RE: [xsl] Any samples of client-side XSLT to generate webpages?

["Daniel Joshua" <daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Manos,

I think you may have miss reading my original message.

The javascript error is caused by the transformation.
Mozilla seems to think 'document' = the untransformed 'XML Document'
and not the output transformed HTML document.

Also, this is just talking about situation (1)... how about situation (2)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Joshua [mailto:daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, 26 July, 2004 12:46 PM
>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [xsl] Any samples of client-side XSLT to generate webpages?
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I am looking for samples (hopefully as part of a web site)
>of web pages that use XSLT in a browser to generate the HTML
>that is displayed.
>
>Best would be pages that have forms. As I am encountering a problem
>trying to submit a form in Mozilla using 'document.myForm.submit()'.
>When I did a alert() to see the value of 'document' it returned
>'XMLDocument' and 'document.forms' returned 'undefined'.
>
>Currently, it works in IE using client-side transformation
>(ContentType: "text/xml") and in Mozilla using server-side
>transformation (ContentType: "text/html").
>
>Also, I noticed in Mozilla's DOM Inspector that my '#document' had
>two 'html' child nodes, the first was blank and the second had the
>'head' and 'body' nodes and the namespace 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'.
>Any idea for this extra 'html' node?
>
>I really would like to examine how other people do XSLT in browsers,
>thus the reason I am looking for samples. Or should I do all my
>transformation on the server-side?
>
>By the way, I am using Mozilla 1.8a2 and IE 6.0.

Thanks for looking into this. :)


Regards,
Daniel


-----Original Message-----
From: Emmanouil Batsis [mailto:Emmanouil.Batsis@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 July, 2004 11:30 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] Any samples of client-side XSLT to generate webpages?


Daniel Joshua wrote:

>Yes. That is what I am trying to do. I even posted the code I used to do it
>in an earlier email on the list in hope someone could spot my mistake.
>
>Can anyone explain to me why the below happens:
>
>(1) http://202.156.224.29:18080/shatteredspace/login.do
>  - works in IE
>  - unable to submit form in Mozilla
>
>

That's a javascript error. Just go to Tools > Web Development >
JavaScript Console  and you'll see what the problem is; you have to use
DOM properly to submit the form. formName.submit() only works in IE, you
should use document.forms or getElementById etc.

Clearly not an XSL issue ;-)

MAnos



-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Joshua [mailto:daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 July, 2004 11:15 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Any samples of client-side XSLT to generate webpages?


Yes. That is what I am trying to do. I even posted the code I used to do it
in an earlier email on the list in hope someone could spot my mistake.


Repeat:

Can anyone explain to me why the below happens:

(1) http://202.156.224.29:18080/shatteredspace/login.do
  - works in IE
  - unable to submit form in Mozilla

(2) http://202.156.224.29:18080/shatteredspace/login.do?transform=true
  - works in Mozilla - currently need to manually add the '?transform=true',
but I might automate this later
  - nothing visible (except background graphic) in IE


Here's the code that either (1) writes out XML with a XSLT stylesheet or
(2) uses saxon to transform into HTML.

  protected void writeDocument()
  {
    try
    {
      boolean transform =
ConversionUtils.primitiveBooleanValue(_request.getParameter(PARAM_TRANSFORM)
);
      if(transform)
      {
        InputStream inputStream =
_request.getSession().getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("stylesheets/"
+ _stylesheet);

        //_response.setContentType("'application/xhtml+xml"); // currently
most browsers do not support this yet
        _response.setContentType("text/html");

        //TODO: Add Caching
        TransformerFactory transformerFactory =
TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer(new
StreamSource(inputStream));
        transformer.transform(new JDOMSource(_document), new
StreamResult(_response.getOutputStream()));
      }
      else
      {
        _document.addContent(0, new ProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet",
"type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"stylesheets/" + _stylesheet + "\""));

        _response.setContentType("text/xml");

        XMLOutputter xmlOutputter = new
XMLOutputter(Format.getPrettyFormat());
        xmlOutputter.output(_document, _response.getWriter());
      }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
      throw new NestableRuntimeException("Failed to write document", ex);
    }
  }


> Make sure your server or servlet/whatever is configured to send the
> right MIME type to the browser...

I believe I am using the right mime type, correct me if I am wrong. :p


Regards,
Daniel


-----Original Message-----
From: Emmanouil Batsis [mailto:Emmanouil.Batsis@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 July, 2004 10:19 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] Any samples of client-side XSLT to generate webpages?


Daniel Joshua wrote:

>Ok, I understand this now.
>
>If I ever need to produce HTML fragments I will use Sarissa (I find how it
>works very intersting). But the approach I am currently trying is to
produce
>whole HTML pages by XSLT transformation in the client's browser.
>

Why dont you just send XML with an stylesheet PI to the  browser then?
Make sure your server or servlet/whatever is configured to send the
right MIME type to the browser...

hth,

Manos