Re: [xwiki-users] Using a commercial pdf-rendering library

Hi Vincent, have you already found time to think about the proposal? Regards, Josef jhaimerl wrote >> > wrote: >> >>> Sorry this was a little misleading, I meant custom pdf export >>> implementation, >>> which uses any pdf rendering library for example iText. >> >> ok, good, iText is a good example but it works completely differently >> than FOP works. For FOP we use this workflow: >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Configuration#HCustomiz… >> >> For iText, it's completely different and you would build iText directly >> from the events (no need to generate HTML first, and apply various >> stylesheets). >> >> That's why in this case it would mean 2 completely different Renderers. >> >> Regarding hints, we could have as names: >> >> "fop/1.0" >> "itext/1.0" >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> PS: Note that using iText means shortcomings ATM, see >> http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-147# >> >>> >>> >>> vmassol wrote >>>> Before answering your questions below I need to know what you mean by >>>> "custom PDF library". >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>>> On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:14 PM, jhaimerl < >>> >>>>> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Vincent, >>>>> >>>>> we now took a look at the following code and a few questions came up. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> First of all how should the renderer interface be embedded? What name >>>>> do >>>>> you >>>>> suggest for the new component? Which injections and annotations are >>>>> needed >>>>> (e.g. what kind of information includes the @Named(…) annotation)? Are >>>>> there >>>>> any documents where we can read something about that? >>>>> Where will be defined after which implementation class of the pdf >>>>> library >>>>> is >>>>> searched in service of the injection? Maybe in the xwiki.cfg? In that >>>>> context another question is where is defined which implementation of >>>>> the >>>>> class PrintRendererFactory will be injected? >>>>> >>>>> Will the currently used PDFExport interface be obsolete by that? >>>>> >>>>> Should the BlockRenderer interface either be implementated directly or >>>>> has >>>>> it to be inherited of the AbstractBlockRenderer class? >>>>> >>>>> Concerning the following code: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We would suggest to insert a check in the export-method to determine >>>>> if a >>>>> custom pdf library is configured (e.g. in the xwiki.cfg) or not. If >>>>> yes >>>>> it'll be used, if not the standard export remains in force. >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> users mailing list >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/Using-a-commercial-pdf-rendering-library-… >>> Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> -- View this message in context: http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/Using-a-commercial-pdf-rendering-library-… Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.