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Thanks Michael and Wendell for your input. I'm still a beginner when it comes to Java and was looking at this as part of a learning process. I like Wendell's method and have been interested in Cocoon for some time and your method is giving me incentive to look at it and give it a try also. Thanks again Marijan (Mario) Madunic Publishing Specialist New Flyer Industries (204) 934 8815 mario_madunic@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Wendell Piez [mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:37 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Curious about creating a custom function to java classes pertaining to images Mario, At 09:31 AM 8/6/2009, you wrote: >Sorry about the foggy subject line and if this >isnC"b,b"t appropriate for this mailing list. > >Was sitting here thinking about our various >image needs and was thinking about the >possibility of creating a custom function that >calls a Java class. Here is what IC"b,b"m thinking about: > >Parse XML doc (DITA) using XSLT 2 and Saxon. >Come across a ref to an image (which we >havenC"b,b"t decided if we create a specialized >concept to contain all relevant image info or some other method). >The original images will be SVG more than likely, at the moment they are WMF. >Parse the SVG to create the appropriate file >type (jpg, gif, wmf, etc, or just plain old SVG) >for output type, resize (based on conditions), >place the modified image in the appropriate >dir/db table. All this using XSLT via either a >call to Java class or a custom XSLT function calling a Java class. > >IC"b,b"d like this to be part of the XSLT publishing workflow. > >Has anyone done this or see any issues of doing >this? Just wanted a heads up before going further with this. This doesn't sound unreasonable. What I do is quite similar. I use Apache Cocoon, which allows me to look up and load SVG files, rasterize them into jpeg or PNG (using Apache Batik, which comes with Cocoon), and rescale them, when necessary, while doing so (using XSLT). The reference to the file is either a direct call to the server where Cocoon is running, or by means of a key which is expanded by XSLT into such a link. Essentially, this does everything you describe, except I use Cocoon instead of writing the Java myself, plus it's RESTful, using calls on a (local) web server instead of extension functions. You could certainly emulate this functionality in Java, using components you either acquired (from Cocoon or elsewhere) or wrote yourself. Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This communication (and any and all information or material transmitted with this communication) is confidential, may be privileged and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, retransmission, circulation, distribution, reproduction, conversion to hard copy, copying or other use of this communication, information or material is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you received this communication in error or if it is forwarded to you without the express authorization of New Flyer, please notify us immediately by telephone or by return email and permanently delete the communication, information and material from any computer, disk drive, diskette or other storage device or media. Thank you.
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