Simple example of rendering a tree with Lift, without using templates (not that this is a good thing). Yields: - Root 1 A 1 A1 2 A2 2 B

gistfile1.scala

package org.example.snippet

import scala.xml.NodeSeq

class Tree {
  def render = {
    case class N(label: String, children: Seq[N])
    def renderTree(node: N): NodeSeq = {
      <li>
        {node.label}
        <ol>
          {node.children.flatMap(renderTree)}
        </ol>
      </li>
    }
    val tree =
      N("Root", Seq(
        N("A", Seq(
          N("A1", Nil),
          N("A2", Nil))),
        N("B", Nil)))
    <ul>{renderTree(tree)}</ul>
  }
}