> > It is great that you are looking at XML data models more seriously. > > Don't expect too much. Although I'm almost done with an InputModule > accessing the Form. I think this came up a number of times and turned > out to be almost trivial. :-)
I'm sure it'll be better than what is out there now. > > > > > From: "Christian Haul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > If no validation is required, and only the XForms -> HTML conversion > > > is needed, a complete XMLForms instance is needed, still. Would it be > > > possible / OK to remove the dependencies of the XMLFormTransformer > > > from Form? As far as I could see, all it does is lookup the Form and > > > use the getVale() method. > > > > Can you give me an example where "only the XForms -> HTML conversion is > > needed". > > I am not sure I understand what that means. > > This happens when you want to profit from the XForms features of > detatched instance data but have next to none result processing. Say, > you have an XML representation of your form data. This could be > generated by an XMLizable object, a <esql:get-columns/> tag, or > another processing pipeline. I can see how you might use another source for the document and not need the XMLFormTransformer at all. Instead some of the new transformers might be used. Let me clarify the scenario though: 1) Say you have a document extracted from ESQL 2) You also have an XForms document which refers to elements in the document 3) Now, who will be responsible for resolving the references to 1) in 2) 4) Then, when the browser posts the HTML form, what component will update the underlying data model (SQL database for example)? Maybe I am just not getting your idea yet, but I would certainly like to. Ivelin > > Either this representation is available as an object or the > SimpleFormInstanceExtractionTransformer could be used to > create a DOM from it. > > Now, this needs to be rendered to HTML since hardly any XForms capable > browsers are out there. > > When (if at all - XForms can be used for display purposes as well!) the > form data is returned it is either just stored (probably as XML) or > displayed again. > > Obviously, if validation enters this scenario, there would be no > reason not to create a Form object. > > Chris. > -- > C h r i s t i a n H a u l > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > fingerprint: 99B0 1D9D 7919 644A 4837 7D73 FEF9 6856 335A 9E08 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
