Jeremias (or others), I'm converting over at work to this method you're describing below, using the embed sample you mention below--everything is going well so far.
Question though: For date and number types within the various objects that represent the data, should I use String datatypes instead because of the subsequent SAX event handling, or will dates and floats/ints etc. still work fine with this method? Thanks, Glen --- Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd avoid creating XML by string concatenation. Too > many things that can > go wrong. > > Please have a look at the embedding examples [1] in > the FOP distribution. > There's a particular example [2] that should fit > nicely with your > requirements after a few modifications. Instead of > using a plain Java > object as a data source you can just as easily > create an XMLReader > descendant [3] to create SAX events from a database > result set. Using > SAX events will free you from the necessity to > handle many XML-specifics > (like character escaping) if you use string > concatenation. By piping the > generated SAX events directly through to FOP [2] you > also have a very > fast system, as you don't have to parse the XML > again that you created. > > [1] > http://xml.apache.org/fop/embedding.html#examples > [2] > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-fop/examples/embedding/java/embedding/ExampleObj2XML.java?rev=1.4 > [3] > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/xml-fop/examples/embedding/java/embedding/model/ProjectTeamXMLReader.java?rev=1.3 > > I hope that helps. > > On 15.02.2005 02:36:58 Manisha Sathe wrote: > > Initially i tested creating pdf using static > xml/xsl file using > > following dos prompt cmd - > > > > fop -xml myxml.xml -xsl myxsl.xsl -pdf mydoc.pdf > > > > Now i want to generate xml/pdf on fly. User will > specify search > > criteria - depending on that i will pick up data > from database.I want > > to generate xml from this data and use it to > create pdf file. > > > > What is normal practice to do this? > > > > 1)I am not too sure about how to create XML - > whether use SAX/DOM or > > just type it out as a string data > > 2)e.g If i generate XML o/p as a string - whether > can i make use of > > this XML String to generate pdf ? Or i need to > write this in a file ? > > > > Pls guide me, if anybody can share sample which > shows creation of XML > > and generate pdf from that - would be a greate > help. > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
