RE: sending xml response from servlet

No, #3 happens automatically if you do #2.  Erik disagrees me with on #1 so you need to make your own decision there based on what your software needs.  For #2, Erik and I agree.
Leigh.

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From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Iñaki Salinas Bueno
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:45 AM
To: www-forms
Subject: Re: sending xml response from servlet


Ok, I think I understand it. Using ISO-8859-1, I have to worry about:
- putting the corresponding HTTP response header to ISO-8859-1 encoding
- telling the serializer of the API that must use the encoding ISO-8859-1
- writing the characters in the document following the ISO-8859-1 (and the starting XML definition = <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>)

Thanks for this information.

Returning to my previous problems, outputting data was already solved, but I have been having troubles with the XML document treatment (i.e. setting data in elements, I am incapable to find some method similar to this: setElementValue(String elementName, String elementValue)).

So I will finally use the JAXB API <http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/jaxb/> . I have been reading about it and I think that it is what I need. I have XML Schemas that define my XML documents, and it seems easy to treat the entire XML document with its binding capabilities. And I do not think that working with other APIs (as Xindice) using JAXB is going to be more difficult that with other APIs.

Greetings,
Iñaki



2007/2/20, Klotz, Leigh <Leigh.Klotz@xerox.com>: 

	Iñaki,
	Whatever API you use, when you serialize, you will need to tell the serializer what encoding to use, and specify that same value as the charset in the HTTP response header.
	ISO-8859-1 will work, but you must tell JDOM to use it; otherwise it will likely default to something else.
	XML that starts wtih <?xml version="1.0" ?> is UTF-8 by definition and so is the default.
	So you really have 3 places to worry about but the XML API you use will handle two of them (the XML declaration and the actual characters themselves).
	You must make sure that the HTTP response header has the right value in it.
	If this isn't clear, please ask me.
	Leigh.

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	From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Iñaki Salinas Bueno
	Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:25 PM
	To: www-forms
	Subject: Re: sending xml response from servlet
	
	
	
	Thanks all.
	
	I did so many things and I had to change the code so many times trying different forms to implement my application that I do not know which code I have used. But I am very happy with the help you gave to me.
	
	I tried to do it with JDOM library and I embroiled with it. I know why I embroiled now (ignorance of how to use the Java language), I will try it again later maybe.
	
	Referring to the last comment of Leigh, I suppose that charset=ISO-8859-1 works too. And thanks for your comments about improving efficiency. It is not relevant for what I have to do but I will consider it if efficiency turns relevant.
	
	Regards,
	Iñaki
	
	
	
	
	2007/2/19, Erik Bruchez <ebruchez@orbeon.com>: 


		Iñaki,
		
		We have a very simple example in JSP in our CVS (scroll past the tags...):
		
		http://cvs.forge.objectweb.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ops/orbeon/src/examples-jsp/flickr-search/service-search.jsp?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
		
		This example uses dom4j to read the submitted XML. 
		
		BTW, I recommend you look at the eXist database instead of Xindice. This
		will also allow you to have your forms directly talk with the database
		using REST, instead of using a Java layer in the middle:
		
		   http://exist.sourceforge.net/
		
		We have examples on our web site on how to access eXist from XForms,
		including in our tutorial:
		
		   http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/intro-tutorial
		   http://www.orbeon.com/ops/xforms-bookcast/
		
		Our Government Forms example also uses REST to directly talk to eXist: 
		
		   http://www.orbeon.com/ops/forms/
		
		I hope this helps,
		
		-Erik
		
		Iñaki Salinas Bueno wrote:
		> Hello,
		>
		> Can someone recommend me a set of libraries that allow a servlet 
		> receive/send XML documents from/to xforms? I have found several
		> libraries, but I don't know which is more adapted for what I want to do.
		>
		> I'm using xforms in client side and a servlet for xindice (DB manager) 
		> calls in server side.
		>
		> The servlet gets the xml document from xforms and add it in the DB
		> correctly (I used a Xindice web application example and the tip 'Xforms
		> tip: Accepting XForms data in Java 
		> < http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/x-xformstipjava/index.html <http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/x-xformstipjava/index.html> >'
		> for its construction), but I don't know how can I get a XML document 
		> from DB and put it in the response object of the servlet.
		>
		> The example of the tip works with strings, so following it for the
		> response I would have to take the XML document of the DB, transform it 
		> into a string, and then send it. Cannot be the XML document sent as
		> application/xml without transforming it into a string?
		>
		> Maybe questions are more java related than xforms, but they are
		> working-with-xml related so I think that I can found help in this forum.
		>
		> Thanks
		> Iñaki
		
		
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