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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/anttask.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/anttask.xml index 84a71ee6f..e3e14aab6 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/anttask.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/anttask.xml @@ -8,17 +8,33 @@ </header> <body> <p> - FOP provides an Ant task for integration into the build process.</p> + FOP provides an Ant task for automating the document build process.</p> <section><title>Description</title> <p> - FOP Ant task converts xsl-fo documents to PDF/PS/PCL/MIF/RTF output + The FOP Ant task will convert XSL-FO documents to PDF/PS/PCL/MIF/RTF output (see <link href="output.html">Output formats</link> for available formats).</p> <p> - FileSets are used to select files to render.</p> + To call FOP tasks within Ant, first add a FOP task definition to your Ant build file. + One method of defining the task is as follows: + </p> + <source><![CDATA[ +<property name="fop.dir" value="....path to your FOP jar files..."/> + +<taskdef name="fop" + classname="org.apache.fop.tools.anttasks.Fop"> + <classpath> + <pathelement location="${fop.dir}\fop.jar"/> + <pathelement location="${fop.dir}\avalon.jar"/> + <pathelement location="${fop.dir}\batik.jar"/> + </classpath> +</taskdef> + ]]></source> +<p> + Then create FOP tasks within your Ant build file, using the FOP task parameters listed below.</p> </section> <!-- TODO: Installation/Configuration --> - <section><title>Parameters</title> - <table><caption>parameters for FOP Ant task</caption> + <section><title>Parameters for FOP Ant task</title> + <table><caption>Parameters specified as attributes</caption> <tr> <th>Attribute</th> <th>Description</th> @@ -27,16 +43,16 @@ <tr> <td>fofile</td> <td>XSL-FO file to be rendered</td> - <td>Only if there's no fileset</td> + <td>Yes, if no fileset nested element is used</td> </tr> <tr> <td>outfile</td> <td>Output filename</td> - <td>Only when fofile is used (if there's no fileset)</td> + <td>Yes, when fofile is used. (This attribute is not valid for filesets.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>format</td> - <td>Possible ouput formats:<br/> + <td>Possible output formats:<br/> <code>application/pdf</code><br/> <code>application/postscript</code><br/> <code>application/vnd.mif</code><br/> @@ -44,70 +60,78 @@ <code>application/vnd.hp-PCL</code><br/> <code>text/plain</code><br/> <code>text/xml</code><br/> - Defaults to <code>application/pdf</code> </td> - <td>No, default is <code>application/pdf</code></td> + <td>No, defaults to <code>application/pdf</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>outdir</td> <td>Output directory</td> - <td>Yes</td> + <td>Required if a fileset is used to specify the files to render; optional for fofile. (Can alternatively specify the full path in the fofile value.)</td> </tr> - <tr> + <!--tr Commented out; attribute is currently unimplemented according to the code> <td>basedir</td> <td>Directory to work from</td> <td>Yes</td> - </tr> + </tr--> <tr> <td>userconfig</td> - <td>File with user configuration (same as the "-c" command line option)</td> + <td>User configuration file (same as the FOP "-c" command line option)</td> <td>No</td> </tr> <tr> <td>messagelevel</td> <td>Logging level<br/> - Possible values: error, warn, info, verbose, debug</td> - <td>No; defaults to verbose</td> + Possible values: <code>error</code>, <code>warn</code>, <code>info</code>, <code>verbose</code>, <code>debug</code></td> + <td>No, defaults to <code>verbose</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>logFiles</td> - <td>Controls whether the names of the files that are processed are logged or not</td> - <td>No; default is true</td> + <td>Controls whether the names of the files that are processed are logged + (<code>true</code>) or not (<code>false</code>)</td> + <td>No, default is <code>true</code></td> + </tr> + </table> + <p/> + <table><caption>Parameters specified as nested elements</caption> + <tr> + <th>Attribute</th> + <th>Description</th> + <th>Required</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>fileset</td> + <td><link href="http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSets</link> + are used to specify multiple XSL-FO files to be rendered.</td> + <td>Yes, if no fofile attribute is supplied</td> </tr> - </table> - <section><title>Parameters specified as nested elements</title> - <section><title>fileset</title> - <p> - FileSets are used to select files that will be rendered to the - selected output format.</p> - </section> - </section> + </table> </section> <section> <title>Examples</title> <p> - Converts one XSL-FO file to PDF: + The following example converts a single XSL-FO file to a PDF document: </p> - <source><![CDATA[ -<target name="generate-pdf" depends="init" description="Generates PDF file"> - - <taskdef name="fop" classname="org.apache.fop.tools.anttasks.Fop" - classpathref="libs-run-classpath"/> - - <fop fofile="examples/fo/basic/extensive.fo" outfile="${build.dir}/extensive.pdf"/> + <source><![CDATA[ +<target name="generate-pdf" description="Generates a single PDF file"> + <fop format="application/pdf" + fofile="c:\working\foDirectory\foDocument.fo" + outfile="c:\working\pdfDirectory\pdfDocument.pdf" /> </target> ]]></source> <p> - Converts a whole directory of XSL-FO files to PostScript: + This example converts all XSL-FO files within an entire directory to PostScript: </p> <source><![CDATA[ -<fop format="application/postscript" outdir="${build.dir}" - messagelevel="debug" basedir="${fo.examples.dir}"> - <fileset dir="${fo.examples.dir}"> - <include name="**/*.fo"/> - </fileset> -</fop> +<target name="generate-multiple-ps" + description="Generates multiple PostScript files"> + <fop format="application/postscript" + outdir="${build.dir}" messagelevel="debug"> + <fileset dir="${fo.examples.dir}"> + <include name="*.fo"/> + </fileset> + </fop> +</target> ]]></source> </section> </body> |