2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLFormatter.java b/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLFormatter.java
index 86ffd54..3599d9e 100644
--- a/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLFormatter.java
+++ b/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLFormatter.java
@@ -371,7 +371,15 @@ public class CLFormatter {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void compile(Iterator<Decree> cltok) {
+	public CLString compile(String inp) {
+		CLTokenizer tokenzer = new CLTokenizer(inp);
+
+		List<Edict> edts = compile(tokenzer);
+
+		return new CLString(edts);
+	}
+
+	public List<Edict> compile(Iterator<Decree> cltok) {
 		List<Edict> result = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		while (cltok.hasNext()) {
@@ -458,5 +466,7 @@ public class CLFormatter {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
 			}
 		}
+
+		return result;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLString.java b/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLString.java
index 74e4960..7b533d0 100644
--- a/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLString.java
+++ b/clformat/src/main/java/bjc/utils/ioutils/format/CLString.java
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ public class CLString {
 
 		FormatContext formCTX = new FormatContext(rw, itms);
 
-		for (Edict edt : edicts) {
-			edt.format(formCTX);
+		try {
+			for (Edict edt : edicts) {
+				edt.format(formCTX);
+			}
+		} catch (EscapeException eex) {
+			// General escape exception, so stop formatting.
 		}
 
 		return rw.toString();