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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml index 3573c1b74..b208327b4 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/faq.xml @@ -601,23 +601,8 @@ <faq id="servlet"> <question>How do I use FOP in a servlet?</question> <answer> - <p>Look at the servlet example.</p> <p> - A rather minimal code snippet to demonstrate the basics: - </p> - <source>response.setContentType("application/pdf"); -Driver driver=new Driver( new InputSource("foo.fo"), - response.getOutputStream()); -driver.setRenderer(Driver.RENDER_PDF); -driver.run();</source> - <p> - Caveat: Internet Explorer will not automatically show the PDF. Thats a - well known IEx problem, not with the servlet. You can download the PDF - with IEx and view it later. There are other problems with this code. - </p> - <p> - Please look into <link href="embedding.html">Embedding FOP</link> - for all kinds of details. + See <link href="embedding.html#servlet">Using FOP in a Servlet</link>. </p> </answer> </faq> @@ -626,54 +611,7 @@ driver.run();</source> transformation?</question> <answer> <p> - Use the TraxInputHandler if both the source XML and XSL are read from - files. - </p> - <p> - A demonstration: - </p> - <source>response.setContentType("application/pdf"); -XSLTInputHandler input - =new XSLTInputHandler(new File("foo.xml"), new File("foo.xsl")); -Driver driver=new Driver(); -driver.setOutputStream(response.getOutputStream()); -driver.setRenderer(Driver.RENDER_PDF); -driver.render(input.getParser(), input.getInputSource());</source> - <p> - This minimal code snippet has the same problems as the one from the - question above. Please inform yourself about the details. - </p> - <p> - If your source XML is generated on the fly, for example from a - database, a web service, or another servlet, you have to create a - transformer object explicitely and use a SAX event stream to feed the - transformation result into FOP. - </p> - <p> - A demonstration: - </p> - <source>response.setContentType("application/pdf"); -Driver driver =new Driver(); -driver.setOutputStream(response.getOutputStream()); -driver.setRenderer(Driver.RENDER_PDF); -Transformer transformer=TransformerFactory.newInstance() - .newTransformer(new StreamSource("foo.xsl")); -transformer.transform(xmlsource, new SAXResult(driver.getContentHandler()));</source> - <p> - You don't have to call run() or render() on the driver object. - </p> - <p> - The <code>xmlsource</code> is a placeholder for your actual XML - source. You can supply a <code>new StreamSource( new - StringReader(xmlstring))</code> if you have to read the XML from a - string. Constructing an XML string and reparse it is not always a - good idea, consider to use a SAXSource if you generate your XML. You - can, of course, supply a DOMSource or whatever you like. You can also - use dynamically generated XSL if you want to. - </p> - <p> - Because you have an explicit transformer object, you can set - parameters for the transformation run too. + See <link href="embedding.html#servlet-transform">Using FOP in a Servlet with XSLT Transformation</link>. </p> </answer> </faq> @@ -690,9 +628,8 @@ transformer.transform(xmlsource, new SAXResult(driver.getContentHandler()));</so servlet?</question> <answer> <p> - Declare the fonts in the <code>userconfig.xml</code> file as - usual. See <link href="#usercfg">loading the user configuration - file</link> for further steps. + Declare the fonts in the <code>userconfig.xml</code> file as usual. +See <link href="#usercfg">loading the user configuration file</link> for further details. </p> </answer> </faq> |