Hi, I'm not sure if this is a bug or feature, but if its a feature, it could really use documenting.
If no 'base' (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/) attribute is specified within a document to be processed by the XInclude transformer, the XInclude transformer assumes that the href value within the <xi:include/> element is a relative filename, and prepends the installation directory path ahead of the href value. Unfortunately, I was using a full URL to an XML document (accessed via HTTP), and was getting a runtime exception. The runtime exception was happening because the XInclude transformer was turning 'http://myhost/mydoc' into '/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/cocoon/http://myhost/mydoc'. This resulted in a silent runtime exception, with no diagnostics and a couple of days to figure out. Setting the 'base' attribute in the parent element to 'http://myhost' and then setting the <xi:include href="mydoc"/> fixed the problem, but there is no mention of the base attribute requirement in the documentation. I beleive the XInclude transformer is very powerful (and necessary), and worthy of further documentation. Maybe just updating the examples to show inclusion of a remote (HTTP based) document. In retrospect, the lack of the xmlbase documentation was less of a problem than the fact the Cocoon thew an obtuse runtime exception with a bogus stacktrace. -Mitch -------------------------- Mitch Christensen Principal Architect Redknife, Inc. 3095 Independence Dr. Livermore, CA 94550 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
