> From: Butler, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Hi Carsten > > > I see currently two (minor) problems with Deli: > > - the legacyDevice.xml contains profile references which are URIs. > > As these URIs are served by Cocoon, they currently contain > > the server name > > and the server port (assuming localhost and 8080 is correct). > > This is a bad dependency. It would be creat to have this > > configuration > > independent of the servlet context. > > Some possible solutions - comments please? > > 1. Make profiles available as web resources: > > I can copy the legacy profiles to > http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/marbut/legacyProfiles > > Then we can update legacyDevices.xml to point to these profiles, keeping the > old file (legacyDeviceFallback.xml ?) for folks behind firewalls / not > connected to the internet? > > Possible issues here: I can't guarantee these profiles will be permanent web > resources e.g. if HP web pages changes etc. Perhaps my web page is not the > most appropriate place to site them but placing them somewhere else will be > more difficult. > > 2. Alter the format of the legacydevice file: > > Is the real problem that the legacydevice file has to use repeated instances > of the host name / port number? For example would a format that abstracted > this information as a "profile repository" be better? E.G. > > <devices> > <repository> > <name>local</name> > <host>http://localhost</host> > <port>8080</port> > <path>cocoon/legacyProfiles</path> > <legacyDevice> > <useragentstring>MSIE</useragentstring> > <profileref>mieSample.rdf</profileref> > </legacyDevice> > <legacyDevice> > <useragentstring>mozilla</useragentstring> > <profileref>mozSample.rdf</profileref> > </legacyDevice> > </repository> > </devices> > > Here, although localhost and port number are hard-coded, there is only one > instance to alter?
Can you use Cocoon sources or URLFactory to access this resource to avoid having host/port completely? It would be possible to use resource:// or context:// or file: protocols instead of (only) http then. Vadim <snip/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
