i actually started writing a perl port of cocoon, but i only
got a couple classes done before it became obvious that we
weren't actually going to use it at work.
however, cocoon itself is pretty simple. and the project
leaders are definitely interested in having a perl port. one
of my biggest problems with it is that we dont have a full
perl implementation of xslt. also, because we dont have a
standard perl web server interface like the servlet api, we
have to couple the cocoon port very closely with the apache
api.
would probably be a fun project for someone with a little
more time on their hands :) i can certainly pass on what
little ive done.
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Gerald Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> >
> > I embarking on writing a mod_perl handler that accepts XML posted from
> > client apps/browsers and then does "stuff" with the received XML snippets.
> > I would like to take advantage of some of the projects discussed at
> > xml.apache.org (The Apache XML Project), but I'm not sure how they fit
> into
> > the mod_perl framework. Any XML gurus on this list have any experiences,
> > pointers, or suggestions with integrating xml.apache.org projects with a
> > mod_perl enabled apache server? I'd like to avoid using the java parsers
> > and jserv if possible, but it seems that some of the nicer features of
> > Cocoon, etc. are only available in java (hence the "Cocoon is a 100% pure
> > Java publishing" tag line :).
> >
>
> The next major release of Embperl will step in that direction, providing
> functionlity for doing things like Concon. Also I will not implement an XSL
> processor, I hope the Apache XML project provides it's C++ implementation
> and they (or we) add a perl interface, so this will be usable in that
> context.
>
> I expect (but can not promise) the first beta for this during march.
>
> Gerald
>
>
