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[Mod-xml-general] mod_xml autoconf stuff

[Nick K. <ni...@we...>]

Hi,

I've looked at it now - sorry about the delay.  Looks basically good,
but I have one issue with it.  On Linux it built first time for me.
On  FreeBSD it doesn't, because mod_xml.la referencessrc/mod_xml.la.
This could be a make vs gnu-make thing.

Anyway, I think we should use a makefile in src/ to build src/mod_xml.la.
That seems to me to be the clean way to solve this.  Any thoughts?

Also, I'd suggest making gnome the default build.  Not important, but
gnome is a much lighter-weight library, and should give the best
performance for applications that don't need Xerces-only capabilities.

I have some further updates to checkin when I can find a round tuit,
and am making a start on some decent docs!

Regards,

-- 
Nick Kew

[Mod-xml-general] The realloc question

[Nick K. <ni...@we...>]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Philipp Dunkel wrote:

> 3rd I have no idea what you are talking about with the callback concept. The
> problem remains that before parsing transforming I need the entire document
> in one buffer, otherwise I won't get a DOM-like structure that I can pass to
> the tranformation.

What I had in mind was to build the Doctree using a progressive parse,
as the mod_xml main handler does (if you select a DOM parser).  This
avoids the thorny realloc/or equivalent problem.

I have not managed to do that for XSLT.  However, I have come to
the view that the realloc has to go, so I've updated mod_xml to do:

(1) If Content-length is set, we use that to alloc a memory buffer in one.
(2) If Content-Length is not available, we use a tempfile.

A possible future enhancement would be to allow this choice to be
controlled by configuration options, though I'd still prefer a
progressive parse.

To accompany that, we have a couple of optimisations:
(3) If the main parser is used, it can pass a doctree to the XSLT
    filter, which will then omit the parse altogether
(4) (not yet done) A main handler for static XML docs, that will
    shortcircuit the normal process and have the XSLT parser read
    the XML doc in the manner of a main handler.

I have not yet checked in this lot, but since it addresses one important
issue we've been debating I thought it worth running by you!

Regards,

-- 
Nick Kew

[Mod-xml-general] Re: modxml

[Nick K. <ni...@we...>]

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Stephane Peiry wrote:

> For the conf part it was my intention to get (as a "first"
> step) the with-[gnome|apache] option done. Now that I have
> your agreement ;) Ill commit something over the we. By the
> way, my intention implies a small directory reorganization
> (i.e.: all the source under a "src" directory, docs under
> "doc", etc., as the first tar you received implied) if thats
> ok for you then Ill do the changes "per cvs".

No problem with a [src|doc] reorg (besides, there isn't any
real doc yet:-)

Just so long as the apache-specific and gnome-specific bits are
suitably organised in their own areas, it should be fine.

-- 
Nick Kew