(Java) 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.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.2.0 or greater.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

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

    success = false;

    CkJsonObject options = new CkJsonObject();

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

    CkStringBuilder sbHead = new CkStringBuilder();
    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>");

    CkStringBuilder sbMarkdown = new CkStringBuilder();
    CkStringBuilder sbHtml = new CkStringBuilder();

    success = sbMarkdown.LoadFile("qa_data/markdown/test1.md","utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(sbMarkdown.lastErrorText());
        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:

    // 
  }
}