HtmlTool (Reflow Velocity Tools 1.1.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
- - lt.velykis.maven.skins.reflow.HtmlTool

```
@DefaultKey(value="htmlTool")
public class HtmlTool
extends org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
```
An Apache Velocity tool that provides utility methods to manipulate HTML code using jsoup HTML5 parser.
The methods utilise CSS selectors to refer to specific elements for manipulation.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Andrius Velykis

See Also:

jsoup HTML parser, jsoup CSS selectors

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static interface`	`HtmlTool.ExtractResult` A container to carry element extraction results.
`static interface`	`HtmlTool.IdElement` Representation of a HTML element with ID and a text content.
`static class`	`HtmlTool.JoinSeparator` Enum indicating separator handling strategy for document partitioning.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
  LOCK_CONFIG_KEY, OLD_LOCK_CONFIG_KEY, SAFE_MODE_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

HtmlTool()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`HtmlTool()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`String`	`addClass(String content, String selector, List<String> classNames)` Adds given class names to the elements in HTML.
`String`	`addClass(String content, String selector, List<String> classNames, int amount)` Adds given class names to the elements in HTML.
`String`	`addClass(String content, String selector, String className)` Adds given class to the elements in HTML.
`static List<String>`	`concat(List<String> elements, String text, boolean append)` Utility method to concatenate a String to a list of Strings.
`protected void`	`configure(org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ValueParser values)`
`String`	`ensureHeadingIds(String content, String idSeparator)` Transforms the given HTML content by adding IDs to all heading elements (`h1-6`) that do not have one.
`HtmlTool.ExtractResult`	`extract(String content, String selector, int amount)` Extracts HTML elements from the main HTML content.
`String`	`fixTableHeads(String content)` Fixes table heads: wraps rows with `<th>` (table heading) elements into `<thead>` element if they are currently in `<tbody>`.
`List<String>`	`getAttr(String content, String selector, String attributeKey)` Retrieves attribute value on elements in HTML.
`String`	`headingAnchorToId(String content)` Transforms the given HTML content by moving anchor (`<a name="myheading">`) names to IDs for heading elements.
`List<? extends HtmlTool.IdElement>`	`headingTree(String content)` Reads all headings in the given HTML content as a hierarchy.
`static org.jsoup.nodes.Element`	`parseBodyFragment(String content)` A generic method to use jsoup parser on an arbitrary HTML body fragment.
`String`	`remove(String content, String selector)` Removes elements from HTML.
`String`	`reorderToTop(String content, String selector, int amount)` Reorders elements in HTML content so that selected elements are found at the top of the content.
`String`	`reorderToTop(String content, String selector, int amount, String wrapRemaining)` Reorders elements in HTML content so that selected elements are found at the top of the content.
`String`	`replace(String content, String selector, String replacement)` Replaces elements in HTML.
`String`	`replaceAll(String content, Map<String,String> replacements)` Replaces elements in HTML.
`String`	`setAttr(String content, String selector, String attributeKey, String value)` Sets attribute to the given value on elements in HTML.
`static String`	`slug(String input)` Creates a slug (latin text with no whitespace or other symbols) for a longer text (i.e.
`static String`	`slug(String input, String separator)` Creates a slug (latin text with no whitespace or other symbols) for a longer text (i.e.
`List<String>`	`split(String content, String separatorCssSelector)` Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector.
`List<String>`	`split(String content, String separatorCssSelector, HtmlTool.JoinSeparator separatorStrategy)` Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector.The separators are either dropped or joined with before/after depending on the indicated separator strategy.
`List<String>`	`split(String content, String separatorCssSelector, String separatorStrategy)` Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector.
`List<String>`	`splitOnStarts(String content, String separatorCssSelector)` Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector.
`List<String>`	`text(String content, String selector)` Retrieves text content of the selected elements in HTML.
`String`	`wrap(String content, String selector, String wrapHtml, int amount)` Wraps elements in HTML with the given HTML.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
configure, isConfigLocked, isSafeMode, setLockConfig, setSafeMode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HtmlTool
```
public HtmlTool()
```
- Method Detail
  - configure
```
protected void configure(org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ValueParser values)
```
    Overrides:
    
    configure in class org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig
    
    See Also:
    
    SafeConfig.configure(ValueParser)
  - split
```
public List<String> split(String content,
                          String separatorCssSelector)
```
    Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector. The separators themselves are dropped from the results.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to split
    
    separatorCssSelector - CSS selector for separators.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of HTML partitions split on separator locations, but without the separators.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
    
    See Also:
    
    split(String, String, JoinSeparator)
  - splitOnStarts
```
public List<String> splitOnStarts(String content,
                                  String separatorCssSelector)
```
    Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector. The separators are kept as first elements of the partitions.
    Note that the first part is removed if the split was successful. This is because the first part does not include the separator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to split
    
    separatorCssSelector - CSS selector for separators
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of HTML partitions split on separator locations (except the first one), with separators at the beginning of each partition
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
    
    See Also:
    
    split(String, String, JoinSeparator)
  - split
```
public List<String> split(String content,
                          String separatorCssSelector,
                          String separatorStrategy)
```
    Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector. The separators are either dropped or joined with before/after depending on the indicated separator strategy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to split
    
    separatorCssSelector - CSS selector for separators
    
    separatorStrategy - strategy to drop or keep separators, one of "after", "before" or "no"
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of HTML partitions split on separator locations.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
    
    See Also:
    
    split(String, String, JoinSeparator)
  - split
```
public List<String> split(String content,
                          String separatorCssSelector,
                          HtmlTool.JoinSeparator separatorStrategy)
```
    Splits the given HTML content into partitions based on the given separator selector.The separators are either dropped or joined with before/after depending on the indicated separator strategy.
    Note that splitting algorithm tries to resolve nested elements so that returned partitions are self-contained HTML elements. The nesting is normally contained within the first applicable partition.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to split
    
    separatorCssSelector - CSS selector for separators
    
    separatorStrategy - strategy to drop or keep separators
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of HTML partitions split on separator locations. If no splitting occurs, returns the original content as the single element of the list
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - reorderToTop
```
public String reorderToTop(String content,
                           String selector,
                           int amount)
```
    Reorders elements in HTML content so that selected elements are found at the top of the content. Can be limited to a certain amount, e.g. to bring just the first of selected elements to the top.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to reorder
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to bring to top of the content
    
    amount - Maximum number of elements to reorder
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with reordered elements, or the original content if no such elements found.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - reorderToTop
```
public String reorderToTop(String content,
                           String selector,
                           int amount,
                           String wrapRemaining)
```
    Reorders elements in HTML content so that selected elements are found at the top of the content. Can be limited to a certain amount, e.g. to bring just the first of selected elements to the top.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to reorder
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to bring to top of the content
    
    amount - Maximum number of elements to reorder
    
    wrapRemaining - HTML to wrap the remaining (non-reordered) part
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with reordered elements, or the original content if no such elements found.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - extract
```
public HtmlTool.ExtractResult extract(String content,
                                      String selector,
                                      int amount)
```
    Extracts HTML elements from the main HTML content. The result consists of the extracted HTML elements and the remainder of HTML content, with these elements removed. Can be limited to a certain amount, e.g. to extract just the first of selected elements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to extract elements from
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to extract
    
    amount - Maximum number of elements to extract
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content of the extracted elements together with the remainder of the original content. If no elements are found, the remainder contains the original content.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - setAttr
```
public String setAttr(String content,
                      String selector,
                      String attributeKey,
                      String value)
```
    Sets attribute to the given value on elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to set attributes on
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to modify
    
    attributeKey - Attribute name
    
    value - Attribute value
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - getAttr
```
public List<String> getAttr(String content,
                            String selector,
                            String attributeKey)
```
    Retrieves attribute value on elements in HTML. Will return all attribute values for the selector, since there can be more than one element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to read attributes from
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to find
    
    attributeKey - Attribute name
    
    Returns:
    
    Attribute values for all matching elements. If no elements are found, empty list is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - addClass
```
public String addClass(String content,
                       String selector,
                       List<String> classNames,
                       int amount)
```
    Adds given class names to the elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to add classes to
    
    classNames - Names of classes to add to the selected elements
    
    amount - Maximum number of elements to modify
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - addClass
```
public String addClass(String content,
                       String selector,
                       List<String> classNames)
```
    Adds given class names to the elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to add classes to
    
    classNames - Names of classes to add to the selected elements
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - addClass
```
public String addClass(String content,
                       String selector,
                       String className)
```
    Adds given class to the elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to add the class to
    
    className - Name of class to add to the selected elements
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - wrap
```
public String wrap(String content,
                   String selector,
                   String wrapHtml,
                   int amount)
```
    Wraps elements in HTML with the given HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to wrap
    
    wrapHtml - HTML to use for wrapping the selected elements
    
    amount - Maximum number of elements to modify
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - remove
```
public String remove(String content,
                     String selector)
```
    Removes elements from HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to remove
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with removed elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - replace
```
public String replace(String content,
                      String selector,
                      String replacement)
```
    Replaces elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to replace
    
    replacement - HTML replacement (must parse to a single element)
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with replaced elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - replaceAll
```
public String replaceAll(String content,
                         Map<String,String> replacements)
```
    Replaces elements in HTML.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    replacements - Map of CSS selectors to their replacement HTML texts. CSS selectors find elements to be replaced with the HTML in the mapping. The HTML must parse to a single element.
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with replaced elements. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - text
```
public List<String> text(String content,
                         String selector)
```
    Retrieves text content of the selected elements in HTML. Renders the element's text as it would be displayed on the web page (including its children).
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content with the elements
    
    selector - CSS selector for elements to extract contents
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of element texts as rendered to display. Empty list if no elements are found.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - headingAnchorToId
```
public String headingAnchorToId(String content)
```
    Transforms the given HTML content by moving anchor (<a name="myheading">) names to IDs for heading elements.
    The anchors are used to indicate positions within a HTML page. In HTML5, however, the name attribute is no longer supported on <a>) tag. The positions within pages are indicated using id attribute instead, e.g. <h1 id="myheading">.
    
    The method finds anchors inside, immediately before or after the heading tags and uses their name as heading id instead. The anchors themselves are removed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with modified elements. Anchor names are used for adjacent headings, and anchor tags are removed. If no elements are found, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - concat
```
public static List<String> concat(List<String> elements,
                                  String text,
                                  boolean append)
```
    Utility method to concatenate a String to a list of Strings. The text can be either appended or prepended.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elements - list of elements to append/prepend the text to
    
    text - the given text to append/prepend
    
    append - if true, text will be appended to the elements. If false, it will be prepended
    
    Returns:
    
    list of elements with the text appended/prepended
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - ensureHeadingIds
```
public String ensureHeadingIds(String content,
                               String idSeparator)
```
    Transforms the given HTML content by adding IDs to all heading elements (h1-6) that do not have one.
    IDs on heading elements are used to indicate positions within a HTML page in HTML5. If a heading tag without an id is found, its "slug" is generated automatically based on the heading contents and used as the ID.
    
    Note that the algorithm also modifies existing IDs that have symbols not allowed in CSS selectors, e.g. ":", ".", etc. The symbols are removed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with all heading elements having id attributes. If all headings were with IDs already, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - fixTableHeads
```
public String fixTableHeads(String content)
```
    Fixes table heads: wraps rows with <th> (table heading) elements into <thead> element if they are currently in <tbody>.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to modify
    
    Returns:
    
    HTML content with all table heads fixed. If all heads were correct, the original content is returned.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - slug
```
public static String slug(String input,
                          String separator)
```
    Creates a slug (latin text with no whitespace or other symbols) for a longer text (i.e. to use in URLs).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - text to generate the slug from
    
    separator - separator for whitespace replacement
    
    Returns:
    
    the slug of the given text that contains alphanumeric symbols and separator only
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
    
    See Also:
    
    http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Generate_a_url_slug
  - slug
```
public static String slug(String input)
```
    Creates a slug (latin text with no whitespace or other symbols) for a longer text (i.e. to use in URLs). Uses "-" as a whitespace separator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - text to generate the slug from
    
    Returns:
    
    the slug of the given text that contains alphanumeric symbols and "-" only
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - headingTree
```
public List<? extends HtmlTool.IdElement> headingTree(String content)
```
    Reads all headings in the given HTML content as a hierarchy. Subsequent smaller headings are nested within bigger ones, e.g. <h2> is nested under preceding <h1>.
    Only headings with IDs are included in the hierarchy. The result elements contain ID and heading text for each heading. The hierarchy is useful to generate a Table of Contents for a page.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to extract heading hierarchy from
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of top-level heading items (with id and text). The remaining headings are nested within these top-level items. Empty list if no headings are in the content.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - parseBodyFragment
```
public static org.jsoup.nodes.Element parseBodyFragment(String content)
```
    A generic method to use jsoup parser on an arbitrary HTML body fragment. Allows writing HTML manipulations in the template without adding Java code to the class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - HTML content to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    the wrapper element for the parsed content (i.e. the body element as if the content was body contents).
    
    Since:
    
    1.0

Class HtmlTool

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.SafeConfig

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

HtmlTool

Method Detail

configure

split

splitOnStarts

split

split

reorderToTop

reorderToTop

extract

setAttr

getAttr

addClass

addClass

addClass

wrap

remove

replace

replaceAll

text

headingAnchorToId

concat

ensureHeadingIds

fixTableHeads

slug

slug

headingTree

parseBodyFragment