Yup, that would of course work, only problem is that the graph being painted on to a batik SVG image I have no clue at all on how to pass the URL through on the other side, where indeed I could use the XSLT transformer to make the links clickable, but maybe that's more fit in the jgraph mailing list :-) -- Christian Decker Software Architect http://blog.snyke.net
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Derek Hohls <dho...@csir.co.za> wrote: > Agreed - I learnt using DEF is key to more maintainable and readable > code... > > >>> On 2009/05/12 at 03:09, in message > <7c655c04b6f59643a1ef66056c0e095e023cc...@eusex01.sweden.ecsoft>, > "Robby Pelssers" <robby.pelss...@ciber.nl> wrote: > > If I have time this week I might try to create a more advanced tutorial > on creating SVG. > > - Use xml data as input for the images > - The images show basic animation and hyperlinks > > I can*t really point you to good material at the moment. At the time > I did that project (2002) I just googled a lot and created the SVG*s > by hand. After that project I completely was thinking in > matrix/coordinates ;-) > > The most difficult stuff I encountered was finding clever algorithms to > position my SVG elements on the canvas and having my elemens scale > automatically if the use case had to many svg elements to be drawn. > > Just some quick example of links in SVG: > > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";> > > <a xlink:href="http://cocoon.apache.org/";> > <text x="10" y="20">Apache Cocoon</text> > </a> > </svg> > > Take a quick look at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/ for additional info. > > > If you were to create the SVG with xslt, you could create a template. > > Suppose your input looks like: > <favourites> > <favourite> > <description>Google: Search engine</description> > <url>http://www.google.com</url> > </favourite> > <favourite> > <description>Apache Cocoon: Java web development > framework</description> > <url>http://cocoon.apache.org/ </url> > </favourite> > </favourites> > > Xslt snippet: > > <xsl:template mactch=*favourite*> > <a xlink:href="http://cocoon.apache.org/";> > <xsl:attribute name=*xlink:href* select=*url* /> <!*not > 100% sure anymore if this will work with prefix:elementname à > <text x="10" y="20"><xsl:value-of select=*description* > /></text> > </a> > </xsl:template> > > > One thing to note: Take a look at > http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DefsElement > > I did not use this back then but I think it will make life easier and > your code more reusable and maintainable. > > Cheers, > Robby > > > > From:Christian Decker [mailto:decker.christ...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:32 PM > To: users@cocoon.apache.org > Subject: Re: Map serialize flowscript output > > > That's really cool Robby, > > actually I am trying to do something similar. What I need to do is > embed clickable links into the SVG image so that the users can then go > to the details page of the item they clicked on. Problem is that I'm > using JGraph to do the layout of the graph and I have absolutely no clue > on how to pass the link data on through the layouting. Could you point > me in the right direction for this? Also the animation stuff sounds > cool, do you have some good resources about that topic? > > Thanks for the help everybody, I'll try that as soon as possible ^^ > > Regards, > Chris > -- > Christian Decker > Software Architect > http://blog.snyke.net > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Robby Pelssers > <robby.pelss...@ciber.nl> wrote: > And here's my response ;-) I posted it on the blog as well. > > > "If the images do not require animation you can just serialize the > images to png or jpeg for instance. At the first project i ever did > with SVG we used animated images for mobile network visualization. It > showed extra information if you hovered over the network elements. It > also offered hyperlinks to detailed information pages. It was the > coolest project i've ever done but we were using the adobe plugin. I > guess you're right why the need for a plugin to get all SVG > functionality working is a real showstopper ;-( " > > Cheers, > Robby > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Hohls [mailto:dho...@csir.co.za] > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:12 AM > To: users@cocoon.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Map serialize flowscript output > > Added a blog comment Robby... > > >>> On 2009/05/12 at 10:42, in message > <7c655c04b6f59643a1ef66056c0e095e023cc...@eusex01.sweden.ecsoft>, > "Robby > Pelssers" <robby.pelss...@ciber.nl> wrote: > Yes... Jasha is right. > > For the ones interested I wrote a small article on my blog showing you > how to create simple dynamic SVG images using Apache Cocoon. > > http://robbypelssers.blogspot.com/ > > Cheers, > Robby > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jasha Joachimsthal [mailto:j.joachimst...@onehippo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:03 AM > To: users@cocoon.apache.org > Subject: Re: Map serialize flowscript output > > 2009/5/12 Christian Decker <decker.christ...@gmail.com>: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I've created a transformer for the sitemap that takes a GXL file as > input > > and then applies layout algorithm and then passes the resulting > graph > on as > > SVG image. It all works fine, but now I wanted to use JX to fill in > a > > template that would then be transformed and serialized, but I can't > get it > > to work. Apparently the pages I send back with cocoon.sendPage are > not > > transformed. > > Long story short: I have the following matcher: > > > > <map:match pattern="project.svg"> > > <map:call function="projectGraph"> > > <map:parameter name="screenURI" > value="screen/screens/project-graph" /> > > <map:parameter name="projectID" value="1" /> > > </map:call> > > <map:transform type="gxl2svgTransformer"/> > > <map:serialize type="svgxml"/> > > </map:match> > > > > But this just prints me the filled in template instead of feeding it > into > > the gxl2svgtransformer. The transformers work fine as I already > tested > them > > with a simple generate tag. The flowscript sends pages using > > > > cocoon.sendPage( cocoon.parameters[ "screenURI" ], {"project" > :project, > > "dao" :dao} ); > > > > Somehow I think I got the sitemap concept wrong. Somebody got an > idea? > > > With the cocoon.sendPage you're passing the request processing on to > the pipeline that matches screenURI. 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