On 08.09.2005 13:14:57 Finn Bock wrote: > [Jeremias] > > > It's time bring this on the table. I've started writing down a proposal > > for an intermediate format for FOP. All the details are on the wiki > > page: > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/AreaTreeIntermediateXml > > > > Thoughts welcome. > > Looks fine, but a few things is unclear to me. > > - What is "SAX-based serialization"?
Generation of XML by generating SAX events. Like in ExampleObj2XML. > - The "wrapper around a PageViewport" is a functional extra that the > pure area tree doesn't need by itself, right? Yes. The transformations could be put on the PageViewport itself but I find a wrapper the cleaner approach. > - What and where do you mean "no direct painting routines"? It means that you won't have any XML elements in the area tree namespace that you can use to paint graphical shapes. I'll update the Wiki to clarify these points. Jeremias Maerki
