peternewnham · peternewnham · Jan 29, 2016 · Jan 29, 2016 · Jan 29, 2016
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # React HTML Parser
 
-A utility library for converting HTML strings into [React](https://facebook.github.io/react/) components. Avoids the use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML and converts standard HTML elements, attributes and inline styles into their React equivalents.
+A utility for converting HTML strings into [React](https://facebook.github.io/react/) components. Avoids the use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML and converts standard HTML elements, attributes and inline styles into their React equivalents.
 
 [Try the Live Demo](https://wrakky.github.io/react-html-parser)
 

diff --git a/src/elementTypes/TagElementType.js b/src/elementTypes/TagElementType.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ProcessNodes from '../utils/ProcessNodes';
 import GeneratePropsFromAttributes from '../utils/GeneratePropsFromAttributes';
 import TransformTagName from '../utils/TransformTagName';
+import isVoidElement from '../utils/isVoidElement';
 
 /**
  * Converts any element (excluding style - see StyleElementType - and script) to a react element.
@@ -12,15 +13,18 @@ import TransformTagName from '../utils/TransformTagName';
  */
 export default function TagElementType(node, key) {
 
-  // If the node has children process them
-  const children = ProcessNodes(node.children);
-
   // generate props
   const props = GeneratePropsFromAttributes(node.attribs, key);
 
   // transform the tag name if needed
   const tagName = TransformTagName(node.name);
 
+  // If the node is not a void element and has children then process them
+  let children = null;
+  if (!isVoidElement(tagName)) {
+    children = ProcessNodes(node.children);
+  }
+
   // create and return the element
   return React.createElement(tagName, props, children);
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/isVoidElement.js b/src/utils/isVoidElement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const voidElements = [
+  'area',
+  'base',
+  'br',
+  'col',
+  'command',
+  'embed',
+  'hr',
+  'img',
+  'input',
+  'keygen',
+  'link',
+  'meta',
+  'param',
+  'source',
+  'track',
+  'wbr'
+];
+
+export default function isVoidElement(element) {
+
+  return voidElements.indexOf(element) >= 0;
+
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/integration.spec.js b/test/integration/integration.spec.js
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@ describe('Integration tests: ', () => {
     test('<body>test</body>', '<div>test</div>');
   });
 
+  it('should not allow nesting of void elements', () => {
+    test('<img><p>test</p></img>', '<img/><p>test</p>');
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/elementTypes/TagElementType.spec.js b/test/unit/elementTypes/TagElementType.spec.js
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 const GeneratePropsFromAttributes = jasmine.createSpy('GeneratePropsFromAttributes').and.callFake(attrs => attrs);
 const ProcessNodes = jasmine.createSpy('ProcessNodes').and.returnValue('children');
+const isVoidElement = jasmine.createSpy('isVoidElement').and.returnValue(false);
 
 const TagElementType = require('inject!elementTypes/TagElementType')({
   '../utils/GeneratePropsFromAttributes': GeneratePropsFromAttributes,
-  '../utils/ProcessNodes': ProcessNodes
+  '../utils/ProcessNodes': ProcessNodes,
+  '../utils/isVoidElement': isVoidElement
 }).default;
 
 describe('Testing `elementTypes/TagElementType', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     GeneratePropsFromAttributes.calls.reset();
     ProcessNodes.calls.reset();
+    isVoidElement.calls.reset();
   });
 
   it('should return a React element corresponding to the node name', () => {
@@ -33,4 +36,21 @@ describe('Testing `elementTypes/TagElementType', () => {
 
   });
 
+  it('should not pass though children for void elements', () => {
+
+    const voidNode = {
+      name: 'void',
+      attribs: {
+        id: 'test'
+      },
+      children: 'child'
+    };
+    isVoidElement.and.returnValue(true);
+
+    const voidElement = TagElementType(voidNode, 'key');
+    expect(voidElement.type).toBe('void');
+    expect(voidElement.props.children).toBe(null);
+
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/isVoidElement.spec.js b/test/unit/utils/isVoidElement.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import isVoidElement from 'utils/isVoidElement';
+
+describe('Testing `utils/isVoidElement`', () => {
+
+  it('should return whether the element is a void element', () => {
+    expect(isVoidElement('img')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isVoidElement('br')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isVoidElement('div')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isVoidElement('p')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+});