com.google.gwt.safehtml.shared

## Class SafeHtmlBuilder

- java.lang.Object
- - com.google.gwt.safehtml.shared.SafeHtmlBuilder

    public final class SafeHtmlBuilder
    extends java.lang.Object

A builder that facilitates the building up of XSS-safe HTML from text snippets. It is used essentially like a `StringBuilder`; unlike a `StringBuilder`, it automatically HTML-escapes appended input where necessary.

In addition, it supports methods that allow strings with HTML markup to be appended without escaping: One can append other `SafeHtml` objects, and one can append constant strings. The method that appends constant strings (`appendHtmlConstant(String)`) requires a convention of use to be adhered to in order for this class to adhere to the contract required by `SafeHtml`: The argument expression must be fully determined and known to be safe at compile time, and the value of the argument must not contain incomplete HTML tags. See `appendHtmlConstant(String)` for details.

The accumulated XSS-safe HTML can be obtained in the form of a `SafeHtml` via the `toSafeHtml()` method.

This class is not thread-safe.

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`SafeHtmlBuilder()` Constructs an empty SafeHtmlBuilder.

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(boolean b)` Appends the string representation of a boolean.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(byte num)` Appends the string representation of a number.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(char c)` Appends the string representation of a char.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(double num)` Appends the string representation of a number.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(float num)` Appends the string representation of a number.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(int num)` Appends the string representation of a number.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(long num)` Appends the string representation of a number.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `append(SafeHtml html)` Appends the contents of another `SafeHtml` object, without applying HTML-escaping to it.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `appendEscaped(java.lang.String text)` Appends a string after HTML-escaping it.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `appendEscapedLines(java.lang.String text)` Appends a string consisting of several newline-separated lines after HTML-escaping it.
`SafeHtmlBuilder` `appendHtmlConstant(java.lang.String html)` Appends a compile-time-constant string, which will not be escaped.
`SafeHtml` `toSafeHtml()` Returns the safe HTML accumulated in the builder as a `SafeHtml`.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

### Constructor Detail

#### SafeHtmlBuilder

    public SafeHtmlBuilder()

Constructs an empty SafeHtmlBuilder.

### Method Detail

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(boolean b)

Appends the string representation of a boolean.

Parameters:
  `b` - the boolean whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(byte num)

Appends the string representation of a number.

Parameters:
  `num` - the number whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(char c)

Appends the string representation of a char.

Parameters:
  `c` - the character whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object
See Also:
  `SafeHtmlUtils.htmlEscape(char)`

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(double num)

Appends the string representation of a number.

Parameters:
  `num` - the number whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(float num)

Appends the string representation of a number.

Parameters:
  `num` - the number whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(int num)

Appends the string representation of a number.

Parameters:
  `num` - the number whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(long num)

Appends the string representation of a number.

Parameters:
  `num` - the number whose string representation to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### append

    public SafeHtmlBuilder append(SafeHtml html)

Appends the contents of another `SafeHtml` object, without applying HTML-escaping to it.

Parameters:
  `html` - the `SafeHtml` to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object

#### appendEscaped

    public SafeHtmlBuilder appendEscaped(java.lang.String text)

Appends a string after HTML-escaping it.

Parameters:
  `text` - the string to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object
See Also:
  `SafeHtmlUtils.htmlEscape(String)`

#### appendEscapedLines

    public SafeHtmlBuilder appendEscapedLines(java.lang.String text)

Appends a string consisting of several newline-separated lines after HTML-escaping it. Newlines in the original string are converted to `<br>` tags.

Parameters:
  `text` - the string to append
Returns:
  a reference to this object
See Also:
  `SafeHtmlUtils.htmlEscape(String)`

#### appendHtmlConstant

    public SafeHtmlBuilder appendHtmlConstant(java.lang.String html)

Appends a compile-time-constant string, which will not be escaped.

Important: For this class to be able to honor its contract as required by `SafeHtml`, all uses of this method must satisfy the following constraints:

1. The argument expression must be fully determined at compile time.
2. The value of the argument must end in "inner HTML" context and not contain incomplete HTML tags. I.e., the following is not a correct use of this method, because the `<a>` tag is incomplete:

        shb.appendHtmlConstant("<a href='").append(url)

The first constraint provides a sufficient condition that the appended string (and any HTML markup contained in it) originates from a trusted source. The second constraint ensures the composability of `SafeHtml` values.

When executing client-side in Development Mode, or server-side with assertions enabled, the argument is HTML-parsed and validated to satisfy the second constraint (the server-side check can also be enabled programmatically, see `SafeHtmlHostedModeUtils.maybeCheckCompleteHtml(String)` for details). For performance reasons, this check is not performed in prod mode on the client, and with assertions disabled on the server.

Parameters:
  `html` - the HTML snippet to be appended
Returns:
  a reference to this object
Throws:
  `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if not running in prod mode and `html` violates the second constraint

#### toSafeHtml

    public SafeHtml toSafeHtml()

Returns the safe HTML accumulated in the builder as a `SafeHtml`.

Returns:
  a SafeHtml instance