There are a few XML doclets around, including ones from Sun and Apache Cocoon. Take a look here:
http://www.doclet.com/ -- Martin Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Martin Gee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:37 PM Subject: Re: Generating doc/*.xml files from javadocs > Craig, > > Thanks for the clarification. I figured out the part you mentioned below, and > was able to successfully use what is in struts source to generate documentation > for our own tag libraries similarly. > > However, I think the javadoc information in my tag libraries and the xml source > might end up being the same. I'm now trying to figure out if it is possible > generate the xml source from the javadocs. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > --- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Matt Raible wrote: > > > > > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:07:42 -0600 > > > From: Matt Raible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: Martin Gee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Generating doc/*.xml files from javadocs > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am writing to find out if the docs/*.xml files in the source > > > distribution of struts are "generated" or are they static. Ideally, I > > > would like to use this same process to create tld's and html files for > > > our tag libraries. However, I would like to generate the xml files > > > (documentation) from the javadocs within my Tag Library *.java files. > > > > > > > The XML files are themselves the source files. However, they are used to > > generate two different kinds of things: > > > > * The "struts-*.xml" files are used to generate BOTH the TLD files > > that you include in your application AND the "Tag Library Reference" > > pages in the struts-documentation webapp (HTML format). > > > > * The remaining XML files are used to generate the rest of the > > struts-documentation stuff only (HTML format). > > > > In the former case, this magic comes courtesy of using two different XSLT > > stylesheets that take the same input, but generate different output. > > > > You can look at the Ant build script (build.xml) for how this is done in > > Struts. The Jakarta Taglibs project <http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs> > > has a similar-but-different approach that accomplishes the same thing, but > > again starts from XML files as the source, not the destination. > > > > > Any ideas on this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com
