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Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Custom Theme with Code Syntax Highlighting

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Demonstrates how to convert a complete Markdown document to HTML using your own custom theme with Cloudfare Prism's code syntax highlighting.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean success = false;

        success = false;

        JsonObject options = new JsonObject();

        // Instead of specifying a "theme", provide values for the HTML document parts.

        StringBuilder sbHead = new StringBuilder();
        boolean bCrlf = true;
        sbHead.appendLine("<head>", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("<style>", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("body {", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("  font-family: \"Segoe UI\", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("}", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("</style>", bCrlf);
        sbHead.appendLine("</head>", bCrlf);

        // Each HTML section can be set individually.
        options.updateString("docType", "<!DOCTYPE html>");
        options.updateString("rootElement", "<html lang=\"en\">");
        options.updateString("head", sbHead.getAsString());
        options.updateString("bodyStart", "<body>\n<div id=\"content\"");
        options.updateString("bodyEnd", "</div>\n</body>");

        // We can add extra content to the bottom of the HTML head and body sections like this:
        // Here we are using the Cloudfare Prism "coy" theme for code syntax higlighting.
        options.updateString("extraHead", "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/themes/prism-coy.min.css\" />");
        options.updateString("extraBody", "<script src=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/prism.min.js\"></script><script src =\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/plugins/autoloader/prism-autoloader.min.js\"></script>");

        StringBuilder sbMarkdown = new StringBuilder();
        StringBuilder sbHtml = new StringBuilder();

        try {
            sbMarkdown.loadFile("qa_data/markdown/test1.md", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        sbMarkdown.markdownToHtml(options, sbHtml);
        sbHtml.toCRLF();

        System.out.println(sbHtml.getAsString());

        // The sample markdown input for this example is identical to the one at Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Raw, where you can view it.

        // Sample HTML output as viewed in a browser:

        // image
    }
}