Class HtmlElementIdCreator

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ElementIdCreator

    public class HtmlElementIdCreator
    extends Object
    implements ElementIdCreator
    A non-thread safe class used to create HTML ids within a render 'context'.
    • Constructor Detail

      • HtmlElementIdCreator

        public HtmlElementIdCreator()
    • Method Detail

      • generateId

        public String generateId()
        The current implementation is very simplistic and will simply create id's of the pattern "id-<n>".
        Specified by:
        generateId in interface ElementIdCreator
        Returns:
        an auto-generate id unique within the context of a particular ConversionContext.
      • generateId

        public String generateId​(String basis)
        The draft HTML5 spec states that the id attribute value
        must be unique amongst all the IDs in the element's home subtree and must contain at least one character. The value must not contain any space characters.
        (As specified at http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/elements.html#the-id-attribute).

        This method will take an arbitrary String and ensure that the above encoding is followed as well as ensuring that the id returned is unique (within the scope of this HtmlElementIdCreator instance).

        Specified by:
        generateId in interface ElementIdCreator
        Parameters:
        basis - the string to be converted to an id
        Returns:
        a valid id String unique to the scope of the HtmlElementIdCreator instance.
      • convertToIdHtml5

        public static String convertToIdHtml5​(String original)
        The draft HTML5 spec states that the id attribute value
        must be unique amongst all the IDs in the element's home subtree and must contain at least one character. The value must not contain any space characters.
        (As specified at http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/elements.html#the-id-attribute).

        This method will not generate IDs that are safe to put directly into HTML or URLs. The result of this method should be appropriately encoded for the environment in which it is used.

        This method will take an arbitrary String return a valid HTML5 ID derived from the original string. It will strip out all whitespace. This method does not create unique ids. You should instantiate an instance of HtmlElementIdCreator and use generateId(String) if you have this requirement.

        Parameters:
        original - the string to be converted to an id
        Returns:
        a valid id
        Since:
        4.3