+1 on everything but [B] :
[B] Functions provided by scripts can be called within the sitemap
using:
<map:call function="[yourFunction]">
<map:parameter name="x" value="y"/>[2]
</map:call>
There are no special restrictions where you can put
it within <map:pipeline .../> (e.g. put it within action elements)
As pointed out recently by Jeremy, <map:parameters> inside a <map:call> are currently passed as positional arguments to the JS function, which can be very confusing since the sitemap syntax uses named parameters. Jeremy also proposed these parameters to be passed as a single Map-like object to the function.
So I'm +1 for the syntax but I'd like the parameters to be passed by named.
Also, in order to ensure so that there's no hidden secret, here's what I answered to Reinhard asking me privately about the name changes RT and this vote :
"The discussion following the RT showed that the proposed changes can conceptually make sense but require more thinking and some concrete code to be widely accepted. So we won't vote on this issue now, but this subject is very likely to come back in a more formalized form and with actual code in the future."
And of course if such changes happen, a back-compatible behaviour will be maintained.
Sylvain.
-- Sylvain Wallez Anyware Technologies http://www.apache.org/~sylvain http://www.anyware-tech.com { XML, Java, Cocoon, OpenSource }*{ Training, Consulting, Projects } Orixo, the opensource XML business alliance - http://www.orixo.com
