I completed the project last summer and we wrote our own parser which recognized SSI-like tags. Since that time I've realized that there are better ways of implementing that type of solution. >From what I can tell, the options for "expanding" HTML pages with dynamic data are as follows: Web server-dependent SSI tags Web server specific scripting languages (Netscape/LiveWire, Microsoft/Active Server Pages, etc.) Application Servers usually provide their own template schemes (NAS, WebLogic, etc.) JSP (Java Server Pages) seems to be gaining in popularity And finally, (my preference) - XML based templates. You can create a completely portable and customizable template engine that's not dependent on your product choices. Contrary to some, I think that portability is important for web server apps - especially if you want to use them again with different solutions/environments. So, if I did it again (and I didn't have an App Server handy), I would use one of the several, freely available, XML parsers to implement a XML/DOM/SAX-like solution. I would not use JSP (embedding javabeans and related tags into the HTML file) because I believe that a web designer would be the person maintaining those pages, not a developer. With JSP this web page designer would have to know about the database instance name/location, javabean name/parameters and other implementation specifics. IMHO - the presentation layer should be *completely* separate from your logic. I sure hope this doesn't spark another heated debate. If I'm wrong about anything or anyone has a different opinion, please correct me nicely ;>) delicate self esteem - Robert Marcel Ruff wrote: > Hi > > you wrote about servlets and html-templates. > What possibilities are there to make html-templates > and where is there a good parser to build the final html file > from the template? > > thanks, Marcel > > -- > Marcel Ruff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.lake.de/home/lake/swand/
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