For posterty's sake, here's the full stacktrace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.fop.fo.pagination.PageSequence.<init>(PageSequence.java:144)
at org.apache.fop.fo.pagination.PageSequence$Maker.make(PageSequence.java:43)
at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:261)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.ResultTreeHandler.flushElem(ResultTreeHandler.java:858)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.ResultTreeHandler.flushPending(ResultTreeHandler.java:952)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.ResultTreeHandler.endElement(ResultTreeHandler.java:306)
at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:716)
at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:422)
at
org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:226)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2243)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNode(TransformerImpl.java:2069)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformNode(TransformerImpl.java:1171)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:634)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1088)
at
org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1066)
at com.banklink.ilink.Renderer.transformXML(Renderer.java:230)
at com.banklink.ilink.Renderer.Render(Renderer.java:135)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.soap.server.RPCRouter.invoke(RPCRouter.java:146)
at org.apache.soap.providers.RPCJavaProvider.invoke(RPCJavaProvider.java:129)
at
org.apache.soap.server.http.RPCRouterServlet.doPost(RPCRouterServlet.java:287)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
at
org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:246)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1012)
at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
If anything, this is makes for good Google keyword searching.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 05:59:26PM +0100, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> > I was just looking at the FOP API JavaDocs. Can I use getContentHanlder from the
>Driver object, send that
> > into the transformer wrapped in a SAXResults object? Will this populate FOP with
>the required data to do
> > the XSL:FO transform?
>
> You got it!!!!! That's just what I was about to suggest.
>
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:22:12AM -0500, David B. Bitton wrote:
> > > 1000/N
> > > Status: O
> > > X-Status:
> > > X-Keywords:
> > > X-UID: 600
> > >
> > > Ok this is what I'm doing:
> > >
> > > I produce an XML file from data stored on a mainframe. The XML is generate in a
>VB object. The XML is
> > > passed up to an ASP page that makes a Low Level API SOAP call, using MSSOAP
>Toolkit 2.0, to my PDF server.
> > > The PDF server is running Tomcat 4/Apache SOAP 2.2.
>
> Concerning Apache SOAP 2.2: You might want to have a look at Axis
> (http://xml.apache.org/axis) which is a floolow-on for SOAP 2.2. I think
> I heard once that it is based on SAX rather than DOM. Haven't tested it,
> though.
>
> > >
> > > On the PDF server, I receive the XML as literalxml in the envelope, fetch a
>stylesheet, pass the Element
> > > object to a Xalan 2.3 transformer (wrapped in a DOMSource object), and then
>transform the XML into XSL:FO
> > > objects.
> > >
> > > Now I have a Document object that was returned from the transformer wrapped in a
>DOMResults object. The
> > > next step is where the problem lies. I want to pass the Document to a Driver,
>but I get the dreaded
> > > NullPointerException.
> > >
> > > Most of the time, the XML is will be small ( 5 - 7K), but there is a potention
>for an account to have 5 to
> > > 10 thousand transactions in a day, and we store up to 63 days of data (a single
>transaction in XML is 594
> > > bytes, therefore a 630K transaction XML file would be 374MB, plus some extra
>data at the top). So you can
> > > see what I have the potential to deal with.
> > >
> > > What I don't even know is how FOP will handle this. The XSL:FO file is sure to
>be much larger than 380MB.
> > > I transformer a 6.66KB XML file and it produced a XSL:FO file of 16.2KB. If we
>use that as a benchmark,
> > > than the same 374MB would become 909.8MB. That's a whole lot of RAM, not to
>mention what FOP is going to
> > > use to store the rendered PDF.
>
> I hope you will be lucky. Some have reported that big documents work
> well. Others were not so lucky. As long as there are not many references
> in your documents you should get quite far. You can browse the archives.
> There has been a number of discussions on this topic.
>
> > > I'm hoping that someone can poke a hole in these numbers (please), because this
>is getting to look a whole
> > > lot bigger than expected. Obviously performance and resource utilization are
>major concernes (like when are
> > > they not?). Obviously SAX for this would be faster because it wouldn't require
>loading the entire XML
> > > contents into memory.
> > >
> > > So, now is here the questions come in. Do I return from the transform a
>SAXResults? Also, how do I
> > > effectively handle the incoming XML into the SOAP method? I would prefer to
>send the XML in literalxml
> > > format so the < and > are HTML encoded (increasing the size of the content even
>more).
> > >
> > > Where do I go from here?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 04:49:40PM +0100, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> > > > <comment>Oops, that one didn't make it to the list at first.</comment>
> > > >
> > > > DOM (Document) should work. But using DOM to process a 400MB XML? You
> > > > wouldn't want to do that. Try to find a way to use SAX. You can fill SAX
> > > > events into FOP to create the FO tree. Maybe it helps us to provide you
> > > > with some pointers and ideas if you tell us what exactly you're trying
> > > > to do.
> > > >
> > > > > I'm sorry to post this again but I need help. Does passing a Document
>datatype to the Driver
> > > > > render() method work? I have to potential to move XML files in excess of
>400MB and so I need to avoid as
> > > > > moving of data in memory as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeremias M?rki
>
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