Re: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Glen Mazza
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: -Original Message- From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] So we not can assume the xml->xsl->fo processing was had via Xalan--and even if it were so, it also could have been done via its translets (compiled XSLT) feature. Aw, great! You just *had

Re: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread J.Pietschmann
Finn Bock wrote: Somehow, in our current design, the information must be stored in an object that exists: IIRC that's what the layout context was meant for. J.Pietschmann

RE: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Simon Pepping [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If in the re-use the layout would not change, the area tree could be > reused. OTOH, if the layout would change, e.g. because another > renderer would use a font with a different font metric, the layout > information

Re: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread Simon Pepping
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:43:12PM +0100, Finn Bock wrote: > [Simon Pepping] > > I initially had a separate PropertyContext object where the length was > stored. The FO element then had a reference to the PropertyContext and > there was a PropertyContext for every FO. But since there was a > on

RE: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > So we not can assume the xml->xsl->fo > processing was had via Xalan--and even if it were so, it also could have > been done via its translets (compiled XSLT) feature. > Aw, great! You just *had* to come and throw that on

Re: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Glen Mazza
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: Nightmares... Anyone to come and chase them away? Please...? ;) One thing to keep in mind, although I'm unsure of its relevance to this discussion, is we use Xalan only through JAXP--so if I'm not mistaken, the user is welcome to replace that with another JAXP-com

Re: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread Simon Pepping
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 08:22:31PM +0100, Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Finn Bock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [Simon Pepping] > > > > > > However, I am not happy with your > > > solution. During the layout process, you feed the page dimensions back > > >

RE: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Andreas L. Delmelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Or, to describe in XSLT terms, I think closest would be: all > elements in the > vendor's redirection extension's namespace having their target > URI attribute end in '.fo' Something just struck me; might be a lo

RE: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Clay Leeds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Can you give an example of how would his look? Would it be an ant task? > Would it be some type of java class? Thanks! > Well, Maestro, started to think about subclassing, but I'm not sure in what form *exactly* yet, nei

RE: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Clay Leeds
Andreas L. Delmelle said: >> -Original Message- >> From: Chris Bowditch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: >> >> >> >> > The related class in Xalan: org.apache.xalan.lib.Redirect >> > >> > It contains a HashMap, m_outputStreams, which is, >> unfortunately, protected,

Re: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread Simon Pepping
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:43:12PM +0100, Finn Bock wrote: > [Simon Pepping] > > >Finn, > > > >I think it > >would be a better design if, in order to resolve the percent-based > >properties, you would not climb the FO tree but the Area tree. That > >avoids feeding back results from the Area tree i

RE: [PATCH] Support for percentages and table-units

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Finn Bock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Simon Pepping] > > > However, I am not happy with your > > solution. During the layout process, you feed the page dimensions back > > into the FO tree, in PageLayoutManager.createPageAreas. > > Yes, and in BlockLayoutMan

RE: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Andreas L. Delmelle
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Bowditch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > > > > > The related class in Xalan: org.apache.xalan.lib.Redirect > > > > It contains a HashMap, m_outputStreams, which is, > unfortunately, protected, > > so can't be queried from outside

Re: [xsl] creating multiple pdf-files from one xml

2004-02-16 Thread Chris Bowditch
Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: The related class in Xalan: org.apache.xalan.lib.Redirect It contains a HashMap, m_outputStreams, which is, unfortunately, protected, so can't be queried from outside the xalan.lib package... Whats wrong with sub-classing, e.g. FopRedirect extends Redirect. Bummer!