public class EMailAddressViewRenderer extends AbstractViewRenderer { public void render( Field field, DocumentFragment fragment, RendererContext context, RendererContract contract) throws ClientException, DataAccessException, PlugInException { String emailAddress = context.getDataAccessor() .get(field.getBinding().getSourcePath()); Document doc = fragment.getOwnerDocument(); Element span = doc.createElement("span"); span.setAttribute("class", "email-container"); fragment.appendChild(span); Element anchor = doc.createElement("a"); anchor.setAttribute("href", "mailto:" + emailAddress); span.appendChild(anchor); Element img = doc.createElement("img"); img.setAttribute("src", "../Images/email_icon.png"); anchor.appendChild(img); anchor.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(emailAddress)); } }