Class MarkupTool

java.lang.Object
org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.MarkupTool
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
@DefaultKey("mark") public class MarkupTool extends SafeConfig implements Serializable
NOTE: This tools is considered "alpha" quality due to lack of testing and a generally unpolished API. Feel free to use but expect changes. Also, this is not automatically provided via the default tools.xml file.

A tool to make it easy to generate XML or HTML on the fly. It uses a CSS-type syntax with a vaguely jQuery-ish API to help you generate the markup you need.

Example uses in a template:
  #set( $foospan = $markup.span.id($foo.id).body($foo) )
  $markup.tag('table tr.bar td').body("This is $foospan")

Output:
  <table>
    <tr class="bar">
      <td>This is <span id="foo1">my first foo.</span></td>
    </tr>
  </table>


Example tools.xml config:
<tools>
  <toolbox scope="application">
    <tool class="org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.alpha.MarkupTool"/>
  </toolbox>
</tools>
Since:
VelocityTools 2.0
Version:
$Id$
Author:
Nathan Bubna
See Also: