Just what I was looking for. Thanks, Simone!
BTW, if I wanted to pass my bizData from flow to the sitemap and then
into another pipeline, I could just:
<map:parameter name="obj" value="{flow-attribute:bizData}"/>
(or something like that anyway) - right?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simone Gianni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:52 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [FLOW] sendPageAndWait continuation storage
>
>
> Hi Bruyn,
> there is a continuation input module, that you can use inside the
> sitemap to pass any continuation information to any object (an xsl, a
> flow, a custom object of yours). For example, to pass the
> continuation
> id as a parameter to an XSLT you can simply write :
>
> <map:transform src="my.xsl">
> <map:parameter name="contid"
> value="{flow-continuation:id}"/> </map:transform>
>
> The syntax of the input module is xpath based, so to obtain
> for example
> the id of the parent continuation you can use
> flow-continuation:parentContinuation/id . You can find the
> javadocs for
> the input module class here
> http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/apidocs/org/apache/cocoon/compone
> nts/modules/input/FlowContinuationModule.html
> .
>
> Regarding bizdata, they are live only within the request, so once you
> have serialized the page (or PDF or whatever else) they are lost, but
> all you need is still in the flow, so once you get back there
> using the
> continuation id ...
>
> Hope this helps,
> Simone
>
> Bruyn Bill wrote:
>
> >When a continuation is created by sendPageAndWait, where is
> it stored?
> >Can I access it with flowscript or in the sitemap?
> >
> >I have a scenario similar to the 'flowscript continuation
> from external
> >reply' problem discussed recently. What I'm trying to do is iterate
> >over a list, and for each item in it, call out to some
> remote process
> >that will render a 'PDF Form' with my continuation-id in its submit
> >button. So something like the following:
> >
> >//for each element in the list
> >for (var i=0; i<subjects.size(); i++) {
> >
> > //get some more input, if you want
> > var subject = subjects.get(i);
> > bindFormInput("subject", subject, {subject:subject});
> >
> > //format xml input via jx generator
> > var dom = pipeline.processToDOM("4pointsresult.xml", {doc:doc,
> >subject:subject});
> >
> > //let some other pipeline do stuff and a sendPage
> (actually another
> >top-level flowscript function)
> > cocoon.sendPageAndWait("forms-server.flow", {dom: dom});
> >
> > //and then move on to the next element
> >}
> >
> >I guess I could stick a jx template in the middle, grab the
> >continuation-id from there, and then post a form to my
> flowscript, but
> >I don't see how I'd preserve my bizData (dom) across requests like
> >that... And if the continuation os available to the jx generator,
> >shouldn't I be able to get to it without going thru all that?
> >
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >
> >Bill Bruyn
> >
> >
> >
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