# createFragment method

DocumentFragment createFragment (String html, { NodeValidator validator, NodeTreeSanitizer treeSanitizer })

Create a DocumentFragment from the HTML fragment and ensure that it follows the sanitization rules specified by the validator or treeSanitizer.

If the default validation behavior is too restrictive then a new NodeValidator should be created, either extending or wrapping a default validator and overriding the validation APIs.

The treeSanitizer is used to walk the generated node tree and sanitize it. A custom treeSanitizer can also be provided to perform special validation rules but since the API is more complex to implement this is discouraged.

The returned tree is guaranteed to only contain nodes and attributes which are allowed by the provided validator.

See also:

- NodeValidator
- NodeTreeSanitizer

## Implementation

    DocumentFragment createFragment(String html,
        {NodeValidator validator, NodeTreeSanitizer treeSanitizer}) {
      if (treeSanitizer == null) {
        if (validator == null) {
          if (_defaultValidator == null) {
            _defaultValidator = new NodeValidatorBuilder.common();
          }
          validator = _defaultValidator;
        }
        if (_defaultSanitizer == null) {
          _defaultSanitizer = new _ValidatingTreeSanitizer(validator);
        } else {
          _defaultSanitizer.validator = validator;
        }
        treeSanitizer = _defaultSanitizer;
      } else if (validator != null) {
        throw new ArgumentError(
            'validator can only be passed if treeSanitizer is null');
      }

      if (_parseDocument == null) {
        _parseDocument = document.implementation.createHtmlDocument('');
        _parseRange = _parseDocument.createRange();

        // Workaround for Safari bug. Was also previously Chrome bug 229142
        // - URIs are not resolved in new doc.
        BaseElement base = _parseDocument.createElement('base');
        base.href = document.baseUri;
        _parseDocument.head.append(base);
      }

      // TODO(terry): Fixes Chromium 50 change no body after createHtmlDocument()
      if (_parseDocument.body == null) {
        _parseDocument.body = _parseDocument.createElement("body");
      }

      var contextElement;
      if (this is BodyElement) {
        contextElement = _parseDocument.body;
      } else {
        contextElement = _parseDocument.createElement(tagName);
        _parseDocument.body.append(contextElement);
      }
      var fragment;
      if (Range.supportsCreateContextualFragment &&
          _canBeUsedToCreateContextualFragment) {
        _parseRange.selectNodeContents(contextElement);
        fragment = _parseRange.createContextualFragment(html);
      } else {
        contextElement._innerHtml = html;

        fragment = _parseDocument.createDocumentFragment();
        while (contextElement.firstChild != null) {
          fragment.append(contextElement.firstChild);
        }
      }
      if (contextElement != _parseDocument.body) {
        contextElement.remove();
      }

      treeSanitizer.sanitizeTree(fragment);
      // Copy the fragment over to the main document (fix for 14184)
      document.adoptNode(fragment);

      return fragment;
    }