Tony Collen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Leszek Gawron wrote: > > Why doesn't <map:generate type="{1}"/> work ? I cannot find the > > explanation in the archives. I am currently porting all my xsp > > generators to Java based (compile time errors were a real > nightmare). > > I am not able to use flow here - I need to use the pull model - the > > generator gets data from database, applies non trivial > logic and then > > outputs the sax events. > > > > I use cocoon as a second tier which provides data for my > C++ clients > > (http protocol). The documents generated for offline > synchronization > > contains sometimes 10k+ nodes (files reach 2.5 MB ) > > > > I cannot use jxtg as I heavily mix iterative data retrieval from > > database and data manipulation. > > > > Previously (with xsps) I could do <map:generate type="serverpages" > > src="{1}.xsp"/>. With java generators this turns into a > sitemap nightmare. > > lg > > > > > Hmm, What about writing a selector to choose which generator to use?
Missed the original e-mail, why not just push the problem down a level: <map:generate type="superGenerator" src="{1}"/> SuperGenerator can then figure out what to do by looking at the source...