Simplify self-closing tags in markdown

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/lib/writers/markdown-writer.js b/lib/writers/markdown-writer.js
index 711f722..f39e018 100644
--- a/lib/writers/markdown-writer.js
+++ b/lib/writers/markdown-writer.js
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ function markdownElement(start, end) {
     this.close = function() {
         return end;
     };
-
-    this.empty = function(attrs) {
-        return this.open(attrs) + this.close();
-    };
 }
 
 function markdownLink() {
@@ -30,34 +26,20 @@ function markdownLink() {
     this.close = function() {
         return "](" + (href || "") + ")";
     };
-
-    this.empty = function(attrs) {
-        // don't display empty content (this is mainly to remove images with no src data)
-        return this.open(attrs) + this.close();
-    };
 }
 
 function markdownImage() {
     this.open = function(attributes) {
         var src = attributes.src || "";
         var altText = attributes.alt || "";
-        return "![" + altText + "](" + src + ")";
+        if (src || altText) {
+            return "![" + altText + "](" + src + ")";
+        }
     };
 
     this.close = function() {
         return "";
     };
-
-    this.empty = function(attrs) {
-        // don't display empty content (this is mainly to remove images with no src data)
-        var content = this.open(attrs) + this.close();
-
-        if (content === "![]()") {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        return content;
-    };
 }
 
 function markdownList() {
@@ -68,10 +50,6 @@ function markdownList() {
     this.close = function(attrs) {
         return attrs.indent > -1 ? "" : "\n";
     };
-
-    this.empty = function(attrs) {
-        return this.open(attrs) + this.close();
-    };
 }
 
 function markdownListItem() {
@@ -88,10 +66,6 @@ function markdownListItem() {
     this.close = function() {
         return "\n";
     };
-
-    this.empty = function(attrs) {
-        return this.open(attrs) + this.close();
-    };
 }
 
 // map HTML tags to Markdown syntax
@@ -164,11 +138,8 @@ function markdownWriter() {
     }
     
     function selfClosing(tagName, attributes) {
-        attributes = attributes || {};
-
-        if (htmlmarkdown[tagName]) {
-            fragments.push(htmlmarkdown[tagName].empty(attributes));
-        }
+        open(tagName, attributes);
+        close(tagName);
     }
     
     function text(value) {