/**
* Create a table from TableConfig configuration.
*
* <p>We create the table using innerHTML instead of creating each DOM node in order to improve
* the speed. In most of the browsers setting the innerHTML is faster than creating the DOM nodes
* and appending them.
*
* @param doc currently edited document.
* @param config table configuration (row number, etc).
* @return the newly created table.
*/
public Element createTable(Document doc, TableConfig config) {
StringBuffer table = new StringBuffer("<table>");
StringBuffer row = new StringBuffer("<tr>");
for (int i = 0; i < config.getColNumber(); i++) {
row.append("<td>");
// The default cell content depends on the browser. In Firefox the best option is to use a BR.
// Firefox
// itself uses BRs in order to allow the user to place the caret inside empty block elements.
// In Internet
// Explorer the best option is to set the inner HTML of each cell to the empty string, after
// creation. For
// now lets keep the non-breaking space. At some point we should have browser specific
// implementations for
// FF and IE. Each will overwrite this method and add specific initialization.
row.append(TableUtils.CELL_DEFAULTHTML);
row.append("</td>");
}
row.append("</tr>");
if (config.hasHeader()) {
table.append("<thead>");
if (config.getRowNumber() > 0) {
table.append(row.toString().replace("td", "th"));
}
table.append("</thead>");
}
table.append("<tbody>");
for (int i = config.hasHeader() ? 1 : 0; i < config.getRowNumber(); i++) {
table.append(row.toString());
}
table.append("</tbody></table>");
Element container = doc.createDivElement().cast();
container.setInnerHTML(table.toString());
Element tableElement = (Element) container.getFirstChild();
container.removeChild(tableElement);
return tableElement;
}
