# class Kramdown::Parser::Html

Used for parsing a HTML document.

The parsing code is in the Parser module that can also be used by other parsers.

### Public Instance Methods

parse() click to toggle source

Parse the source string provided on initialization as HTML document.

    # File lib/kramdown/parser/html.rb, line 559
    def parse
      @stack, @tree = [], @root
      @src = Kramdown::Utils::StringScanner.new(adapt_source(source))

      while true
        if result = @src.scan(/\s*#{HTML_INSTRUCTION_RE}/)
          @tree.children << Element.new(:xml_pi, result.strip, nil, :category => :block)
        elsif result = @src.scan(/\s*#{HTML_DOCTYPE_RE}/)
          # ignore the doctype
        elsif result = @src.scan(/\s*#{HTML_COMMENT_RE}/)
          @tree.children << Element.new(:xml_comment, result.strip, nil, :category => :block)
        else
          break
        end
      end

      tag_handler = lambda do |c, closed, handle_body|
        parse_raw_html(c, &tag_handler) if !closed && handle_body
      end
      parse_raw_html(@tree, &tag_handler)

      ElementConverter.convert(@tree)
    end