This sounds good. As you suggest the "java:" prefix can be used for instantiating JavaBeans. For all other cases though, I was hoping to reuse the standard SourceResolver. This will immediately allow support for a lot of different sources. Here is a snippet from the Sitemap document. http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/userdocs/concepts/sitemap.html (I wish there was one discussing just SourceResolvers.)
a.. Use http://foo/bar to merge in xml content via http protocol, received from machine foo. a.. Use context://servlet-context-path/foo/bar to merge in xml content from the servlet context. a.. Use cocoon:/current-sitmap-pipeline/foo/bar to merge in xml content from the current sitemap. The appropriate pipeline is selected matching current-sitemap-pipeline. a.. Use cocoon://root-sitmap-pipeline/foo/bar to merge in xml content from the root sitemap. The appropriate pipeline is selected matching root-sitemap-pipeline. a.. Use resource://class-path-context/foo/bar to merge in xml content from the classpath. a.. Use jar:http://www.foo.com/bar/jar.jar!/foo/bar to merge in xml content coming from a jar via http connection. a.. Use file:///foo/bar to merge in xml content from the filesystem. a.. Use xmldb:<your driver here>://your.xmldb.host/db/foo/bar to merge in xml content from a XML:DB compliant database. a.. Depending on your setup you may use nfs:, jndi: protocols, too. -=Ivelin=- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josema Alonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cocoon-Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:07 AM Subject: extending XMLForms for different kinds of models...opinions? > Dear all, > > I need your suggestions and opinions in extending the current XMLForm model > approach. If you use XMLForm or are thinking about using it soon, I'd > suggest youy to read this message and send some feedback to the list. > > Some days ago, and with some ideas I exchanged with Ivelin, I made a how-to > that should help users on using XMLForm with Xindice for storing XML models. > It is at Wiki (http://wiki.cocoondev.org/Wiki.jsp?page=XMLFormXindice) and > made its way into the CVS a few days ago. > > In this how-to I explored new ways of storing the form model. This new way > the XML model is stored in a file in the system with an empty structure. > Then it is loaded into a JXPath Container and manipulated from there. The > getFormModel() is overriden so you don't need a Bean, but just the file. > > Ivelin thought this could be a great addition to the framework, so we were > discussing how to make this available for the end user. > > We exchanged some ideas and they led us to incorporating some mechanism to > the sitemap. We were thinking about a prefix. This way, passing the model > parameter to the form would be like this: > <map:parameter name="xmlform-model" value="java:MyBean"/> > > The 'java:' prefix would be used for java models. If you would like to use > the pure XML model approach you could do something like: > <map:parameter name="xmlform-model" value="xml:MyDocument"/> > > Of course, one of the approaches could be made the default one so this could > make life easier for most used models declaring them implicit: > <map:parameter name="xmlform-model" value="MyModel"/> > > I hope I explained it clearly. Now I need your feedback. I'd like to know if > this make sense to you and if so, we should decide which of the two > approaches should be the implicit one, so the AbstractXMLFormAction would be > modified accordingly. > Maybe some of you would prefer to see it implemented but having the java > models as the implicit ones, so you won't need to change your working > xmlforms in order to use it in the future 2.1. If you feel that way, please > say so. > > Best, > Josema. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
