Package groovy.xml

Class MarkupBuilder

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    GroovyObject
    public class MarkupBuilder
extends BuilderSupport
    A helper class for creating XML or HTML markup. The builder supports various 'pretty printed' formats.

    Example: 

     new MarkupBuilder().root {
   a( a1:'one' ) {
     b { mkp.yield( '3 < 5' ) }
     c( a2:'two', 'blah' )
   }
 }
    Will print the following to System.out: 
     <root>
   <a a1='one'>
     <b>3 &lt; 5</b>
     <c a2='two'>blah</c>
   </a>
 </root>
    Notes:
    • mkp is a special namespace used to escape away from the normal building mode of the builder and get access to helper markup methods such as 'yield' and 'yieldUnescaped'. See the javadoc for getMkp() for further details.
    • Note that tab, newline and carriage return characters are escaped within attributes, i.e. will become &#09;, &#10; and &#13; respectively

    • Constructor Detail

      • MarkupBuilder

        public MarkupBuilder()
        Prints markup to System.out
        See Also:
        IndentPrinter()

      • MarkupBuilder

        public MarkupBuilder​(PrintWriter pw)
        Sends markup to the given PrintWriter
        Parameters:
        pw - the PrintWriter to use
        See Also:
        IndentPrinter(Writer)

      • MarkupBuilder

        public MarkupBuilder​(Writer writer)
        Sends markup to the given Writer but first wrapping it in a PrintWriter
        Parameters:
        writer - the writer to use
        See Also:
        IndentPrinter(Writer)

      • MarkupBuilder

        public MarkupBuilder​(IndentPrinter out)
        Sends markup to the given IndentPrinter. Use this option if you want to customize the indent used or provide your own IndentPrinter.
        Parameters:
        out - the IndentPrinter to use

    • Method Detail

      • isEscapeAttributes

        public boolean isEscapeAttributes()
        Returns the escapeAttributes property value.
        Returns:
        the escapeAttributes property value
        See Also:
        setEscapeAttributes(boolean)

      • setEscapeAttributes

        public void setEscapeAttributes​(boolean escapeAttributes)
        Defaults to true. If set to false then you must escape any special characters within attribute values such as '&', '<', CR/LF, single and double quotes etc. manually as needed. The builder will not guard against producing invalid XML when in this mode and the output may not be able to be parsed/round-tripped but it does give you full control when producing for instance HTML output.
        Parameters:
        escapeAttributes - the new value

      • getDoubleQuotes

        public boolean getDoubleQuotes()
        Returns true if attribute values are output with double quotes; false if single quotes are used. By default, single quotes are used.
        Returns:
        true if double quotes are used for attributes

      • setDoubleQuotes

        public void setDoubleQuotes​(boolean useDoubleQuotes)
        Sets whether the builder outputs attribute values in double quotes or single quotes.
        Parameters:
        useDoubleQuotes - If this parameter is true, double quotes are used; otherwise, single quotes are.

      • isOmitNullAttributes

        public boolean isOmitNullAttributes()
        Determine whether null attributes will appear in the produced markup.
        Returns:
        true, if null attributes will be removed from the resulting markup.

      • setOmitNullAttributes

        public void setOmitNullAttributes​(boolean omitNullAttributes)
        Allows null attributes to be removed from the generated markup.
        Parameters:
        omitNullAttributes - if true, null attributes will not be included in the resulting markup. If false null attributes will be included in the markup as empty strings regardless of the omitEmptyAttribute setting. Defaults to false.

      • isOmitEmptyAttributes

        public boolean isOmitEmptyAttributes()
        Determine whether empty attributes will appear in the produced markup.
        Returns:
        true, if empty attributes will be removed from the resulting markup.

      • setOmitEmptyAttributes

        public void setOmitEmptyAttributes​(boolean omitEmptyAttributes)
        Allows empty attributes to be removed from the generated markup.
        Parameters:
        omitEmptyAttributes - if true, empty attributes will not be included in the resulting markup. Defaults to false.

      • isExpandEmptyElements

        public boolean isExpandEmptyElements()
        Whether empty elements are expanded from <tagName/> to <tagName></tagName>.
        Returns:
        true, if empty elements will be represented by an opening tag followed immediately by a closing tag.

      • setExpandEmptyElements

        public void setExpandEmptyElements​(boolean expandEmptyElements)
        Whether empty elements are expanded from <tagName/> to <tagName></tagName>.
        Parameters:
        expandEmptyElements - if true, empty elements will be represented by an opening tag followed immediately by a closing tag. Defaults to false.

      • nodeCompleted

        protected void nodeCompleted​(Object parent,
                             Object node)
        Description copied from class: BuilderSupport
        A hook to allow nodes to be processed once they have had all of their children applied.
        Overrides:
        nodeCompleted in class BuilderSupport
        Parameters:
        parent - the parent of the node being processed
        node - the current node being processed

      • print

        protected void print​(Object node)

      • getName

        protected Object getName​(String methodName)
        Description copied from class: BuilderSupport
        A hook to allow names to be converted into some other object such as a QName in XML or ObjectName in JMX.
        Overrides:
        getName in class BuilderSupport
        Parameters:
        methodName - the name of the desired method
        Returns:
        the object representing the name