Re: FOP : consumption memory

Ibm not a FOP expert, but canbt you separate the pass(es) that generate the index, resolve cross-refs, etc., from the pass that actually layouts the FO representation? By separate I mean make it separate Java invocations, storing intermediate results as files.


On August 16, 2014 1:04:46 PM CEST, "Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I see: the two-column layout means there are no natural breakpoints in
>the
>content before the index. The index has break points but by then it
>might
>be too late. The back-of-the-book index could also be
>contributing--it's
>quite long and FOP may need to keep the entire area tree in memory in
>order to then resolve the index references.
>
>As Peter says, I would suspect a naive implementation on FOP's part (I
>haven't looked at the code). Would be useful to try both RenderX XEP
>and
>Antenna House XSL Formatter--I'm sure they would both do better. If
>your
>project can bear the cost, either product would be a good investment.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eliot
>bbbbb
>Eliot Kimber, Owner
>Contrext, LLC
>http://contrext.com
>
>
>
>
>On 8/16/14, 2:26 AM, "Jean-Pierre Lamon jpl@xxxxxxxxxx"
><xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Thank you for your response Eliot.
>>I don't know if I can share these files, I must ask the principal
>because
>>it's a mandate.
>>
>>The result is under :
>>http://www.ngscan.com/ezpump/BibVS.pdf
>>
>>I'll let you know
>>Regards
>>JP
>>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>EnvoyC) : vendredi 15 aoC;t 2014 23:44
>>C : xsl-list
>>Objet : Re:  FOP : consumption memory
>>
>>If your content has natural page breaks (meaning elements that always
>>start a new page) you can always start a new page sequence at that
>point.
>>
>>If your content does not have such nature page breaks then of course
>you
>>can't. In that case, one solution would be to generate the
>intermediate
>>area tree (a feature of FOP and all the other FO engines) and then use
>it
>>to find elements that happen to start on new pages and regenerate the
>FO
>>with page sequences started at those points. But that seems like
>rather a
>>lot of effort.
>>
>>It might be easier to just give the Java VM running FOP more memory.
>>
>>If this is XML that can be shared publicly I'd be interested in
>helping
>>diagnose this issue in exchange for the ability to use the XML for
>demos.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Eliot
>>BBBBB
>>Eliot Kimber, Owner
>>Contrext, LLC
>>http://contrext.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On 8/15/14, 1:32 PM, "Jean-Pierre Lamon jpl@xxxxxxxxxx"
>><xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Thx Geert but I can't spread and break pages. It's a bibliography
>(swiss
>>>national library bibliography).
>>>If someone wants the XML and XSL to test, no problem :-) I'm not very
>>>professional with XSL, I maybe have done some horrors in my
>stylesheets
>>>but
>>>my question is only : why FOP hangs and the little tool works
>perfectly.
>>>With absolute respect for people working for free tools like FOP.
>>>
>>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>>De : Geert Bormans geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>EnvoyC) : vendredi 15 aoC;t 2014 17:12
>>>C : xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Objet : Re:  FOP : consumption memory
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>In my experience FOP does a poor thing with long page sequences.
>>>It seems to keep them in memory (for repagination maybe?) completely
>>>Memory footprint for FOP goes down dramatically
>>>if you have a logic that cuts the pages
>>>Rather than using mechanisms such as break before
>>>or similar, create new page sequences when you can
>>>(eg. per chapter, ...)
>>>That has helped me in the past
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>>Geert
>>>
>>>
>>>At 16:33 15/08/2014, you wrote:
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I know, difficult to say without having the
>>>>source, but could someone explain me why FOP
>>>>crashes, hangs (memory ?) for relative big
>>>>documents and a free small tool like XML2PDF
>>>>render the PDF perfectly and this, dramatically quicker compare to
>FOP.
>>>>IBve tried to play with JAVA memory etcB> no way.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks and regards
>>>>JP
>>>>
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