Thanks. We will give a go. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Location of external graphics
The Java example from the Wiki page is updated now. On 07.08.2008 20:16:28 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Bundling the stylesheets in the WAR file is one solution that many > users seem to be using. Another could be using a XML Catalog (using > XML Commons Resolver from the Apache XML project). More information on > the resolver here: > http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/resolver/index.html > http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/HowTo/XmlCommonsResolver > > With an XML Catalog you could do things like rewriting URIs like: > myresources:xslt/mystylesheet.xslt > to: > file:/home/user/resources/xslt/mystylesheet.xslt > > The XML Commons Resolver implements both the EntityResolver and > URIResolver interfaces. In FOP, you can configure your own URIResolver. > However, the Java example on the Wiki page above (as I had to notice > now) is hopelessly outdated. I'll see to it that it is updated. > > Yet another way is to just set the base URI on the FopFactory to > something you define. But then you're still using relative filenames. > Not that this is bad in any way. But it can be hard to debug. > > HTH > > On 07.08.2008 19:16:18 Pete Allison wrote: > > This may not be the appropriate forum (may be more of a Java > > question), so I asked for your forbearance. > > > > We are struggling with where to keep our image files. Right now we > > loading them with absolute file paths. This works for one application that "builds" > > the path based on environment information. This allows us to > > maintain portability. > > > > We have another application that does not know anything about its > > environment. When the application is moved from a development server > > to a production, we must update the stylesheet to reflect the server > > change. We would like to avoid this. > > > > It appears that file references, if not absolute, are relative to > > the (and here's the part we are a little fuzzy on) the classpath for our FOP servlet? > > > > > > If this is the case, I guess we can put them in the WAR file and > > then redistribute it as needed. I was hoping for a cleaner solution. > > > > Thanks, > > Pete Allison > > > > > 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]
