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 * $Id: FopServlet.java,v 1.2 2003/03/07 09:48:05 jeremias Exp $
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package org.apache.fop.servlet;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;

// Avalon
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.ConsoleLogger;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;

//FOP
import org.apache.fop.apps.Session;
import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;

/**
 * Example servlet to generate a PDF from a servlet.
 * <br/>
 * Servlet param is:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>fo: the path to a XSL-FO file to render
 * </ul>
 * or
 * <ul>
 *   <li>xml: the path to an XML file to render</li>
 *   <li>xslt: the path to an XSLT file that can transform the above XML to XSL-FO</li>
 * </ul>
 * <br/>
 * Example URL: http://servername/fop/servlet/FopServlet?fo=readme.fo
 * <br/>
 * Example URL: http://servername/fop/servlet/FopServlet?xml=data.xml&xslt=format.xsl
 * <br/>
 * For this to work with Internet Explorer, you might need to append "&ext=.pdf"
 * to the URL.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:fop-dev@xml.apache.org">Apache XML FOP Development Team</a>
 * @version $Id: FopServlet.java,v 1.2 2003/03/07 09:48:05 jeremias Exp $
 * (todo) Ev. add caching mechanism for Templates objects
 */
public class FopServlet extends HttpServlet {

    /** Name of the parameter used for the XSL-FO file */
    protected static final String FO_REQUEST_PARAM = "fo";
    /** Name of the parameter used for the XML file */
    protected static final String XML_REQUEST_PARAM = "xml";
    /** Name of the parameter used for the XSLT file */
    protected static final String XSLT_REQUEST_PARAM = "xslt";

    /** Logger to give to FOP */
    protected Logger log = null;
    /** The TransformerFactory to use to create Transformer instances */
    protected TransformerFactory transFactory = null;

    /**
     * @see javax.servlet.GenericServlet#init()
     */
    public void init() throws ServletException {
        this.log = new ConsoleLogger(ConsoleLogger.LEVEL_WARN);
        this.transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
    }

    /**
     * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)
     */
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                      HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException {
        try {
            //Get parameters
            String foParam = request.getParameter(FO_REQUEST_PARAM);
            String xmlParam = request.getParameter(XML_REQUEST_PARAM);
            String xsltParam = request.getParameter(XSLT_REQUEST_PARAM);

            //Analyze parameters and decide with method to use
            byte[] content = null;
            if (foParam != null) {
                content = renderFO(foParam);
            } else if ((xmlParam != null) && (xsltParam != null)) {
                content = renderXML(xmlParam, xsltParam);
            } else {
                PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
                out.println("<html><head><title>Error</title></head>\n"
                          + "<body><h1>FopServlet Error</h1><h3>No 'fo' "
                          + "request param given.</body></html>");
            }

            if (content != null) {
                //Send the result back to the client
                response.setContentType("application/pdf");
                response.setContentLength(content.length);
                response.getOutputStream().write(content);
                response.getOutputStream().flush();
            }

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new ServletException(ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Converts a String parameter to a JAXP Source object.
     * @param param a String parameter
     * @return Source the generated Source object
     */
    protected Source convertString2Source(String param) {
        return new StreamSource(new File(param));
    }

    /**
     * Renders an XSL-FO file into a PDF file. The PDF is written to a byte
     * array that is returned as the method's result.
     * @param fo the XSL-FO file
     * @return byte[] the rendered PDF file
     * @throws FOPException If an error occurs during the rendering of the
     * XSL-FO
     * @throws TransformerException If an error occurs while parsing the input
     * file
     */
    protected byte[] renderFO(String fo)
                throws FOPException, TransformerException {

        //Setup source
        Source foSrc = convertString2Source(fo);

        //Setup the identity transformation
        Transformer transformer = this.transFactory.newTransformer();

        //Start transformation and rendering process
        return render(foSrc, transformer);
    }

    /**
     * Renders an XML file into a PDF file by applying a stylesheet
     * that converts the XML to XSL-FO. The PDF is written to a byte array
     * that is returned as the method's result.
     * @param xml the XML file
     * @param xslt the XSLT file
     * @return byte[] the rendered PDF file
     * @throws FOPException If an error occurs during the rendering of the
     * XSL-FO
     * @throws TransformerException If an error occurs during XSL
     * transformation
     */
    protected byte[] renderXML(String xml, String xslt)
                throws FOPException, TransformerException {

        //Setup sources
        Source xmlSrc = convertString2Source(xml);
        Source xsltSrc = convertString2Source(xslt);

        //Setup the XSL transformation
        Transformer transformer = this.transFactory.newTransformer(xsltSrc);

        //Start transformation and rendering process
        return render(xmlSrc, transformer);
    }

    /**
     * Renders an input file (XML or XSL-FO) into a PDF file. It uses the JAXP
     * transformer given to optionally transform the input document to XSL-FO.
     * The transformer may be an identity transformer in which case the input
     * must already be XSL-FO. The PDF is written to a byte array that is
     * returned as the method's result.
     * @param src Input XML or XSL-FO
     * @param transformer Transformer to use for optional transformation
     * @return byte[] the rendered PDF file
     * @throws FOPException If an error occurs during the rendering of the
     * XSL-FO
     * @throws TransformerException If an error occurs during XSL
     * transformation
     */
    protected byte[] render(Source src, Transformer transformer)
                throws FOPException, TransformerException {

        //Setup FOP
        Session session = new Session();
        session.enableLogging(this.log);
        session.setRenderer(Session.RENDER_PDF);
        session.initialize();

        //Setup output
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        session.setOutputStream(out);

        //Make sure the XSL transformation's result is piped through to FOP
        Result res = new SAXResult(session.getContentHandler());

        //Start the transformation and rendering process
        transformer.transform(src, res);

        //Return the result
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

}