> From: Andreas Vallen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Hello,
>
> thanks Jens, that answer was exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Now if Vadim finds some interest in the problem . . . ;-)
>
> I'll investigate further wether a simple change in URLSource is
possible. I
> too think the other solution with its two request is suboptimal.
AFAIU, it will require changes in several core classes.
> But given that I'm not well aquaintained with the cocoon architecture
I might
> as well go for the quick solution.
This suboptimal action solution is the easiest/fastest I can think of
right now. The best would be of course if you can derive type of the
content from the URI space somehow.
Vadim
> I'll let you know of any results.
>
> BTW: I hope my reposting of our messages was ok?!
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
> > Now I got your point ... Of course this doesn't work for dynamic
> > web pages without extensions.
> >
> > This way it gets a bit more complicated ... You need to get the
> > ContentType header and feed it somehow into the pipeline.
> >
> > Well, it's not the best way, but a possible one:
> >
> > Write an Action which uses the URL to send a HEAD-Request to the
> > HTTP-Server, get the Content-Type header and put it into the
> > (Cocoon) Request. Then use a RequestMatcher.
> >
> > Or return the value within a HashMap from the Action and use
> > substitution with {}.
> >
> > I think modifying URLSource to store the content-type somewhere
> > will only lead into lots of trouble (not having the objectModel,
> > threading issues, etc.)
> >
> > The first way of course will send two Requests (one GET, one HEAD)
> > two the WebServer of the source, which is not desirable as well.
> >
> >
> > Looking at the source code of Source and AbstractStreamSource I can
> > also think of no other way of achieving this without breaking
> > design patterns of Cocoon. Maybe Vadim got a better idea ?
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Andreas
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Jens
>
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