Thanks Derek, The path you describe is the one I have taken so far, and as it turns out, the tutorial you suggested is exactly the one I was reading before seeing your mail! :) If nobody suggest a better way, I think I'll stick to this solution for now.
Makes me feel better to know that there are other people that would choose the same solution I have - "desert island" or not. Thanks again Derek! Best Regards Bent. On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:16:50 +0200, Derek Hohls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bent > > You're free to ignore this reply if you get a better one from a > more knowledgeble Cocoon developer ... but if I was stuck on a > desert island and had no one to ask, I think would go with trying > to develop a customer generator that talks to the database, > gets the zipped data, does the extraction into XML and passes > on the SAX event to the downstream transformer (prob. XSLT). > (of course, I have never actually done this ;-) > > There's a good tutorial at: > http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/tutorial/tutorial-generator.html > (the last example deals with getting data from a database) > > I would imagine that the Java "ZIP" class would also be of use: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-tree.html > > But, as a I said, this is very much "desert island" advice! > > Derek > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/10/28 01:22:59 PM >>> > Hi, > > My name is Bent Andr� Solheim, and I just started working on a project > where we want to extract zipped xml from mysql, unzip it and transform > it using a couple of xslt transformations with Cocoon. I have looked > around the docs and wiki and have come to the conclusion that I have > to extend ComposerGenerator, hence creating my own generator, to > accomplish this. I hoped to not having to do this, and instead only > use standard components. Any of you guys out there with more > experience than me have a suggestion? Would it be possible to do > something like the following; > > - Create an xsp page that extracts the zipped data and wraps it in a > CDATA element > - Pass this on to some sort of transformer that would > "transform"/unzip the zipped data in the CDATA element, understand > that the extracted data was XML and use this XML document to generate > sax events to the next transformer on the pipeline. > - The next transformer transforms to HTML > > Any advice would be appreciated! > > Best Regards > Bent Andr� Solheim > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
