kdabir/html_markup.groovy

## html_markup.groovy
// MarkupBuilder is a lot cleaner way of generating valid xml/html markup
// than writing tags as string and forgetting to close one ;)

def writer = new StringWriter()  // html is written here by markup builder
def markup = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder(writer)  // the builder

markup.html{
    table {
        tr {
            td(class:"row", "hello world!")
        }
    }
}

println writer.toString()

/* produces output :
<html>
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>hello world!</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</html>
*/
	// MarkupBuilder is a lot cleaner way of generating valid xml/html markup
	// than writing tags as string and forgetting to close one ;)

	def writer = new StringWriter() // html is written here by markup builder
	def markup = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder(writer) // the builder

	markup.html{
	table {
	tr {
	td(class:"row", "hello world!")
	}
	}
	}

	println writer.toString()

	/* produces output :
	<html>
	<table>
	<tr>
	<td>hello world!</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
	</html>
	*/