[Htmlparser-user] HTML rendering

[Ted B. <r.t...@ro...>]

I have read that the HTML parser that is used within JEditorPane is =
seriously broken.  In reading the archive of this list, the impression =
is created that using HTMLParser with JEditorPane is problematic at =
best, although there seems to be little recent material on this issue.

HTMLParser comes highly recommended.  However, it does me no good if I =
can't figure out how to get started in order to use it to render generic =
web pages.  I have a need for a java component (perhaps an applet, or an =
application that can be launched using webstart) that will display web =
pages (most of my users will need read only access to the documents =
rendered, but there is a second category of user that needs read/write =
access to documents).  I do not need, or want, to have to deal with =
examining the data parsed by the parser.  I really don't want to write a =
class to render the output produced by HTMLParser.  I just want to make =
a web page viewer (or, better, a web browser that supports basic =
scripting using e.g. JScript) that uses HTMLParser to make it more =
robust than the default parsed used in JEditorPane.

On the face of it, none of the example applications show me how to do =
this; although it is possible that I missed something.

To do what I need done, do I need anything else other than HTMLParser?  =
Or can it be that HTMLParser includes functions to render generic web =
pages on, e.g., a JFrame?  In either case, where can I find an example =
program that shows me how to do what I need to do to get started?

Once I have a start, the next phase will involve using a wysiwyg editor =
web page and a servlet that uses HTMLparser to validate web pages =
created using the wysiwyg editor web page, and send the user =
intelligible error messages when the user tries to create something =
HTMLParser doesn't understand.  Or maybe there is already something out =
there that will do what I need to do (preferably open source).  Any =
ideas/recommendations?

Thanks,

Ted

R.E. (Ted) Byers, Ph.D., Ed.D.
R & D Decision Support Software
http://www.randddecisionsupportsolutions.com/