It seems to me that a MailTransformer would be a better, more general solution to this problem than an XSP (though I don't know much about XSP). Someone else recently was asking for much the same thing.
Has anyone written a MailTransformer? > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Mittman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 15 February 2002 13:24 > To: Cocoon Users > Subject: maybe running Java within an XSL? > > > What would be the best way to approach this functionality? > > I have an XML which acts as source data for a multi-framed web > application. > At some point I want a FORM in one of those HTML pages to > send email -- > take the to: and from: addresses but use a set of parameters > which are > nodes in the XML. > > So basically I want, upon submission, for Cocoon to take the > parameters, > take the necessary nodes from the XML, send email via > javax.mail, and > then style a result page based on the success/fail of the send, also > using parameters in the source XML. > > Here's an example of what I'd thought I'd do: > > a) Create an XSP by pulling in what is needed from the source XML and > the items from the FORM into a <xsp:page> root and a new > <apputil:mail> > element: > > <map:match pattern="sendmail.xsp"><!-- the action of > the FORM --> > <map:generate src="sourcedata.xml" /><!-- our > source data --> > <map:transform src="sourcedata-to-sendmail.xsl"> > <map:parameter > name="use-request-parameters" value="true"/> > </map:transform> > <map:serialize type="xml"/> > </map:match> > > So a doc that is like this: > <source> > <name>Foo</name> > <style>bar.css</style> > <message>Thanks for making Foo #1 in > Lichtenstein.</message> > </source> > Becomes this: > <xsp:page> > <apputil:mail> > <!-- form bits --> > <name>Foo</name> > <style>bar.css</style> > <message>Thanks for making Foo #1 in > Lichtenstein.</message> > </apputil> > </xsp:page> > > b) have apputil logicsheet ready, which will turn apputil:mail into a > <result> element > > c) Execute the XSP and style the result > > <map:match pattern="mail.xsp"> > <map:generate type="serverpages" > src="cocoon:/sendmail.xsp" /> > <map:transform src="mail.xsl"/><!-- xsl logic > based on the > result element --> > <map:serialize type="html"/> > </map:match> > > It seems like it should be much easier than this, however. Is there a > better way? > Thanks! > > > n > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
