SYNOPSIS

Void readFromString( ElementTree location, String input, WhiteList safety, Doctype doctype )

ARGUMENTS

location The location in the document to append the converted String

input The String to convert

safety The allowed elements and attributes

doctype The document type of the input string. This is independent of the document type of the document and controls certain aspects of parsing - for example, if the doctype is HTML4Strict , the end tags for p or td elements may be omitted, and the code will be case-insensitive.

DESCRIPTION

Convert a String to HTML. An Exception will be thrown if the parser cannot construct an unambiguous tree from the string, and it is considerably less forgiving than the parsers in most web browsers. (On the other hand, it's a bit more forgiving in places than a strict XML parser, especially if the HTML4Strict doctype is used). As usual, parsing with XHTML strictness will be quicker.

Read the HTMLDocument.WhiteList (3kaya) documentation for important information on safety when converting these Strings

If you need to read poor-quality HTML, you can use the TagSoup setting for the doctype parameter, but this will be somewhat slower - if you're writing the HTML yourself it's much more efficient to write good quality code in the first place. This parsing model rarely throws an Exception (though it is still possible on very poor code)

  • str = "<p>This is a <strong>crucial</strong> paragraph</p>"; readFromString(parent,str,AllElements(Safe),HTML4Strict);

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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HTMLDocument.Doctype (3kaya)

HTMLDocument.WhiteList (3kaya)

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HTMLDocument.string (3kaya)