Thanks for the response. I still have some questions...
I have created a JSP that is simply XML with a pointer to an XSL stylesheet.
The XSL transforms the XML to WML - fine. BUT the data is returned as type
text/html. If I put a <%@page contentType="text/vnd.wap.wml"
session="false"%> in the JSP, then what is returned is just plain XML - the
transform does not happen. Suggestions?
It sounds like I also need to learn a lots about JSP and taglibs - newbie at
the moment and steep learning curve for full J2EE (need HTML and WAP output
from common XML generated dynamically).
So far I avoided Cocoon since it seemed like Orion would be able to do this
for me?
Cheers,
Kev
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arved Sandstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 22 June 2000 18:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Orion-Interest
> Subject: RE: XML + XSLT -> WML or HTML
>
>
> A common model that folks are starting to use is that which Orion also
> supports, which is to have XML content directly _in_ the JSP.
>
> I understand that Orion has a mechanism for automatically using
> XML/XSLT to
> convert this XML, based on the user agent, but I haven't tried it myself.
>
> What I _have_ tried, which is what is normally done in a platform-neutral
> way, is to write a custom body tag. You can pass the content-type to this
> tag as an attribute, along with enough other info to specify the
> stylesheet,
> and the doAfterBody() method can contain the code to do the XSLT.
> Works very
> nicely.
>
> As far as doing the XSLT processing in a servlet, which is
> obtaining the XML
> from the EJB, I'm not sure I see the problem. You don't have to embed the
> stylesheet PI in the XML; with Xalan you have the option to use a PI, or
> specify an external stylesheet as a parameter to process().
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Arved Sandstrom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kev Palfreyman
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:27 PM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: XML + XSLT -> WML or HTML
>
>
> I looking for some advice and if possible specific examples for this
> problem.
>
> Background: I have experience of earlier servlets, lots of Java, some
> XML/XSLT, lots of HTML. New to EJB/JSP/Servlets2.2/Orion
>
> >From what I understand, I think I should be able to have a
> servlet talk to
> some EJB's and dynamically generate XML. What I don't understand
> is how the
> correct XSL is chosen to generate either WML or HTML. The Orion FAQ
> indicates it is possible, but I cannot find any detail.
>
> Does my servlet have to check the agent type and insert the correct style
> sheet ref in the XML? But in this case how do I make the transform happen
> server side?
>
> Where would JSP fit into this?
>
> Any help or pointers to example code would be really useful.
> I've searched
> all over the standards / FAQs but not found anything about this, only JSP
> directly generating WML (which is not what I want).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Kev
>
> --
> Kev Palfreyman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
