Hi all guys, I assume there's no objection on adding that module, going to create the archetype! Best, Simo
http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all guys, > during the last 2 weeks I've been working as bricklayer (and didn't > know it is fun!) and while working I had an idea I want to submit as a > proposal: Pipeline CLI > > Rationale > I often use xslproc to debug XSL stylesheets and see how outputs look > like, so as user I'd like to have a tool that allows me to test C3 > pipelines as well, without requiring the pipeline mus be included in a > full C3-based application. > > Proposal > I intend to add a simple module which target is a C3-based CLI tool > that allows user define pipelines via CLI, without requiring a > configuration file. > > Users would be able to launch it via shell using the following command (PoC): > > c3p <URL> (<component> > (--component-parameter-name>=component-parameter-value)*)+ > (-D<pipeline-parameter-name>=pipeline-parameter-value)* > > where > > * <component> can be an alias (i.e. 'schema' for > org.apache.cocoon.sax.component.SchemaProcessorTransformer) or the > fully qualified class name (additional components must be included in > the classpath); > * components parameters are expressed via > --component-parameter-name>=component-parameter-value syntax, and > parameters name are the same defined in the sitemap; > * global pipeline parameters are defined via > -D<pipeline-parameter-name>=pipeline-parameter-value. > > An example could be > > c3p file://~/Downloads/sample.xml xslt > --source=file://~/Downloads/sample.xsl schema > --source=file://~/Downloads/sample.xsd > > Where if 'finisher' is not defined, it serializes to stdout. > I thought c3p would be a good shell/bash cmd name candidate that > stands for "cocoon3 pipeline". > > It should require cocoon-pipeline, cocoon-sax, cocoon-optionals as > cocoon dependencies and maybe commons-cli to handle cli parameters. > > Any thought? more ideas? > I could start adding the initial maven module during the weekend, if agreed. > Many thanks in advance and have a nice weekend, all the best!!! > Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://www.99soft.org/ >
