public MarkupBuilder() 
{
        this(new IndentPrinter());
}

Prints markup to System.out

Also see:

IndentPrinter#IndentPrinter()

 public MarkupBuilder(PrintWriter pw) 
{
        this(new IndentPrinter(pw));
}

Sends markup to the given PrintWriter

Parameters:

pw - the PrintWriter to use

Also see:

IndentPrinter#IndentPrinter(PrintWriter)

 public MarkupBuilder(Writer writer) 
{
        this(new IndentPrinter(new PrintWriter(writer)));
}

Sends markup to the given Writer but first wrapping it in a PrintWriter

Parameters:

writer - the writer to use

Also see:

IndentPrinter#IndentPrinter(PrintWriter)

 public MarkupBuilder(IndentPrinter out) 
{
        this.out = out;
}

Sends markup to the given IndentPrinter. Use this option if you want to customize the indent used.

Parameters:

out - the IndentPrinter to use

 protected Object createNode(Object name) 
{
        Object theName = getName(name);
        toState(1, theName);
        this.nodeIsEmpty = true;
        return theName;
}

 protected Object createNode(Object name,
    Object value) 
{
        Object theName = getName(name);
        if (value == null){
            return createNode(theName);
        } else {
            toState(2, theName);
            this.nodeIsEmpty = false;
            out.print(" >");
            out.print(escapeElementContent(value.toString()));
            return theName;
        }
}

 protected Object createNode(Object name,
    Map attributes) 
{
        return createNode(name, attributes, null);
}

 protected Object createNode(Object name,
    Map attributes,
    Object value) 
{
        Object theName = getName(name);
        toState(1, theName);
        for (Iterator iter = attributes.entrySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();
            Object attributeValue = entry.getValue();
            boolean skipNull = attributeValue == null && omitNullAttributes;
            boolean skipEmpty = attributeValue != null && omitEmptyAttributes &&
                    attributeValue.toString().length() == 0;
            if (!skipNull && !skipEmpty) {
                out.print(" ");
                // Output the attribute name,
                print(entry.getKey().toString());
                // Output the attribute value within quotes. Use whichever
                // type of quotes are currently configured.
                out.print(this.useDoubleQuotes ? "=\"" : "='");
                print(attributeValue == null ? "" : escapeAttributeValue(attributeValue.toString()));
                out.print(this.useDoubleQuotes ? "\"" : "'");
            }
        }
        if (value != null) {
            yield(value.toString());
        } else {
            nodeIsEmpty = true;
        }
        return theName;
}

 public boolean getDoubleQuotes() 
{
        return this.useDoubleQuotes;
}

Returns true if attribute values are output with double quotes; false if single quotes are used. By default, single quotes are used.

 public Object getMkp() 
{
        return this;
}

Property that may be called from within your builder closure to access helper methods, namely #yield(String) and #yieldUnescaped(String) .

 protected Object getName(String methodName) 
{
        return super.getName(methodName);
}

 protected IndentPrinter getPrinter() 
{
        return this.out;
}

 public boolean isOmitEmptyAttributes() 
{
        return omitEmptyAttributes;
}

Determine whether empty attributes will appear in the produced markup.

 public boolean isOmitNullAttributes() 
{
        return omitNullAttributes;
}

Determine whether null attributes will appear in the produced markup.

 protected  void nodeCompleted(Object parent,
    Object node) 
{
        toState(3, node);
        out.flush();
}

 protected  void print(Object node) 
{
        out.print(node == null ? "null" : node.toString());
}

 public  void setDoubleQuotes(boolean useDoubleQuotes) 
{
        this.useDoubleQuotes = useDoubleQuotes;
}

Sets whether the builder outputs attribute values in double quotes or single quotes.

 public  void setOmitEmptyAttributes(boolean omitEmptyAttributes) 
{
        this.omitEmptyAttributes = omitEmptyAttributes;
}

Allows empty attributes to be removed the produced markup.

 public  void setOmitNullAttributes(boolean omitNullAttributes) 
{
        this.omitNullAttributes = omitNullAttributes;
}

Allows null attributes to be removed from the generated markup.

 protected  void setParent(Object parent,
    Object child) 
{

}

 protected String transformValue(String value) 
{
        // & has to be checked and replaced before others
        if (value.matches(".*&.*")) {
            value = value.replaceAll("&", "&");
        }
        if (value.matches(".*\\'.*")) {
            value = value.replaceAll("\\'", "'");
        }
        if (value.matches(".*< .*")) {
            value = value.replaceAll("< ", "<");
        }
        if (value.matches(".* >.*")) {
            value = value.replaceAll(" >", ">");
        }
        return value;
}

Returns a String with special XML characters escaped as entities so that output XML is valid. Escapes the following characters as corresponding entities:
• \' as '
• & as &
• < as &lt;
• > as &gt;

 public  void yield(String value) 
{
        yield(value, true);
}

Prints data in the body of the current tag, escaping XML entities. For example: mkp.yield('5 < 7')

 public  void yieldUnescaped(String value) 
{
        yield(value, false);
}

Print data in the body of the current tag. Does not escape XML entities. For example: mkp.yieldUnescaped('I am <i>happy</i>!').