--- Chris Bowditch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Glen Mazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <snip/> > > > > >1.) Generate multiple document types accurately. > > > >2.) Generate a high number of very large documents > in > >a very short amount of time, with "high", "very > >large", and "very short" taken to their > mathematical > >limits. > > > >While there can be plenty of discussion of how best > to > >obtain #1 and #2, once it is determined that > solution > >A takes x seconds and solution B takes x + 2 > seconds, > >you tend to go with solution A. So over the long > >term, multiple layout strategies may not be needed. > > > > What you say is true, but I think you missed one > thing from your analysis: > what if solution A took x seconds and B took x+2 > seconds, but B had a > greater level of compliance and produced better > results than solution A? >
No--that wasn't missed, except that I wasn't clear on #1 when I said "accurate"--it also meant "compliant with the spec". In the case given above, if A is not in compliance it would be tossed out to begin with. FOP must first be a reference implementation of the XSL-FO standard (#1). As for "producing better results" (after compliance)--I would like to think the system designed could be such that the renderers are user-pluggable and -extensible--but my current knowledge of FOP is not formed enough to comment intelligently on that. Back to studying... ;) Glen > Then you would want to give the users the choice > between better results or > performance. Which solution you choose would then > depend on the requirements > of the situation. I dont think you could just > discard solution B because it > is slower. You would try to work with A, but if the > document was too complex > to get good results with A, then the user could > switch to using B > > Chris > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone > http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
