XsltView configuration example?

[bit]

I'm stuck trying to get an XsltView set up. AbstractXsltView is deprecated, and the documentation doesn't seem to be updated to reflect this.

A simple end-to-end example would be great.

Thanks!

[bit]

Got it working. For the benefit of others:

XsltView
"The XSLT Source object is supplied as a parameter in the model and then detected during response rendering."

This means the XML you wish to transform should be passed in the model.

"Users can either specify a specific entry in the model via the sourceKey property [....]"

That's what I did. I create a Source object and put it in the model with the specified sourceKey string (in my case "xml").

To specify the XSL to be used, I had to set it as the url value.

In a view.properties file, I have the following:
stuff.(class)=com.example.ui.XsltViewImpl
stuff.url=http://localhost/xsl/stuff.xsl
stuff.sourceKey=xml

So one could create different entries, just changing the high level qualifier and url to allow the controller to call on different transforms for different types, i.e.:

things.(class)=com.example.ui.XsltViewImpl
things.url=http://localhost/xsl/things.xsl
things.sourceKey=xml

Currently my XsltViewImpl file is almost empty; I'm not overriding any methods. I guess I could just use the base XsltView class right now.

// in the controller
	protected ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
//...
		Source s = new StreamSource(new StringReader(xmlFile));

		Map model = new HashMap();
		model.put("xml", s);

		return new ModelAndView("stuff", model);
	}

[trippellino5]

do you still happen to have the full example of this?

I am trying like hell to put together a simple spring application using xsl, but my little brain is simply not up for the task.

Is there a good example out there of a simple spring app using xsl? Is there a book that has this info in it?

[bit]

Sorry, I'm running flat out. Maybe you could post what you've tried so far and problems you've hit, and someone else could help?

One big gotcha I hit is that if you pass anything into the XSL as a param it needs to be, for lack of the right phrase, self-contained:

<table>
...
</table>

not:

<tr><td>...</td></tr>
<tr><td>...</td></tr>
<tr><td>...</td></tr>
<tr><td>...</td></tr>

[pratyushas]

Hi Bit,

I tried the steps that you have suggested , but am getting a runtime exception "content is allowed in prolog"
Can you suggest in What is going wrong !!!!

Thanks
Pratyu

Got it working. For the benefit of others:

XsltView
"The XSLT Source object is supplied as a parameter in the model and then detected during response rendering."

This means the XML you wish to transform should be passed in the model.

"Users can either specify a specific entry in the model via the sourceKey property [....]"

That's what I did. I create a Source object and put it in the model with the specified sourceKey string (in my case "xml").

To specify the XSL to be used, I had to set it as the url value.

In a view.properties file, I have the following:
stuff.(class)=com.example.ui.XsltViewImpl
stuff.url=http://localhost/xsl/stuff.xsl
stuff.sourceKey=xml

So one could create different entries, just changing the high level qualifier and url to allow the controller to call on different transforms for different types, i.e.:

things.(class)=com.example.ui.XsltViewImpl
things.url=http://localhost/xsl/things.xsl
things.sourceKey=xml

Currently my XsltViewImpl file is almost empty; I'm not overriding any methods. I guess I could just use the base XsltView class right now.

// in the controller
	protected ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
//...
		Source s = new StreamSource(new StringReader(xmlFile));

		Map model = new HashMap();
		model.put("xml", s);

		return new ModelAndView("stuff", model);
	}