Sample architecture with HTMLSplicer

This is not a recommendation! Please use HTMLSplicer as you think is appropriate.

I am using the following technologies in conjunction with HTMLSplicer:

1. Embedded Jetty as a servlet engine: This provides a servlet engine within a Java application. The web server can be started from an Eclipse IDE with a 1-2 seconds. I place the HTML templates under src/main/resources/ (Maven project structure). The templates are loaded using getClass().getResourceAsStream() from the application JAR.

2. Validator.nu for HTML parsing: This is a great HTML parser and is fully org.w3c.dom compliant. The parser also takes care of fixing bad HTML syntax. As a precaution, I use http://validator.nu/ to validate the HTML templates themselves.

3. RMI Websocket for post page-load communication: This is an alternative to XMLHttpRequest that allows the Javascript to make remote method calls using web sockets to a Java class on the server, and vice-versa.

4. jquery UI: Javascript/CSS library to build an interactive HTML-based user interface.

5. nginx: This is configured to serve static images, css and Javascript files on a different URL. To avoid restarts/copies on changes, my local setup accesses the Eclipse project folder with supporting Javascript and CSS documents. The base URI passed to getDocument() points to the root nginx URL.