From 2267c38e408c9e57a06b3e96455619ff8c5c048f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiyan <kiyanmckop395@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:24:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] created method for future iterations and searching/filtering

---
 .../Services/ImageHtmlBuilder.java            | 25 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/PhotoGallery/Services/ImageHtmlBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/example/PhotoGallery/Services/ImageHtmlBuilder.java
index f189130..9e568a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/PhotoGallery/Services/ImageHtmlBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/PhotoGallery/Services/ImageHtmlBuilder.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class ImageHtmlBuilder {
     private PhotoRepo photoRepo;
 
     public String htmlImageBuilder() {
-        StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder();
+        String html = "";
 
         List<Photo> allPhotos = photoRepo.findAll();
 
@@ -25,14 +25,27 @@ public class ImageHtmlBuilder {
             String thumbnailPath = photo.getThumbnail_path();
             String filename = new File(thumbnailPath).getName();
 
-            html.append("<div class=\"masonry-item\">")
-                    .append("<img data-src=\"/thumbnails/").append(filename).append("\" ")
-                    .append("data-full=\"/images/").append(filename).append("\" ")
-                    .append("class=\"lazy-img\" loading=\"lazy\" />")
-                    .append("</div>");
+            // if (metaData.getDate is before x and after y)
+            html = createHtml(filename);
+            //if searching && is search in tag
+                //html createHtml(filename);
 
         }
 
+        return html;
+    }
+
+    private String createHtml(String fileName) {
+        StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder();
+
+        html.append("<div class=\"masonry-item\">")
+                .append("<img data-src=\"/thumbnails/").append(fileName).append("\" ")
+                .append("data-full=\"/images/").append(fileName).append("\" ")
+                .append("class=\"lazy-img\" loading=\"lazy\" />")
+                .append("</div>");
+
+
         return html.toString();
     }
+
 }