--- /dev/null
+package HTML::Form::Simple;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use XML::Quote;
+
+our $VERSION = '1.00';
+
+
+sub new {
+ bless {}, $_[0];
+}
+
+sub quote {
+ my $self = shift;
+ return XML::Quote::xml_quote_min($_[0]);
+}
+
+sub tag {
+ my ($self, $tag, $attr) = @_;
+
+ # strip empty if it shouldn't be
+ defined $attr->{$_} and $attr->{$_} eq '' and delete $attr->{$_}
+ for qw(id type);
+
+ my $return = '<' . $tag;
+
+ # add booleans
+ delete $attr->{$_} and $return .= ' '.$_
+ for qw(disabled readonly);
+
+ $return .= sprintf ' %s="%s"', $_, $self->quote($attr->{$_})
+ for sort grep { defined $attr->{$_} } keys %$attr;
+
+ return $return . '>';
+}
+
+
+sub start {
+ my ($self, $attr) = @_;
+
+ return $self->tag(form => $attr);
+}
+
+sub stop {
+ return '</form>';
+}
+
+
+sub submit {
+ my ($self, $value, $attr) = @_;
+
+ if (ref $value eq 'HASH') {
+ $attr = $value;
+ }
+ else {
+ $attr ||= {};
+ $attr->{value} = $value;
+ }
+
+ $attr->{type} = 'submit' unless defined $attr->{type};
+
+ return $self->tag(input => $attr);
+}
+
+sub hidden {
+ my ($self, $name, $value) = @_;
+
+ #TODO: $attr
+
+ return $self->tag(input => {type => 'hidden', name => $name, value => $value});
+}
+
+sub input {
+ my ($self, $name, $value, $attr) = @_;
+
+ if (ref $name eq 'HASH') {
+ # only attributes provided (first argument)
+ $attr = $name;
+ }
+ elsif (ref $value eq 'HASH') {
+ # name shorthand (attributes in value parameter)
+ $attr = $value;
+ $attr->{name} = $name;
+ }
+ else {
+ # name and value shorthands (all vars keep their assigned values)
+ $attr ||= {};
+ $attr->{name} = $name;
+ $attr->{value} = $value;
+ }
+
+ $attr->{id} = $attr->{name} unless defined $attr->{id};
+ $attr->{type} = 'text' unless defined $attr->{type} or defined $attr->{rows};
+ $value = delete $attr->{value} if defined $attr->{rows};
+
+ return defined $attr->{rows} ? sprintf(
+ '%s%s</textarea>',
+ $self->tag(textarea => $attr),
+ $self->quote(defined $value ? $value : '')
+ ) : $self->tag(input => $attr);
+}
+
+sub select {
+ my ($self, $name, $rows, $value, $attr) = @_;
+
+ if (ref $value eq 'HASH') {
+ $attr = $value;
+ }
+ else {
+ $attr ||= {};
+ }
+ $attr->{name} = $name;
+
+ return $self->tag(select => $attr) . join('',
+ map { $self->tag(option => (ref $_ ? $_ : {value => $_})) } @$rows
+ ) . '</select>';
+}
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+HTML::Form::Simple
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ my $input = HTML::Form::Simple->new;
+ say $input->start; # <form>
+ printf "<label>%s: %s</label>\n", @$_ for (
+ [ 'Your Name' => $input->text(username => 'Mr. Default') ],
+ [ Colour => $input->select(
+ favcolour => [qw(Blue Green Red)], 'Green'
+ ) ],
+ );
+ say $input->stop; # </form>
+
--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+plan tests => 31;
+
+use_ok('HTML::Form::Simple');
+
+my $form = HTML::Form::Simple->new;
+ok($form, 'new form');
+
+# form
+
+is(
+ $form->start,
+ '<form>',
+ 'empty start'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->start({method => 'get', action => '', ignore => undef}),
+ '<form action="" method="get">',
+ 'start with attributes'
+);
+
+is(
+ eval { $form->start('should be a hashref') },
+ undef,
+ 'invalid attributes'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->stop,
+ '</form>',
+ 'stop'
+);
+
+# hidden
+
+is(
+ $form->hidden,
+ '<input type="hidden">',
+ 'empty hidden'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->hidden(foo => 'bar'),
+ '<input name="foo" type="hidden" value="bar">',
+ 'hidden'
+);
+
+#TODO: hidden options
+
+# submit
+
+is(
+ $form->submit,
+ '<input type="submit">',
+ 'empty submit'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->submit('<OK>'),
+ '<input type="submit" value="<OK>">',
+ 'submit value'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->submit({disabled => 1, id => 'test', type => 'button'}),
+ '<input disabled id="test" type="button">',
+ 'submit attributes'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->submit('<OK>', {type => '', value => 'override', id => ''}),
+ '<input value="<OK>">',
+ 'submit overrides'
+);
+
+# input
+
+is(
+ $form->input,
+ '<input type="text">',
+ 'empty input'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, undef, undef),
+ '<input type="text">',
+ 'explicit empty input'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input('test'),
+ '<input id="test" name="test" type="text">',
+ 'input with name'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, 'test'),
+ '<input type="text" value="test">',
+ 'input with value'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, {value => 'test'}),
+ '<input type="text" value="test">',
+ 'input with attribute value'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input({name => 'test', value => ''}),
+ '<input id="test" name="test" type="text" value="">',
+ 'input with only attributes'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input('', '', {disabled => 0, something => undef}),
+ '<input name="" type="text" value="">',
+ 'input with empty attributes'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, undef, {name => 'override', value => 'override'}),
+ '<input type="text">',
+ 'ignore input overrides'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input('name', {id => ''}),
+ '<input name="name" type="text">',
+ 'input with id override'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input('<">', '<">', {id => '>"<'}),
+ '<input id=">"<" name="<">" type="text" value="<">">',
+ 'input quoting'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, {disabled => 'something'}),
+ '<input disabled type="text">',
+ 'disabled input'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input({type => 'password'}),
+ '<input type="password">',
+ 'password'
+);
+
+# textarea
+
+is(
+ $form->input({rows => 0}),
+ '<textarea rows="0"></textarea>',
+ 'minimal textarea'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(foo => 'bar', {cols => 42, rows => 1, disabled => 1}),
+ '<textarea disabled cols="42" id="foo" name="foo" rows="1">bar</textarea>',
+ 'textarea'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->input(undef, qq{<foo>&bl'a"\n .}, {cols => undef, rows => '<">'}),
+ qq{<textarea rows="<">"><foo>&bl'a"\n .</textarea>},
+ 'textarea quoting'
+);
+
+# select
+
+is(
+ $form->select,
+ '<select></select>', # malformed html: at least 1 option required
+ 'empty select'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->select(undef, [], '', {name => ''}),
+ '<select></select>',
+ 'explicit empty select'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->select(undef, [undef]),
+ '<select><option></select>',
+ 'minimal select'
+);
+
+is(
+ $form->select(foo => [1..2]),
+ '<select name="foo"><option value="1"><option value="2"></select>',
+ 'select contents'
+);
+
+#TODO
+