module ElementFactory class Element attr_accessor :name, :attributes def initialize(name, attributes_or_string=nil) @name = name.to_s @attributes = coerce_attributes(attributes_or_string) if attributes[:text].is_a?(String) add_child Elements::TextElement.new(attributes[:text]) end end def to_html tag_start + tag_middle + tag_end end alias to_s to_html def html_attributes HtmlAttributes.new(self.attributes.dup) end def add_child(child) children << child end alias << add_child def add_children(children) children.each {|child| add_child(child) } end def children @children ||= [] end def tag_start tag_attributes = attributes.any?? " #{html_attributes}" : "" %|<%s%s>| % [name, tag_attributes] end def tag_end %|| % name end def tag_middle children.map(&:to_html).join end private def coerce_attributes(attributes) case attributes when String {text: attributes} when Hash attributes else {} end end end end