> From: Jason Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > What is the feeling on the list regarding having a special pipeline that is > use to transform the sitemap before it is interpreted? > > My goal is to allow for customizations to the sitemap without having to > create new components. Here's my use case: > > Consider a situation where an image file could exist in one or more of: > - /site/images/ > - /site/user/images/ > - /site/user/subsite/images/ > > I'd like to be able to set up a single pipeline that will check these 3 > locations in turn, looking for the file. Assuming that a new action called > "FileNotExistsAction" exists, the appropriate way would be: > > <map:act type="file-not-exists"> > <map:parameter name="filename" value="{0}"/> > <map:parameter name="prefix" value="/site/images/"/> > <map:act type="file-not-exists"> > <map:parameter name="filename" value="{../0}"/> > <map:parameter name="prefix" value="/site/user/images/"/> > <map:act type="file-not-exists"> > <map:parameter name="filename" value="{../0}"/> > <map:parameter name="prefix" value="/site/user/subsite/images/"/> > <map:read src="missing-image.png"/> > </map:act> > <map:read src="/site/user/subsite/images/{0}"/> > </map:act> > <map:read src="/site/user/images/{0}"/> > </map:act> > <map:read src="/site/images/{0}"/> > > Actually, this won't even work. But you get the idea. Anyways, it would > be nice if I could say: > > <extension:fallback-reader> > <map:parameter name="filename" value="{0}"/> > <map:parameter name="1" value="/site/user/subsite/images/"/> > <map:parameter name="2" value="/site/user/images/"/> > <map:parameter name="999" value="/site/images/"/> > </extension:fallback-reader> > > And then create a stylesheet that would transform my extension into the > nested set of actions, parameters, and readers. > > Comments? I could be completely off the mark here, and instead should get > off my duff and write a new reader, but that strikes me as being a > developer-oriented solution where it isn't necessarily appropriate.
I won't comment on how it should be done... But here is good or bad news for you: sitemap-sheets (like logicsheet for XSP) are possible in 2.0.3; and won't be supported in 2.1 anymore. Vadim > Jason Foster --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
