Quoting Leonard Rosenthol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I'm looking at extending the XML handling features to handle some new 
> tags, specifically for PDF generation - but as the architecture is 
> built around a class hierarchy for generic output, I'm at a loss to 
> find a good way to do this.

Originally I was thinking of moving to a specific DTD such as
DocBook, but there were just too many objects in DocBook.
I didn't have the time.
Then I thought it would be nice to build a PDF output module
for JDOM...
It's a pity I ended up making an iText DTD (that hasn't been
updated in a long time).
 
> Basically, I'd like to add support for things such as "import" (bring 
> in a page from an existing document) and some simple vector graphics 
> commands.

Isn't there an XML DTD for Vector Graphics?
Maybe it would be possible to do what others have done
with Graphics2D?
As for importing a page from an existing document.
I would use processing instructions for that ( <? ?> )
instead of tags.

> Any thoughts on how best to accomplish this - or am I just better off 
> forgetting about the current XML parsing/handling architecture and 
> just doing my own XML handlers sitting directly on top of iText?!?

I want to work on that if I don't have to do it on my own...
I may have some time in August.

br,
Bruno


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