Element factory method

[kenyons]

This is a feature request for a more concise way of creating Elements objects directly from an HTML String. Right now, especially in unit tests, we have lots of code that looks like this:

Element e = new Element("div").html("<span>Some stuff</span><span>Second part</span>");

It would be very nice to have something more like this:

Element e = Element.of("<div><span>Some stuff</span><span>Second part</span></div>")

Or alternatively have a parser method like

Element e = JSoup.parseElement("<div></div>");

This is not only more concise, it would allow easier dynamic creation of mock elements for testing from a data file or list of HTML strings.

[jhy]

Hi -- this makes sense and I think is a good idea.

One issue with them being static methods (Element.of or Jsoup.parseElement) is that HTML parse settings cannot be applied or inherited from the current doc.

Maybe we can have it like document.parseElement(html), like document.createElement.

Maybe both that and Element.of(html)

[xiaoxianma]

To be consistent with Jsoup.parse, we may want a function named Element.parse(String html) instead of Element.of

[xiaoxianma]

@jhy would you help review my pr? Appreciate!

[jhy]

@xiaoxianma thanks - please see my comments on #1521. Similar thoughts on this.