Peter B. West wrote: > Victor Mote wrote: > > J.Pietschmann wrote > ... > > If you can convince me that it is not possible for layout and > rendering to > > be refactored into distinct tasks or "services", then my interest in FOP > > diminishes to zero, and I'll stop making so much noise. I don't > see why that > > should be true. > > Victor, > > Without presuming the result of this discussion, it wouldn't be the end > of the world if it were true. It just means that certain views of the > process are precluded.
You are right of course in a general way. However, for my purposes, I don't think FOP will ever be a suitable solution without pluggable layout. The existing user base is servlet- and performance-oriented, and my application is much more beautiful-output-oriented, with almost no need for speed. I think FOP can be made to accommodate both, and variety on some other axes as well, through the pluggable layout or LayoutStrategy scheme. I don't have a clear idea whether everyone thinks this is the right way to go, but I *think* I am hearing that it is (at least in theory) feasible to do so. Victor Mote --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
