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* Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
* use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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*/
package org.waveprotocol.wave.client.uibuilder;
import org.waveprotocol.wave.client.common.safehtml.SafeHtml;
import org.waveprotocol.wave.client.common.safehtml.SafeHtmlBuilder;
/**
* Outputs some HTML when invoked. An {@code HTMLClosure} guarantees that the
* HTML that it outputs is well-formed and balanced (every open tag has a
* corresponding closing tag).
* <p>
* The use of closures, rather than string concatenation, allows HTML structures
* to be built up modularly in linear time rather than quadratic time.
*
*/
public interface HtmlClosure {
/**
* Outputs HTML to a builder.
*
* @param out builder to collect the HTML.
*/
void outputHtml(SafeHtmlBuilder out);
/** An empty closure that outputs nothing. */
HtmlClosure EMPTY = new HtmlClosure() {
@Override
public void outputHtml(SafeHtmlBuilder out) {
}
};
/**
* An HTML closure that outputs a constant string.
*/
final class Constant {
// Utility class
private Constant() {
}
public static HtmlClosure of(final SafeHtml html) {
return new HtmlClosure() {
@Override
public void outputHtml(SafeHtmlBuilder out) {
out.append(html);
}
};
}
}
}