$xml.getName()>
12 #end
13 #end
14 
15 #set($i = " ")
16 
17 Here goes document tree with a recursive Velocity macro :
18 
19 #recursive( $root.getRootElement() $i )
20 
21 
22 Now accessing data directly :
23 
24 email : $root.getRootElement().getChild("properties").getChild("author").getChild("email").getText()
25 last name :  $root.getRootElement().getChild("properties").getChild("author").getChild("name").getChild("fullname").getText()
26