That's what I do :) I didn't want to aggregate potentially very complex XML and then transform. Instead I use the cinclude processor to construct XHTML from XHTML snippets. I use velocity templates to decide which snippets to cinclude and what parameters to pass them.
The snippets are other routes through the cocoon pipeline. What's a specific route called ? A pipelet? As in "One pipelet generates an XHTML menu". These different pipelets use their own generators and transforms so some may be XSP, some may be JSP, Velocity, file/XSLT etc I intend to use Velocity for 'dynamic' components (menus, forms etc) and FileGenerator/XSLT for the content. Ask if you need more info about how I'm using it. See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=100859590130994&w=2 David > -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Henrici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 09 January 2002 20:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Understanding cocoon ...... > > > I have been studying, testing and playing around with cocoon in the > last few days as a newcomer : i am greatly impressed with > what ease with > cocoon "pipelines" arbrary data sources can be "chained" to a result > target: a very powerful paradigm (pipe) applied in a powerful context > (http) by using great technology (xml, xlst). In context of the > development of a web based application with requirements for a fairly > generic mechanism for the dynamic personlization of webpages > in terms of > content and style the following questions below arised. > Maybe they stem > from the fact, that i still missed a couple of aspect and > points, maybe > the requirement or idea is just not thought through enough, anyway: > > a. Is it possible to "compose" pipelines and having the composed > pipeline beeing processing bottom-up and the whole beeing > rendered for > example as html: A compostion of tables within table, frames within > frame etc., where the content of the "elementary" pipelines are > dyanmic, taking for examples data from the databases. I am aware that > the aggregation <map:aggregate> mechansim provides a somewhat > similiar > construction, only the composition could also be composed of > aggregations. > b. Is it possible the change the sitemap or more specifically the > piplines configuration ( <map:pipelines>) dynamically. > > If this can be achieved with cocoon 2 i would be very grateful for a > rough outline on how. If some additional development would be > needed it > would be great to have some starting hints at where to start > looking at. > Any other ideas or suggestions with regard to the requirement > are also > greatly appreciated. > > Christoph Henrici > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
