rendersnake

Notice: This project has been archived as of [2025-05-06].

This repository is no longer actively developed or maintained.

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• No new features, updates, or bug fixes will be implemented.
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• Support for this project has ended.

The code remains available for historical and educational purposes. Feel free to browse, fork, and adapt it for your own needs, but understand that it comes with no guarantees or ongoing support.

about

RenderSnake is a Java library for creating components and pages that produce HTML using only Java. Its purpose is to support the creation of Web applications that are better maintainable, allows for easier reuse, have testable UI components and produces compact HTML in an efficient way.

Hello example

HtmlCanvas html = new HtmlCanvas();
html
  .html()
    .body()
       .h1().content("Hello Coder")
    ._body()
  ._html();
System.out.println(html.toHtml());

Example of a complex Form element to pick one of four options

html.div(dataRole("fieldcontain"))
    .fieldset(dataRole("controlgroup").dataType("horizontal"))
        .legend().content("Method")
        .input(type("radio").name("method").id("radio-get").value("method-get").checked("checked").onChange("clickedMethod(this.value);"))
        .label(for_("radio-get")).content("GET")
        
        .input(type("radio").name("method").id("radio-post").value("method-post").onChange("clickedMethod(this.value);"))
        .label(for_("radio-post")).content("POST")
        
        .input(type("radio").name("method").id("radio-put").value("method-put").onChange("clickedMethod(this.value);"))
        .label(for_("radio-put")).content("PUT")
        
        .input(type("radio").name("method").id("radio-delete").value("method-delete").onChange("clickedMethod(this.value);"))
        .label(for_("radio-delete")).content("DELETE")
    ._fieldset()
    ._div();

Example of a HTML5 page wrapper and JQuery Mobile

public class MobileSiteLayoutWrapper extends RenderableWrapper {

    public MobileSiteLayoutWrapper(Renderable component) {
        super(component);
    }

    @Override
    public void renderOn(HtmlCanvas html) throws IOException {
        html
        .render(DocType.HTML5)
        .html()
            .head()
                .title().content("renderSnake - Mobile")
                .render(JQueryLibrary.mobileTheme("1.0"))
                .render(JQueryLibrary.core("1.6.4"))
                .render(JQueryLibrary.mobile("1.0"))
            ._head()
        .body()
            .div(dataRole("page"))
                .div(dataRole("header").dataTheme("b"))
                    .render(new PageHeader())
                    ._div()
                .div(dataRole("content").dataTheme("b"))
                    .render(this.component)
                    ._div()
                .div(dataRole("footer").dataTheme("b"))
                    .render(new PageFooter())
                    ._div()
            ._div()
        ._body()
        ._html();
    }
}

Example of a login component

public class LoginPageContent implements Renderable {

    @Override
    public void renderOn(HtmlCanvas html) throws IOException {// @formatter:off

        html.form(action("/login").method("post").id("login-form"))
            .fieldset()
                .div(dataRole("fieldcontain"))
                    .label(for_("name")).content("Username")                    
                    .input(type("text").name("name").id("name"))                    
                ._div()
                .div(dataRole("fieldcontain"))
                    .label(for_("password")).content("Password")
                    .input(type("password").name("password").id("password"))                    
                ._div()
                .input(type("submit").value("Login"))
            ._fieldset()
            ._form();                                               
    }        
}

Maven Installation (available in Maven Central)

<properties>
	<rendersnake.version>1.9.0</rendersnake.version>
</properties>

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.rendersnake</groupId>
	<artifactId>rendersnake</artifactId>
	<version>${rendersnake.version}</version>
</dependency>
```