Re: [Statcvs-users] Embeddable output?

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Hi Simon,

Am 15.10.2004 um 23:55 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
> A feature request: make it possible to "embed" the HTML output.  One
> solution that I believe would be sufficient for me would be to have
> two new parameters -tophtml and -bottomhtml, that specified two files.
> The contents of those files would be added to the top and bottom,
> respectively, of each generated HTML file.  The generated output would
> have to remove the <html>, <head> and initial <body> stuff, also.

I'm a bit opposed to this. Sounds useful, but when we add this, there 
will soon be requests for customizable <title>, different headers for 
different types of report pages. I believe that if we want customizable 
output, then it should be *really* customizable, not just a minimal 
solution that will not be sufficient in many cases.

I'd like to understand why stand-alone reports are not good enough. 
What are the requirements for the customized reports? Integration with 
corporate design? Integration in site navigation? Additional 
information/explanations on every page? That's a question to everyone 
who wishes for better customizability (it's not the first time the 
subject comes up).

> I noticed StatCVS-XML, but I didn't understand how they embedded their
> pages, nor what the difference compared to StatCVS was.  But at least
> StatCVS-XML used a lot more memory. :-)

StatCvs-XML generates XML output and uses XSLT stylesheets to generate 
either HTML or Maven doc files. That's a very flexible approach. I 
don't know how much effort it would be to adapt their XSLT stylesheets 
for your needs, but this would be a way to achieve your goals.

Best,
Richard