Inline HTML
Inline HTML
The simplest method of rendering a view is by using inline HTML.
Unlike frameworks in most other languages, Scalatra can use Scala’s built-in XML literals to output XML directly as a return value from an action:
def get("/") {
contentType="text/html"
<html>
<head><title>Test</title></head>
<body>Test Body for {uri("/")}</body>
</html>
}
Note the use of the curly braces on the {uri("/")}
part of the inlined view.
This tells Scalatra to render Scala code.
This would be a very poor way to structure complex views for a large application, but it might be useful if your templating needs are quite simple (or you’re just cranking out a quick prototype).
Normally you’ll want more structure than inline HTML can provide, so that you can separate your views from your controller actions and routing.