Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-xml-cocoon-dev-archive@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 42948 invoked by uid 500); 24 Jul 2001 12:10:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cocoon-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 42926 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2001 12:10:22 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:10:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Marcus Crafter To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: Some comments on Cocoon 2.0b2 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Stuart Roebuck wrote: > The "what is a generator" question you raise is one I was thinking about > the other day. > > Wouldn't it be a lot tidier if we decided that anything that takes an XML > input and transforms it in some way to create an XML output should be a > transformer and that Generators should simply be means of obtaining raw > input in a suitable form for processing. > > This means that the ServerPagesGenerator would be a Transformer taking XSP > as input (from a Generator). I like this idea. It would also solve the an issue about using XInclude to build up XSP code, something possible in Cocoon1 but not Cocoon2. Cheers, Marcus -- ..... ,,$$$$$$$$$, Marcus Crafter ;$' '$$$$: Computer Systems Engineer $: $$$$: Open Software Associates GmbH $ o_)$$$: 82-84 Mainzer Landstrasse ;$, _/\ &&:' 60327 Frankfurt Germany ' /( &&& \_&&&&' Email : Marcus.Crafter@osa.de &&&&. Business Hours : +49 69 9757 200 &&&&&&&: --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: cocoon-dev-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org For additional commands, email: cocoon-dev-help@xml.apache.org