Thanks for the replies. Now that I know it is very much in the realms of possibility, I will
read up a bit more on cocoon and understand how it works. Once I read up a bit more I should
be able to ask more specific questions ....
Thanks a lot for all your support ....
Regards
Tellis
From: "Derek Hohls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: newbie question Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:55:07 +0200Tellis Also have a look at: http://wiki.cocoondev.org/Wiki.jsp?page=IntegrateAServlet As you can see, it assumes some knowledge of Cocoon wrt to <pipelines> and other jargon - but you may be able to get the essence of it.... >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27/01/2003 01:25:39 >>> Thanks for the excellent information. One of my main concern was how to integrate cocoon with existing services and servlets without necessarily making them part of cocoon ... >From: "Derek Hohls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: newbie question >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:36:06 +0200 > >Tellis > >You ask "is cocoon good for static pages or can it be used for >highly interactive dynamic pages?" > >Very short version answer is: >Yes, Cocoon can be used for both. > >Slightly longer: >Cocoon essentially *is* a servlet, designed to enable the creation of >XML (from static files, databases, web services or other sources) and >provide an efficient and effective framework for manipluating that XML >into a variety of output formats (including all the ones you list). >Cocoon >works whether you have a single file or a whole multitude with any >combination of static or dynamic. > >Even longer (from the Cocoon Home Page at: >http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/) >Designed for performance and scalability around pipelined SAX >processing, > Cocoon offers a flexible environment based on a separation of concerns > >between content, logic, and style. Cocoon's centralized configuration >system >helps you to create, deploy, and maintain rock-solid XML server >applications. >Cocoon interacts with most data sources, including filesystems, RDBMS, > >LDAP, native XML databases, and network-based data sources. >It adapts content delivery to the capabilities of different devices >like >HTML, WML, PDF, SVG, and RTF, to name just a few. >You can run Cocoon as a Servlet as well as through a powerful, >commandline interface. >The deliberate design of its abstract environment gives you the freedom > >to extend its functionality to meet your special needs in a highly >modular fashion. > > >By now this should have answered your question (but you probably have >others!) - >look through the Overview ( http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/overview.html >) and >browse from there - also look at the >http://wiki.cocoondev.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Main >Wiki site; mostly maintained by folk who also asking questions and >trying to explain >what they find to others... > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27/01/2003 12:16:04 >>> >Hi, > >I am quite new to cocoon. I am evaulating web publishing frameworks for >my >company. >Although Cocoon sounds very promising I am not entiely sure because the > >pages in my >web application are not static. All of them are dynamically generated >on the >fly. The backend services >although still under design may be developed using JINI, object >databases, >LDAP etc.... > >The main reason why I was drawn to cocoon was its multichanel >capabilities. >We may want to target >the pages to a number of devices - mobiles, PDAs, PCs etc.... My >original >(very simplistic) design was >to simply have servlets generate XML and then transform these using >XSLT. >This is where I thought cocoon would help. > >My question is - is cocoon good for static pages or can it be used for > >highly interactive dynamic pages? > > >Regards >Tellis > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger >http://messenger.msn.co.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]> > > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > >"The CSIR exercises no editorial control over E-mail messages and/or >attachments thereto/links referred to therein originating in the >organisation and the views in this message/attachments thereto are >therefore not necessarily those of the CSIR and/or its employees. >The sender of this e-mail is, moreover, in terms of the CSIR's Conditions >of Service, subject to compliance with the CSIR's internal E-mail and >Internet Policy." > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]> _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.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]> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. 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