Write HTML to string

Question

I have code like this. Is there a way to make it easier to write and maintain? Using C# .NET 3.5.

string header(string title)
{
    StringWriter s = new Stri         


        

Answer 1

You're probably better off using an HtmlTextWriter or an XMLWriter than a plain StringWriter. They will take care of escaping for you, as well as making sure the document is well-formed.

This page shows the basics of using the HtmlTextWriter class, the gist of which being:

StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();

using (HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter))
{
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Class, classValue);
    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div); // Begin #1

    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Href, urlValue);
    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.A); // Begin #2

    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Src, imageValue);
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Width, "60");
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Height, "60");
    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Alt, "");

    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Img); // Begin #3
    writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #3

    writer.Write(word);

    writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #2
    writer.RenderEndTag(); // End #1
}
// Return the result.
return stringWriter.ToString();