jodd-madvoc/src/main/java/jodd/madvoc/component/ResultMapper.java
protected String resolveAlias(final String value) {
		final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(value.length());
		int i = 0;
		int len = value.length();
		while (i < len) {
			int ndx = value.indexOf('<', i);
			if (ndx == -1) {
				// alias markers not found
				if (i == 0) {
					// try whole string as an alias
					String alias = lookupAlias(value);
					return (alias != null ? alias : value);
				} else {
					result.append(value.substring(i));
				}
				break;
			}

			// alias marked found
			result.append(value.substring(i, ndx));
			ndx++;
			int ndx2 = value.indexOf('>', ndx);
			String aliasName = (ndx2 == -1 ? value.substring(ndx) : value.substring(ndx, ndx2));

			// process alias
			String alias = lookupAlias(aliasName);
			if (alias != null) {
				result.append(alias);
			}
			else {
				// alias not found
				if (log.isWarnEnabled()) {
					log.warn("Alias not found: " + aliasName);
				}
			}
			i = ndx2 + 1;
		}

		// fix prefix '//' - may happened when aliases are used
		i = 0; len = result.length();
		while (i < len) {
			if (result.charAt(i) != '/') {
				break;
			}
			i++;
		}
		if (i > 1) {
			return result.substring(i - 1, len);
		}
		return result.toString();
	}
protected String resolveAlias(final String value) {
		final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(value.length());
		int i = 0;
		int len = value.length();
		while (i < len) {
			int ndx = value.indexOf('<', i);
			if (ndx == -1) {
				// alias markers not found
				if (i == 0) {
					// try whole string as an alias
					String alias = lookupAlias(value);
					return (alias != null ? alias : value);
				} else {
					result.append(value.substring(i));
				}
				break;
			}

			// alias marked found
			result.append(value.substring(i, ndx));
			ndx++;
			int ndx2 = value.indexOf('>', ndx);
			String aliasName = (ndx2 == -1 ? value.substring(ndx) : value.substring(ndx, ndx2));

			// process alias
			String alias = lookupAlias(aliasName);
			if (alias != null) {
				result.append(alias);
			}
			else {
				// alias not found
				if (log.isWarnEnabled()) {
					log.warn("Alias not found: " + aliasName);
				}
			}
			i = ndx2 + 1;
		}

		// fix prefix '//' - may happened when aliases are used
		i = 0; len = result.length();
		while (i < len) {
			if (result.charAt(i) != '/') {
				break;
			}
			i++;
		}
		if (i > 1) {
			return result.substring(i - 1, len);
		}
		return result.toString();
	}
Returns resolved alias result value or passed on, if alias doesn't exist.