Hi Hugh, interesting topic, and sorry if I didn't understand your needs earlier :P
I'd appreciate very much if you could - raise a Jira issue about it - attach as much info as you have, like C2 link sources, doc, etc Thank you, have a nice day :) Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Hugh Sparks <h...@csparks.com> wrote: > It appears that IncludeTransformer might work if I pass the parameters in > the url, which would make an ugly mess out of my code. > > IncludeTransformer is pretty simple. Would it be appropriate to add optional > protocol for controlling the request (GET, POST) and passing parameters in > an element? Or would it be better to add some new thing like a rewrite of > the old CIncludeTransform? > It seems excessive to have Include, XInclude, and CInclude... > > This is what I'm doing now with C2: > > <ci:includexml> > <ci:configuration> > <ci:src>http://myserver/cgi-bin/someScript.sh</ci:src> > <ci:parameter> > <ci:name>method</ci:name> > <ci:value>POST</ci:value> > </ci:parameter> > </ci:configuration> > <ci:parameters> > <ci:parameter> > <ci:name>param1</ci:name> > <ci:value>value1</ci:value> > </ci:parameter> > ... > </ci:parameters> > </ci:include> > > I think it would be good for C3 to have some kind of "door" to > invoke scripts on the server. And cramming things onto the URL > and using GET isn't very attractive. > > Thanks! > > -Hugh > >