Add self-closing tags

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/html_generation.py b/mammoth/html_generation.py
index bf746aa..22db85e 100644
--- a/mammoth/html_generation.py
+++ b/mammoth/html_generation.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class HtmlGenerator(object):
         while self._stack:
             self.end()
     
+    def self_closing(self, name):
+        self._fragments.append("<{0} />".format(name))
+    
     def _write_all(self):
         for element in self._stack:
             if not element.written:
diff --git a/tests/html_generation_tests.py b/tests/html_generation_tests.py
index 94a8739..5978dfe 100644
--- a/tests/html_generation_tests.py
+++ b/tests/html_generation_tests.py
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ def html_escapes_text():
 
 
 @istest
+def self_closing_tag_is_self_closing():
+    generator = HtmlGenerator()
+    generator.self_closing("br")
+    assert_equal("<br />", generator.html_string())
+
+
+@istest
 def all_elements_are_closed_by_end_all():
     generator = HtmlGenerator()
     generator.start("p")