Passing parameters from Command Line

[Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com>]

IIRC, there is currently no way to pass parameters to the XSL-FO or XSL 
via FOP from the command line.

EXAMPLE
=======
fop.sh color=blue&date=%DATE% -xml xml-file.xml -xsl xsl-file.fo -print

If this were possible, I could get pass such useful items as the current 
date, or a color or some other parameter that could be introduced *at 
run-time* to the XSL transformation.

My question is: Is this type of control planned as an option from the 
COMMAND LINE for fop-1.0Dev (TRUNK)?

Thanks!

Web Maestro Clay

Re: Passing parameters from Command Line

[Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com>]

Glen Mazza wrote:
> We may be able to add a working "setParameter()" to
> the new XSLTInputHandler--which could then be used
> internally for command line parameter parsing--but I
> hate strengthening that wrapper because embedded users
> might use it, hence running away from JAXP, something
> I would much rather they become proficient in.
> 
> Still, we'll probably need to provide this in 1.0 for
> CL users.
> 
> But to help embedded users, I think the 
> examples/embedding/java/embedding/ExampleXML2PDF.java
> example needs updating to show a simple JAXP
> addParameter() call.  Patches welcome, Clay... :)
> 
> Glen
> 
> --- Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com> wrote:
>>IIRC, there is currently no way to pass parameters
>>to the XSL-FO or XSL 
>>via FOP from the command line.
>>
>>EXAMPLE
>>=======
>>fop.sh color=blue&date=%DATE% -xml xml-file.xml -xsl
>>xsl-file.fo -print

I really doubt you want me to provide patches for anything other thatn 
web stuff. I mean, when I started at buy.com as a front-end web 
developer, they had me _committing_ ASP code into production on the 2nd 
day. The scary part is that I'd never (never!) done any ASP before I got 
that job! Fools! Anyway, I wouldn't know where to start. I would hope 
that the implementation of this feature should definitely have the 
ability to parse a little, so multiple paramters can be passed as in my 
EXAMPLE above (e.g., color=blue&date=%DATE%&clay=cool&fop=bitchin).

Aside fromthe occassional feature requests and web site fixes, I don't 
what I would PATCH...

:-P

Re: Passing parameters from Command Line

[Glen Mazza <gr...@yahoo.com>]

We may be able to add a working "setParameter()" to
the new XSLTInputHandler--which could then be used
internally for command line parameter parsing--but I
hate strengthening that wrapper because embedded users
might use it, hence running away from JAXP, something
I would much rather they become proficient in.

Still, we'll probably need to provide this in 1.0 for
CL users.

But to help embedded users, I think the 
examples/embedding/java/embedding/ExampleXML2PDF.java
example needs updating to show a simple JAXP
addParameter() call.  Patches welcome, Clay... :)

Glen


--- Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com> wrote:
> IIRC, there is currently no way to pass parameters
> to the XSL-FO or XSL 
> via FOP from the command line.
> 
> EXAMPLE
> =======
> fop.sh color=blue&date=%DATE% -xml xml-file.xml -xsl
> xsl-file.fo -print
> 
> If this were possible, I could get pass such useful
> items as the current 
> date, or a color or some other parameter that could
> be introduced *at 
> run-time* to the XSL transformation.
> 
> My question is: Is this type of control planned as
> an option from the 
> COMMAND LINE for fop-1.0Dev (TRUNK)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Web Maestro Clay
> 


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