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<document>
  <header>
    <title>Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Apache™ FOP</title>
    <version>$Revision$</version>
  </header>
  <body>
    <section id="fop-1.0">
      <title>Upgrading from Version 1.0</title>
      <p>
        You should encounter very few issues in upgrading from FOP 1.0, except as noted in the following:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          The intermediate format (IF) output format has underwent minor modification as follows:
          <ul>
            <li>
              In order to track changes to the IF format, a <code>version</code> attribute has been added to the root
              <code>document</code> element. Since no version information was provided previously, the initial
              value of this attribute is <code>2.0</code>. Future backward compatible changes will update the minor
              version number, while future non-backward compatible changes will update the major version number.
            </li>
            <li>
              On the <code>text</code> element, a new alternate representation is used for adjustments to glyph positions as expressed by a <code>dp</code>
              attribute instead of the <code>dx</code> attribute. For further information, see
              <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlgraphics-fop-dev/201202.mbox/%3cCACQ=j+evStXx=7hW=CHVNKCrZHUso9FHZCSk_5EoENOHcGpGOg@mail.gmail.com%3e">complex
              script patch - intermediate format changes</a>.
            </li>
            <li>
              On the <code>border-rect</code> element, the attributes {<code>before</code>, <code>after</code>, <code>start</code>, <code>end</code>}
              have been renamed to {<code>top</code>, <code>bottom</code>, <code>left</code>, <code>right</code>}, respectively.
              For further information, see
              <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlgraphics-fop-dev/201202.mbox/%3cCACQ=j+evStXx=7hW=CHVNKCrZHUso9FHZCSk_5EoENOHcGpGOg@mail.gmail.com%3e">complex
              script patch - intermediate format changes</a>.
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>
          The <code>IFPainter</code> interface (of package <code>org.apache.fop.render.intermediate</code>), specifically the
          <code>drawText</code> and <code>drawBorderRect</code> method signatures, have been modified to express the semantics of the above changes to the IF output format.
        </li>
        <li>
          The area tree (AT) output format has underwent minor modification as follows:
          <ul>
            <li>
              In order to track changes to the AT format, a <code>version</code> attribute has been added to the root
              <code>areaTree</code> element. Since no version information was provided previously, the initial
              value of this attribute is <code>2.0</code>. Future backward compatible changes will update the minor
              version number, while future non-backward compatible changes will update the major version number.
            </li>
            <li>
              An optional <code>level</code> attribute has been added to a number of element types to express resolved bidirectional level.
            </li>
            <li>
              An optional <code>reversed</code> attribute has been added to the <code>word</code> element type to express that the glyphs that
              correspond to the character content of the element should be reversed (in order) in the inline progression dimension when rendering.
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>
          Because complex script features are now enabled by default, it is possible that different font specific data will be used for
          kerning than was previously used. This may be the case if a font supports a traditional TrueType <code>kern</code> table and
          also supports the advanced typographic <code>kern</code> feature with a <code>GPOS</code> table. In FOP 1.0, the former is used for kerning,
          while in FOP 1.1 with complex script features enabled, the latter is used. If it is desired to explicitly use the <code>kern</code> table (rather
          than the <code>GPOS</code> table) in such a case, then the <code>-nocs</code> command line option may be used when invoking FOP
          in order to disable complex script features.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section id="pre-1.0">
      <title>Upgrading from Pre-1.0 Versions</title>
      <p>
        If you're planning to upgrade to the latest Apache™ FOP version from a pre-1.0 version,
        there are a few very important things to consider:
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          The API of FOP has changed considerably and is not
          backwards-compatible with versions 0.20.5 and
          0.91beta. Version 0.92 introduced the <strong>new stable
          API</strong>.
        </li>
        <li>
          Since version 0.92 some deprecated methods which were part
          of the old API have been removed. If you upgrade from 0.91
          beta, you will need to adjust your Java code. Similarly if
          you upgrade from 0.92 and use deprecated methods.
        </li>
        <li>
          If you are using a configuration file for version 0.20.5, you have to rebuild it in the new format. The format
          of the configuration files has changed since version 0.20.5. See conf/fop.xconf for
          an example configuration file. A XML Schema file can be found under
          src/foschema/fop-configuration.xsd.
        </li>
        <li>
          Beginning with version 0.94 you can skip the generation of
          font metric files and remove the "font-metrics" attribute
          in the font configuration. In the unlikely case that due to
          a bug you still need to use font metrics files you will need
          to regenerate the font metrics file if yours are from a FOP
          version before 0.93.
        </li>
        <li>
          <p>
            The new code is much more strict about the interpretation of the XSL-FO specification.
            Things that worked fine in version 0.20.5 might start to produce warnings or even errors
            now. FOP 0.20.5 contains many bugs which have been corrected in the new code.
          </p>
          <note label="An example">
            While FOP 0.20.5 allowed you to have empty <code>fo:table-cell</code> elements, the new code
            will complain about that (unless relaxed validation is enabled) because the specification
            demands at least one block-level element (<code>(%block;)+</code>, see
            <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/#fo_table-cell">XSL-FO 1.1, 6.7.10</a>)
            inside an <code>fo:table-cell</code> element.
          </note>
        </li>
        <li>
          Extensions and Renderers written for version 0.20.5 will not work with the new code! The new FOP
          extension for <a href="http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net">Barcode4J</a> is available since
          January 2007.
        </li>
        <li>
          The SVG Renderer and the MIF Handler have not yet been resurrected! They are currently non-functional
          and hope for someone to step up and reimplement them.
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p>
        When you use your existing FO files or XML/XSL files which work fine with FOP version
        0.20.5 against this FOP version some things may not work as expected. The following
        list will hopefully help you to identify and correct those problems.
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>
          Check the <a href="../compliance.html">Compliance page</a> for the feature causing
          trouble. It may contain the necessary information to understand and resolve the problem.
        </li>
        <li>
          Not all 0.20.5 output formats are supported. PDF and Postscript should be fully supported.
          See <a href="output.html">Output Targets</a> for a more complete description.
        </li>
        <li>
          As stated above, empty table cells <code>&lt;fo:table-cell&gt;&lt;/fo:table-cell&gt;</code>
          are not allowed by the specification. The same applies to empty <code>fo:static-content</code>
          and <code>fo:block-container</code> elements, for example.
        </li>
        <li>
          Version 0.20.5 is not XSL-FO compliant with respect to sizing images (<code>external-graphic</code>)
          or <code>instream-foreign-object</code>
          objects. If images or SVGs are sized differently in your outputs with the new FOP version
          check <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37136">Bug 37136</a>
          as it contains some hints on what to do. The file
          <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/examples/fo/basic/images.fo?view=markup">
          <code>"examples/fo/basic/images.fo"</code></a> has
          a number of good examples that show the correct behaviour.
        </li>
        <li>
          The <code>fox:outline</code> extension is not implemented in the current version:
          it has been superseded by the new bookmark elements from XSL-FO 1.1.
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
  </body>
</document>