Ivelin Ivanov wrote: > XMLForm currently supports JavaBeans, DOM and mixed models. > You can look at the Feedback Wizard demo for example.
I will look again, but it was not obvious to me how to pass a DOM model. > How do you mean that people will be using forms without writing Java code. > We can write another Action to take as parameter a file name with the XML > model, however how you you handle the input data once submitted. How would > you implement the logic for handling the input data? This has been requested > before, but noone has suggested a better replacement for Java when it comes > to writing general purpose logic. Schematron could still be used to do validation. XSLT could operate on the model instance (built from the request) to so simple logic. I agree Java is better for complex logic, but XSLT would be a nice halfway between the modular database actions approach and the full XML Forms + JB approach. I'll try and work my ideas up into a full example to show what I'm thinking of. Another idea might be to use the flow engine to do some of the validation/processing. Although I don't think this would scale well, it would be a practical entry point for people moving from clientside to serverside - they could make use of their javascript skills and then later move on to java. Simon > Ivelin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 2:45 PM > Subject: Re: XMLForm data stored/retrieved via Session Transformer? > >>Support for Alan's suggestion of a model in XML format.... >> >>I'm pretty certain that JXPath can be used with a DOM object so it >>should be possible for XMLForms to support both JBs and XML as the model. >> >>Personally, I really like the idea of being able to create and >>manipulate the model without having to drop into Java. For many simple >>forms, its seems like complete overkill having to write beans. >> >>Irrespective of what I think, there's a strong argument for having an >>XML model: new Cocoon users and non-Java programmers will be able to >>take advantage of XML Forms. >> >>Cheers >> >>Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Price Institute for Learning and Research Technology University of Bristol 8-10 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1HH United Kingdom Direct: +44 (0)7071 226 720 Office: +44 (0)117 928 7193 Fax: +44 (0)117 928 7112 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
