From: "Bas Suverkropp PC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <dev@cocoon.apache.org>
More a query for the user list, I'd have thought...
Subject: Using variables in sitemap component parameter
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 13:56:34 +0200
I am trying to make my sitemap environment-independent, with local
parameters read from
a properties file (assembly.properties)
Unfortunately, using properties does not seem to work in the components
declaration.
I want to replace
<map:transformer name="mail"
src="nl.kluwer.cocoon.transformation.HtmlMailTransformer" >
<smtphost>smtp.provider.com</smtphost>
<smtpport>25</smtpport>
<from-address>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</from-address>
</map:transformer>
with something like
<map:transformer name="mail"
src="nl.kluwer.cocoon.transformation.HtmlMailTransformer" >
<smtphost>{assembly:smtphost}</smtphost>
<smtpport>{assembly:smtpport}</smtpport>
<from-address>{assembly:from}</from-address>
</map:transformer>
Any suggestions?
You didn't say which version of Cocoon you're using. With the latest 2.2
stuff, I believe the intended method is that you include all different
versions of the configurations in your .war file and specify a "running
mode" in a system property to tell Cocoon which set to use. With 2.1.x,
what I've done in the past is to use an external XML entity file rather than
a properties file, include it in the relevant place with e.g.
<!DOCTYPE map:sitemap [
<!ENTITY emailsettings SYSTEM "emailsettings.ent">
]>
<map:sitemap>
....
<map:transformer name="mail"
src="nl.kluwer.cocoon.transformation.HtmlMailTransformer" >
&emailsettings;
</map:transformer>
and let the parser do the work. The .ent file contains the markup and
settings to include inside the map:transformer; .ent (XMLSpy's default for
external entities) rather than .xml as this probably won't be a well-formed
XML document, but you could name it anything you like.
The only down side I found was that editing the settings file required a
restart of the application before the changes would take effect (but that
may vary depending on which app server you're using).
Andrew.
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