MVC Framework - Server-side DOM manipulation

Question

I'm building an MVC framework, and I'm looking for native solutions / frameworks / tag libraries to draw from or to replace my framework entirely.

I'm interested in the following features specifically:

• server-side DOM manipulation
• server-side events (page reload, form submit, node insertion, etc.)
• traversing the DOM tree using css selectors
• validation of html nodes nesting
• validation of html nodes allowed attributes
• support for tag libraries / user controls

Pretty much what you get with JavaScript, but on the server-side and with some little extras.

Any solution will do (even if partial), any language will do, any pointers are appreaciated (even from client-side languages, as long as it's possible to check the source code). Dealing with malformed html is not a prerequisite. Outputting valid markup is a big plus.

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Please offer practical solutions by pointing the language/framework that is being discussed and, if possible, what features it provides.

Answer 1

have you checked out aptana jaxer?