There was a thread on XML-DEV. Here's a summary:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/03/07/xpathapi.html
Thanks,
dims
--- Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to create a TemplateTransformer that is immenently easier
> for designers to use than for them to learn XSLT. This is so that we
> can leverage our current investment in standard web site design products.
> There are a couple of issues. It is easy to embed includes, but it is
> much more difficult to reference the incomming SAX stream as it is
> comming in.
>
> The way it would work is you place your XHTML in a file, and you have
> a namespace to tell when the XHTML wants elements from the input SAX
> stream. It would be something as simple as this:
>
> <template:body/>
>
> The TemplateTransformer would specify its information like this:
>
> <map:transform type="template" src="site.xhtml">
> <map:parameter name="title" value="xpath:/document/head/title"/>
> <map:parameter name="menu" value="cocoon://menu.xml"/>
> </map:transform>
>
> For an example of what happens, let me declare a simple XHTML template:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title><template:title/></title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1><template:title/></h1>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <td><template:menu/></td>
> <td><template:body/></td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> <body>
> </html>
>
>
> As you can see, <template:body/> has a specific predefined meaning
> (the SAX stream). The other <template:foo/> elements have a meaning
> defined in parameters. The major thing is resolving an xpath on the
> incomming SAX stream. I really only want to support simple XPATH
> expressions that refer to elements or attributes--but I want to do
> it in a performant manner.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking about caching the
> SAX stream until I found the value(s) I needed and then begin serializing
> SAX events. However, I don't really like this approach unless I can
> serialize once I know I have the XPATH expressions I need.
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Davanum Srinivas, JNI-FAQ Manager
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