Pier Fumagalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> On 16 Jul 2004, at 17:53, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> >>
> >> I would say yes! Forbidding control structures in virtual
> components
> >> would greatly reduce their usefulness.
> >
> > i agree with you, but do you think it makes sense to use
> everything? I
> > would say that just selection and action would be useful,
> but matching
> > and redirection would be harmful.
> >
> > thoughts?
>
> I don't understand what would be the difference between a
> full pipeline
> and a virtual component is if matchers and redirectors are used...
Umm, other than the fact that they are not full pipelines (they are at
most two thirds of a pipeline...) ?
> Can someone provide some examples? (some sample XML sitemaps, i mean)
Not sure if this is in the plan, but I for one would find the ability to
do the following useful...
<map:vpc name="output" type="serialize">
<map:match pattern="*.pdf">
<map:transform src="xml2fo"/>
<map:serialize type="pdf"/>
</map:match>
<map:match pattern="*.html">
<map:transform src="xml2html"/>
<map:serialize/>
</map:match>
<map:match pattern="*.xml">
<map:serialize type="xml"/>
</map:match>
</map:vpc>
Strictly speaking you don't need the "type" attribute on the vpc
element, but it would certainly make it clear what contract you expect
the vpc fragment to conform to...
