Hi, Conal Tuohy wrote:
>I have some questions about using the XT extension "document" in Cocoon. > >This feature allows an XSLT to produce multiple output documents; it's often >used (outside of Cocoon) to produce a collection of small web pages from a >large source file. I have access to some XSLT code which does this, which >I'd like to use in Cocoon. > >It seems to me, though, that this implies a kind of "batch-processing" >paradigm, and that Cocoon (being part of an http server), is more suited to >having XSLT files that produce a single output document (returned to the >user's browser). If xt:document is at all useful in Cocoon, it would be e.g. >to take data posted from an HTML form and save it to the disk from within an >XSLT. > >What do others think? > I think it is like using a slegdehammer to kill a fly. If you need a web interface, just write a simple servlet to trigger the transformation. But, if this is a small part of a larger app and you don't want to spend too much time rewriting the XSLT you could probably convert it to xalan by using the the redirect extension instead of xt:document. It is just a transformation against an XML after all. Or if this is for learning or fun (it does not sound like there is a deep architectural need) then by all means rewrite it in cocoon and kill that fly. best, -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
