Hello, I have only recently started using Batik and this is my first post to the Batik maillist.
I am experiencing problems working with paths. This step-by-step description gives you an idea about what I am trying to achieve. 1. I read an exisiting svg file that contains a path element 2. Get path information 3. Draw shapes along the path This is my svg file (named "basedrawing.svg", generated with inkscape, but modifed to remove all clutter): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"; xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"; xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"; xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > <path id="test" d="m 162.875,146.15625 -0.0312,1 c 162.80372,4.28431 255.5724,32.82885 307.625,60.28125 26.0263,13.7262 41.8838,27.18577 51.21875,37.1875 9.33495,10.00173 12.125,16.5 12.125,16.5 l 0.9375,-0.375 c 0,0 -2.9287,-6.72495 -12.34375,-16.8125 -9.4151,-10.08755 -25.35224,-23.6012 -51.4688,-37.375 C 418.70439,179.0149 325.78557,150.44337 162.875,146.15625 z" /> </svg> This file is rendered correctly in the Firefox webbrowser. My next goal is to read in this svg file and generate a object representation of the path element (try to make it a valid SVGOMPathElement instance) This is the java code with which I try to read the svg: import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URI; import org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory; import org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SVGOMPathElement; import org.apache.batik.util.XMLResourceDescriptor; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.svg.SVGDocument; public class TestSVGDomParser { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { URI fileURI = new File("basedrawing.svg").toURI(); String parser = XMLResourceDescriptor.getXMLParserClassName(); SAXSVGDocumentFactory f = new SAXSVGDocumentFactory(parser); SVGDocument doc = (SVGDocument) f.createDocument( fileURI.toString() ); // try to get a path using the unique identifier Element e = doc.getElementById("test"); // cast to path SVGOMPathElement path = (SVGOMPathElement) e; // works fine System.out.println( path.getAttribute("d") ); // does not work, throws a null pointer exception System.out.println( path.getTotalLength() ); } } The problem I think is that the cast of the e (instance of Element) to path (instance of SVGOMPathElement) does not trigger the internal interpretation of the 'd' attribute. I conclude from this that I do not follow the proper procedures to build the object representation of the svg document. Could someone advise me on how to proceed? Thanks in advance, Pim -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Pim van Nierop Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Email pim.van.nie...@cncr.vu.nl Tel. +31 (0)20 5987114 Fax. +31 (0)20 5987112 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
