[Htmlparser-developer] Result of first round of refactoring

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Hi Folks,
    I'm done removing all duplication of toHTML(). Now, most tags either =
inherit from HTMLCompositeTag or use the standard toHTML() in HTMLTag. =
This was only the first step. But here are some interesting results :

[1] Code size of the package org.htmlparser.tags reduced from 1218 to =
1082 lines (not counting tags and empty lines). A new class has been =
added - org.htmlparser.tests.codeMetrics.LineCounter. It can recurse =
through java files in a given directory and get the total count.

[2] Due to the refactoring, I uncovered a bug in HTMLStringNode, in the =
handling of single quotes.

[3] There were a lot of complaints earlier (if I remember right, mostly =
from Dhaval) about toHTML() putting in its own line breaks. That =
shouldn't happen anymore. Any toHTML() bugs will be much easier to fix =
as the code is in one place, and is uniform.

[4] We have the added benefit of getting textarea contents in =
toPlainTextString() automatically, as it now inherits from a composite =
tag.

    We should be able to have a release tomorrow. I am currently waiting =
for Derrick to fix the two tests that are failing. Derrick --> if you =
dont find the time this week, I can comment out the two failing methods =
in this week's version.

Regards,
Somik