replace HTML content with multiple elements

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I have a .html file with a content like that:

<ul class="myclass">
  <li>PLACEHOLDER</li>
</ul>

I also have an ArrayList like this:

["value 1", "value 2", "value 3"]

Now I want to create a new html file with li-entries for all of my elements in this list. So I expect this as a result:

<ul class="myclass">
  <li>value 1</li>
  <li>value 2</li>
  <li>value 3</li>
</ul>

I could first loop over my List and create a String like "<li>value 1</li><li>value 2</li><li>value 3</li>" and do a replace on "<li>PLACEHOLDER</li>" - but I hope there is better solution.

@Munchkin if you are using Java SE the simple solution is what you said replace the string or you can use (or create) a template language. — Durante
– Durante, Commented Sep 28, 2016 at 14:37

Brion · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-28 14:26:55Z

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Looping works fine, but rather than building the entire string then replacing, you can use StringBuilder to concatenate the thing in pieces.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuilder.html

First add the < ul class="myclass">, then instead of < li>PLACEHOLDER< /li>, loop through your array and append < li>{value}< /li>, etc.

answered Sep 28, 2016 at 14:26

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Durante · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-28 16:55:10Z

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if you are using Java SE the simple solution is what you said replace the string or you can use (or create) a template language Or you can use a existing this is one maked by Apache http://freemarker.org/ (I have never use)

answered Sep 28, 2016 at 16:55

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