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Here's how to use it:

HTML html = new HTML();
BODY body = new BODY();
html.addElement(body);

This makes the basic framework for everything.

A link = new A();
link.href = "http://github.com/Eyeballcode";
body.addElement(link);

Up to this point, no real work is done. To get the source, do

String source = html.getSource(0);

The 0 is to tell the API the initial indentation. We normally start with 0, but you can use whatever you want.

Here's how to have your own element:

1. Define a class for the element

public class MyHTMLElement extends HTMLElement

Now, declare all the methods using whatever you want. The most important is:

public String getElementTagName();

The value is what comes out in the HTML. So returning hello results in <hello></hello>

For getSource(int spaces), I use SourceHelper.getSource(spaces, this) as it helps reduce and dry code.

2. Define your own attributes

Now we made a class. Cool! But...

<hello myName="eyeball" location="Singapore" id="helloText" class="myCSSClass"></hello>

How do we do that? Good question! Put this in your element's class:

@Attribute
public String myAttribute = "";
// The field's name is the attribute's name!

Simple! Now when generating the source, it does:

• Get everything with @Attribute and store it in an array
• Go through each field.
• If it is empty or null, skip.
• Otherwise append it the the tag and it's value. Done!

Happy hacking away...