Interesting question... basically I agree with you... Cocoon is *just* a framework, so its task is to give you one (or more) way to do things. It oblige you and force to use a strong structure (sitemap, Generators, transformers)...
Everything you do with cocoon can be done by servlets... but remember that even servlets are a "evolution" of old cgi-bins written in perl/C... There are a lots of reasons that can make you prefer XML to HTML, Java to C... Cocoon to self-made-stuff! I think the most important are always the same: speed of development, separation of logic from content, a STANDARD way..... an many more reasons. Anyway, I hope Cocoon become soon a more widely supported standard. I belive that soon there will be a lot of new configuration tools and a better documentation. - Tomás. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heath Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:05 PM Subject: Cocoon or Tomcat with Servlets/Taglibs? I'm trying to decide whether or not to use Cocoon or just Tomcat (via mod_webapp with Apache/SSL) with Servlets, JSP, and Taglibs. What does this list think? I've done stuff with Cocoon, but frankly, it's more complicated to map servlets and tag libs which I would use extensively in my site, not to mention it's easy to build an entire site based on Tomcat with Forte for Java, since it's all built in. I can also create taglibs and have an <xml> tag or something that I would then use Xerces and Xalan to transform the source XML and XSL files, maybe even the FOP library for some kind of print servlet. Isn't that basically what Cocoon is doing with the sitemap, just mapping requests for files (like **.html to **.xml) to a Java class(es) using Xerces and Xalan to transform the source? Heath Stewart Network Administrator / Web Developer College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
