XSLTInputHandler question

[Jeff Pennal <je...@openroad.ca>]

Can someone explain to me how to do this with embedded FOP?

I want to create an XSLTInputSource, but I have dynamically generated 
the XML file in memory and I do not want to commit it to disk just to 
have a File object to point to.

What I would have expected is a constructor to the XSLTInputHandler that 
looks like this:
     public XSLTInputHandler(org.w3c.Document document, File xsltfile)

Is this possible?


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Jeff Pennal                         p:604-694-0554(x107)
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Re: XSLTInputHandler question

["J.Pietschmann" <j3...@yahoo.de>]

Jeff Pennal wrote:
> I want to create an XSLTInputSource, but I have dynamically generated 
> the XML file in memory and I do not want to commit it to disk just to 
> have a File object to point to.

You have to use DOM or, preferably, SAX to wire your
transformer to the FO processor.

Try something like this:
  // set up your transformation
  Transformer transformer
    =TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(xsltSource);
  // prepare FOP
  Driver driver=new Driver();
  driver.setOutputStream(...);
  driver.setRenderer(Driver.RENDER_PDF);
  // transform, this also drives the formatter
  transformer.transform(xmlSource,
    new SAXResult(driver.getContentHandler()));

HTH
J.Pietschmann