Re: [Exist-open] betterform running in eXist - first running code

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

>Tried to deploy these in eXist but jsps do not seem to be supported

Indeed, we dont natively support JSP.

> I just found that the XQueryURLRewrite outputs html the
> hardcoded way. That also not quite what i like. Wouldn't it be better
> to have a general xquery handle that? Or did i miss something?

I am not entirely familiar with XQueryURLRewrite but would like to
help, can you elaborate on what you mean by "outputs html the harcoded
way".

> Thanks,
>
> Joern
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Joern Turner
> <joe...@go...> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> we have completed a first running integration of the betterform XForms
>> engine into eXist 1.4.0.
>>
>> Please note that this is really a first proof-of-concept and surely
>> needs some fine-tuning and further input from the eXist experts. We
>> appreciate any input that improves the integration.
>>
>> Installation:
>> We assume that you have a running standard installation of eXist 1.4.0.
>>
>> Attached is a small zip file (<10k) that needs to be copied and
>> expanded to EXIST_HOME/extensions.
>>
>> Important: this file is attached as betterform.zap file. Most
>> listservers reject .zip files. To use it please rename to
>> betterform.zip and expand it. This will create the directory
>> 'betterform' in extensions and create a few files. This are the files
>> to bootstrap the actual installation (see below).
>>
>> In the newly created directory 'betterform' there will be a build.xml
>> with 2 targets
>> "install" to integrate the betterform engine into eXist. It will
>> download a zip file from our server that contains a tailored version
>> of betterform.
>> This will be unpacked to
>> EXIST_HOME/extensions/betterform/target/betterform. Forms, resources
>> and config files from this source are copied to their appropriate
>> locations in
>> - EXIST_HOME/webapp/forms (static XForms)
>> - EXIST_HOME/webapp/resources (betterform scripts, styles, transforms etc.)
>> - EXIST_HOME/webapp/xquery (xpGuess.xql - the only xquery demo for now)
>> - EXIST_HOME/webapp/WEB-INF (betterform config files)
>>
>> After that a XSLT adds the necessary configuration to the existing
>> web.xml (a server restart is necessary). The original web.xml will be
>> saved for later deinstallation.
>>
>> One ugly thing here is that eXist AND betterform have a directory
>> named 'resources' and these get merged in the during the copying. We
>> have to sort that out in a next step though deinstallation still
>> should work correctly.
>>
>> Finally we create a start.config in EXIST_HOME/ and add the betterform
>> extension to the classpath.
>>
>> To remove betterform from the current installation simply call "ant
>> uninstall" and you're done. This will delete all formerly created
>> files from below EXIST_HOME/webapp and restore the old web.xml
>>
>>
>> To try it
>> -----------
>> after installation (re)start your server and try these URLs:
>> - http://localhost:8080/exist/forms/demo/registration.xhtml shows one
>> of our demo forms as an example for a static document
>> - http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/xfGuess.xql is a variant of the
>> standard eXist guess.xql sample translated in XForms to show the
>> creation of a XForms document in XQuery.
>>
>> There one important point to note: notice the line
>> request:set-attribute("betterform.filter.parseResponseBody", "true"),
>>
>> This will signal the XFormsFilter to act upon the response from the
>> XQuery and create a XForms session. This flag MUST be set explicitly
>> otherwise the response will not be treated as XForms and simply be
>> passed through.
>>
>> Suggestions and comments highly appreciated.
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>> Joern
>>
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