On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Aston Jeremy wrote:
> Thanks for your help people. Things are working and I am well on my way to
> getting more complex patterns and map settings for xml/logicsheet/xsl
> transformations going.
>
> I've had to make some notes for fellow developers so I will probably tart
> them up and put them somewhere for everyone. It could even turn into a c2
> newbie guide...
It would be very welcome to supplement the docs we already have.
Giacomo
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giacomo Pati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 September 2001 14:39
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Aston Jeremy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Wanted - C2 Idiots Guide to deploying XML/XSL/XSP files
>
>
> Quoting Aston Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just moved from c1.8 to c2b2 and am lost on how to deploy even
> > the
> > simplest of code under c2. I did have c2 running as a war under Tomcat
> > 3.2.3 but now have got it running as an "raw" web app with Apache
> > 1.3.19/mod_jk acting as the HTTP server and java interface (i.e. I've
> > got
> > the aliases and jkmount /cocoon/* ajp12 in my httpd.conf). This is so I
> > can
> > easily develop and add in my basic noddy code without having to
> > repackage
> > the war each time. All the samples work fine but even a basic xml page
> > coded and copied under the cocoon webapp folder results in a "page not
> > found" error. My research leaves me to believe that I need to add
> > something
> > to the sitemap file so that the file can be picked up but does this mean
> > that *every* page needs to be in sitemap, even if it is in some kind of
> > wild
> > card arrangement? It appears that cocoon must be restarted to reloaded
> > the
> > changed sitemap - surely this is a ridiculous overhead in development
> > time
> > and prevents rapid "code the page and test it" that I am used to - even
> > on
> > C1.8. I basically understand what the sitemap is doing for the samples
> > -
> > it's just seems too long winded when all I want to do is create a folder
> > and
> > do a simple XML/XSL transformation.
> >
> > Am I missing something? What I need is an idiots guide to deploying a
> > basic
> > XML file right through to a basic XSP/Logicsheet/XML scenario. An
> > idiots
> > guide to working with the sitemap file would help as well - the alpha
> > documentation does not contain sufficent examples at the moment.
>
> The main difference between C1 and C2 is that the definition of the
> processing steps is teared out of the individual xml pages into the sitemap.
>
> The thing is you have to group your pages you'd like to process by a single
> XSLT
> stylesheet. To achieve what you call "code the page and test it" use this
> simple
> sitemap snippet:
>
> <map:match pattern="mygroup/*.html">
> <map:generate type="file" src="mydir/{1}.xml"/>
> <map:transform type="xslt" src="stylesheet/mygroup2html.xsl"/>
> <map:serialize type="html"/>
> </map:match>
>
> With this snipped a file "anyfile.xml" put into the mydir directory will be
> accessable by the url "mygroup/anyfile.html" and will by transformed by the
> stylesheet in stylesheet/mygroup2html.xsl.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Giacomo
>
> >
> > As an example - how do I deploy the basic XML/XSL file deployed in the
> > XSP
> > Guide chapter that is in the c2 doc set:
> > Assume:
> > The file path: c:\java\tomcat\webapps\cocoon\mystuff (on Win 2000 pro
> > btw)
> > The url I request: http://localhost/cocoon/mystuff/greeting.xml
> > <http://localhost/cocoon/mystuff/greeting.xml>
> >
> > With my C1.8 knowledge I would have expected that I just create the
> > folder
> > and plop the files (greeting.xml and greeting.xsl) in there but it seems
> > that the sitemap holds the key to these being served...
> >
> > Perhaps with a few pointers I can write the idiots guide but I need a
> > little
> > help myself first!
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > Jez
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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