On 3/16/06, Woods, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Here is, at least, part of the puzzle: > http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/XMLDBTransformer?highlight=%28xindice%29. I'll > share a few of my conclusions and welcome anyone on the list to chime in with > comments or suggestions. I realize that this post may seem to be more of a > cocoon or xindice post at times but because the site is ultimately built > using forrest I think it's appropriate to post to this list. >
Have you had a look at: http://www.cocooncenter.org/articles/xindice.html ? Not sure if it helps but it sounds like you're querying and not updating so using the psuedo-protocol in a generator would be more what you're looking for. Though I really have no clue because I've never reallly looked into it - just saw that article and thought it may be of use to you if you hadn't seen it already. > Everything that follows assumes that forrest 0.7 is in use. > > I have a very lengthy XML file that is validated to a DTD. This file is to > be the source for a forrest site. It appeals to me to let forrest handle all > the presentation issues as this will leave me free to focus on the XML data > thus freeing me from the drudgery of building, scripting, and tweaking a web > ui (or it will if I ever figure this out). I want to be able to update > xindice as needed and not have to tinker with the rest of the site. > > The XML file is about 1.7 MB in size. Reading through the Xindice site, I > have concluded that it is best to break this file up into smaller chunks > before adding it to the xmldb. > > Next, I'm using cocoon 2.1.8 which has xindice bundled with it. I haven't > sorted out how to add my XML documents to the bundled xindice. Using xindice > as a stand-alone, I simply do startup.bat in $XINDICE_HOME and use the > command line to add my documents. At the moment, I'm confused about how to > "start" the xindice bundle within cocoon as I can't find the startup.bat > file. Anyway, that's minor, I'll figure it out eventually though if anyone > wants to reply to that I'm most grateful. > > The rest of the plan is to cut and paste the xmldb transformer: > > <map:transformers default="xslt"> > <map:transformer name="xmldb" > src="org.apache.cocoon.transformation.XMLDBTransformer"> > <driver>org.apache.xindice.client.xmldb.DatabaseImpl</driver> > <base>xmldb:xindice://localhost:8888/db</base> > </map:transformer> > ... > </map:transformers> > > from cocoon's sitemap.xmap into my forrest projects > $project_home/main/webapp/sitemap.xmap. So now forrest should have a > connection to xindice. The wiki has an example called populate.xml but the > link is broken (maybe someone on the list knows the correct location). > > Here is what I think I need to finish this up (purely conjecture): > > 1. A pipeline to handle page requests by turning the into XPATH queries, > sending the query to the xmldb, and returning the requested XML document. > > 2. A stylesheet to transform the returned document into document-v13 format. > > This raises the following question: > > Does forrest use whatever version of cocoon my system variable $COCOON_HOME > is set to or is it bundled with its own cocoon build? How can I find out > which version of cocoon forrest is using? $FORREST_HOME\lib\core\cocoon-XYZ-rABC.jar will give you which Cocoon we're on. > Once we get this sorted out, I intend to post the solution on the wiki but > there is still a way to go here. Anyway, thanks to everyone who has replied > so far and anyone who chimes in as this thread works itself out. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: J.D. Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:46 PM > To: user@forrest.apache.org > Subject: Re: Cocoon sitemaps and Forrest sitemaps > > Sounds like we're on our own, Chris. > > :) > > Joe > > Thorsten Scherler wrote: > > > El mié, 15-03-2006 a las 13:40 -0500, Woods, Christopher escribió: > > > >>Hi Folks, > >> > >>I'm trying to sort out where Forrest ends and Cocoon begins with > >>regard to sitemaps. As best I can tell, the only two sets of sitemaps > >>that are used by Forrest are the local-project sitemaps (these are > >>processed > >>first) and the forrest-home sitemaps (these are processed only if > >>local-project does not handle the request). > > > > > > Then there are the sitemaps provided by the plugins and we talking > > about "sets". ;) There are million of *.xmaps in forrest (at least it > > seems like it). ;) > > > > > >> Am I correct in assuming > >>that sitemaps in cocoon-home are only used for instances not processed > >>by the forrest-home sitemaps? > > > > > > I do not understand the question. > > > > If you tell forrest to use them then forrest will use them but if you > > place a *.xmap in cocoon forrest will not read it out of the box. > > > > > >> Thanks very much. > >> > >>Chris > > > > > > http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/project-sitemap.html > > >
