All, I have been trying to determine the purpose of XSP. I understand that the purpose of Cocoon is to provide a better way to separate content, logic, and presentation via XSL. However, the examples I have seen using XSP reveal that the content, logic, and presentation have not been separated but remain coupled together as they do in JSP.
However, today I had a revelation! XSPs should not contain any presentation at all. They should only be used to transform content, specifically dynamic content. For example, suppose I want to present a list of products to a buyer. In JSP I would write a scriplet or tag that would transform the content for presentation to the buyer. I would then embed the scriplet or tag into a JSP page, which represented the presentation of the page. The problem here is that the scriplet or tag contains presentation logic that can not be separated out. For instance, if I used an HTML table the scriplet or tag might contain row and column tags or could produce the entire table. In Cocoon the step of embedding the logic (scriplet or tag) used to transform the content is not required. The XSP would simply transform the content into more content that would later be transformed into presentation via XSLT. Forgive me for being Captain Obvious here but it this the intent of XSP? Samer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
