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I have a staff record here and I need to let if go through a function and the function spits out the staff record nicely formatted with HTML tags.

example

staff id = 23422
first name = Herbert
surname = Dominos
department = Purchasing

function output would be something like

<label>staff id</label><div class="some class">23422</div>
<label>First namelabel><div class="some class">Herbert</div>
<label>Surname</label><div class="some class">Dominos</div>
<label>Department</label><div class="some class">Purchasing</div>

Seems just concatenating them via string or stringbuilder is not the right way to do it.

Any suggestions? thanks :)

What is the problem with concatenating strings. I don't see any real problem in it. If the problem is the quotes in 'class="some class"' you can simply escape them by typing \". — Erik
– Erik, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 1:03
"concatenating them via string or stringbuilder" If you mean String & StringBuilder then definitely no to the first. As to whether it is best to use StringBuilder over many of the other ways of generating HTML, e.g. JSP or servlets, jsoup.. - that is another matter. I 'hand role' methods to do simple HTML structures like the cells and rows of tables. — Andrew Thompson
– Andrew Thompson, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 1:04
If a lot of output remains the same and there are few places which will be filled in by Java ... a good alternative and more sophisticated way is to use "FreeMarker" ... for just a usecase you describe ... it may be an overkill — jsshah
– jsshah, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 1:07
A good case against hand coding the strings can be seen in <label>First namelabel> it should be <label>First name</label> ;) — Andrew Thompson
– Andrew Thompson, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 1:10
@AndrewThompson incorrect, after java 6 it doesn't matter which you use. — Woot4Moo
– Woot4Moo, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 1:12

djangofan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 01:07:25Z

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Maybe the Java Anti-Template Language (JATL) would work for you. It's coded using fluent API syntax.

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 1:07

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dinukadev · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 04:26:34Z

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i would use apache velocity to achieve this.

example:

#foreach($staffInfo in $staffList.iterator())
<label>$staffInfo.getStaffId()</label>
#end

you can try something similar to construct your html code.

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 4:26

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djangofan Over a year ago

Yeah, it appears that Texen might do it. Which of the velocity sub-projects are you referring to?

dinukadev Over a year ago

Yes Texen will help you out here. I usually use the engine itself. But Texen will be all that is required in your case.

JackTools.Net · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 04:36:22Z

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I would do something like this

<label>staff id </label><div class="some class">#staff id#</div>
<label>First namelabel><div class="some class">#First namelabel#</div>
<label>Surname</label><div class="some class">#Surname#</div>
<label>Department</label><div class="some class">#Department#</div>

and then I would use the replace function to replace for excample #Staff id# with 23422.

Quick, dirty, easy.

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 4:36

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