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+var _ = require('lodash');
+var Markdown = require('marked');
+var renderer = new Markdown.Renderer();
+
+//Processes the markdown within an HTML block if it's just a class-wrapper
+renderer.html = function (html) {
+	if(_.startsWith(_.trim(html), '<div') && _.endsWith(_.trim(html), '</div>')){
+		var openTag = html.substring(0, html.indexOf('>')+1);
+		html = html.substring(html.indexOf('>')+1);
+		html = html.substring(0, html.lastIndexOf('</div>'));
+		return `${openTag} ${Markdown(html)} </div>`;
+	}
+	return html;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+	render : (rawText)=>{
+		return Markdown(rawText, {renderer : renderer})
+	},
+	validate : (rawText)=>{
+		var currentLine = 0;
+		var errors = [];
+		var tokens = Markdown.lexer(rawText);
+
+		_.each(tokens, (token)=>{
+			if(token.type === 'paragraph' || token.type === 'html'){
+
+				var hasOpen = token.text.indexOf('<div') !== -1;
+				var hasClose = token.text.indexOf('</div>') !== -1;
+
+				if(hasClose && token.text.length > 6){
+					errors.push({
+						err : ' Closing tags must be on their own line',
+						token : token,
+						line : currentLine
+					});
+				}
+				else if(hasOpen && !hasClose){
+					errors.push({
+						err : ' No closing tag',
+						token : token,
+						line : currentLine
+					});
+				}
+				else if(hasClose && !hasOpen){
+					errors.push({
+						err : ' No opening tag',
+						token : token,
+						line : currentLine
+					});
+				}
+
+
+				/*
+
+
+				if(_.startsWith(token.text, '<div')){
+					errors.push({
+						err : ' No closing tag',
+						token : token,
+						line : currentLine
+					});
+				}else if(_.startsWith(token.text, '</div>')){
+					//Do a check to make sure it's on it's own line
+
+					errors.push({
+						err : ' No opening tag',
+						token : token,
+						line : currentLine
+					})
+				}
+				*/
+			}
+			//console.log(token);
+		});
+
+		return errors;
+	},
+	marked : Markdown
+};
+
+
+/* Test Cases
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+*/
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