Hi Simone,
Why this special API call to add it to the pipeline?
I think is should be a regular transformer you can add any number of time
wherever you need it:
VariableExpander expander = new VariableExpander();
expander.addProperty( "build.base", "/Users/cocoon" );
expander.addProperty( "build.home", "${build.base}/workspace" );
expander.addProperty( "dist.home", "${build.base}/downloads" );
expander.addProperty( "text.property", "Cocoon3 rocks!" );
then creating and run their pipeline adding the VariableExpander:
newNonCachingPipeline().setURLGenerator(
getClass().getResource( "/variables-expander.xml" ) )
.addTransformer( expander )
.addSerializer()
.withEmptyConfiguration()
.setup( System.out )
.execute();
That makes it also easier to add configuration to the expander, for example:
* use other marker than ${}, in case you may want generate generate a file
using that syntax for its own purposes
* what to do if there if the property name is undefined: replace it by nothing
/ leave as is / throw exception
Also by not just using a stupid property map, it is much easier to avoid
infinite recursions such as
setProperty("build.home","${build.home}/workspace").
Cheers, Alfred.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Simone Tripodi
Sent: Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2011 18:02
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [C3] new pipeline component: variabelExpander
Hi Robby :)
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Robby Pelssers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would it be justified to say that it acts as some kind of transformer
> (although non-xslt based) in this case which replaces all variable references
> with the value from the Map or Properties provided?
exactly, it just replaces plain text inside attributes/body elements :P
> And I suppose it works on any text, not just XML?!
>
Not ATM, it works as XmlTransformer :(
> Bring it on ;-)
>
I'll do, thanks! :)
best;
-Simo
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