pfc submit and transformation data instance

i am trying to evaluate xforms and have a question about what i would  
consider to be a fairly typical usage. much like the government forms  
example i want to start with a list of documents, select a specific  
one and then get the details back. i'm considering using the java  
integration to retrieve the xml since an xml database isn't in my  
future.

i've gotten an example to work using a single node result (ie.  
<user>jim jones</user>) but if i return a result like  
<user><firstname>jim</firstname><lastname>jones</lastname></user>  
then i don't seem to be able to reference the input:instance in the  
detail view regardless of how i go about it (you can see all my  
attempts in user-detail.xhtml).

i've studied the pfc-atm, xforms-wizard-pfc and government forms  
examples and thought i was on the right track but apparently not.

also, if there is a better way of going about this i would sure like  
to know.

thanks,
andrew






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I tried sending this once before but never saw it hit the mailing  
list so excuse me if this is a repost.

I am trying to evaluate XForms and have a question about what I  
believe would be a fairly typical usage. Much like the government  
forms example I want to start with a list of documents, select a  
specific one and then get the details back. I'm considering using the  
Java Integration to retrieve the XML since an XML database isn't in  
my future.

I've gotten an example to work using a single node result (ie.  
<user>jim jones</user>) but if I return a result like  
<user><firstname>jim</firstname><lastname>jones</lastname></user>  
then I don't seem to be able to reference the input:instance in the  
detail view regardless of how I go about it (see all my attempts in  
user-detail.xhtml).

I've studied the pfc-atm, xforms-wizard-pfc and government forms  
examples and thought I was on the right track but apparently not.

Also, if there is a better way of going about this I would appreciate  
the advice.

Thanks,
Andrew







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Andrew,

On 9/6/07, Andrew Wiggin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> i've gotten an example to work using a single node result (ie.
> <user>jim jones</user>) but if i return a result like
> <user><firstname>jim</firstname><lastname>jones</lastname></user>
> then i don't seem to be able to reference the input:instance in the
> detail view regardless of how i go about it (you can see all my
> attempts in user-detail.xhtml).

I have been running your example, and I see: "First Name 3: my name
is...jones ", which seems correct. If I put the XForms inspector in
the page (http://www.orbeon.com/blog/2007/02/02/orbeon-forms-instance-inspector/),
I can see that the instance is as follows, which seems OK.

<user>
    <firstname>my name is...</firstname>
    <lastname>jones</lastname>
</user>

Are you expecting a different result in this case?

Alex
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I am not expecting anything different for the First Name 3 field -  
but i would like to create <xform:input> fields for each node in the  
<user> xml and I don't seem to be able to reference them properly.  
Look at all the other xforms:output controls in user-detail.xhtml.

Thanks,
Andrew



On Sep 11, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Alessandro Vernet wrote:



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Andrew,

On 9/12/07, Andrew Wiggin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I am not expecting anything different for the First Name 3 field -
> but i would like to create <xform:input> fields for each node in the
> <user> xml and I don't seem to be able to reference them properly.
> Look at all the other xforms:output controls in user-detail.xhtml.

OK, I see. The issue comes from the page-flow.xml. You have there a
default namespace xmlns="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/controller". You
then create the elements <user>, <firstname>, and <lastname>, so those
element are in the PFC namespace. In the view, an XPath expression
like  /user/firstname won't return anything.

You can fix this by adding xmlns="" on <user> in the page flow
(updated version attached).

I said this many time here, but my personal opinion is that default
namespaces are evil. Unless all the elements in an XML file are in
that namespace, I would strongly advice not to use default namespaces.
They save us a few keystrokes, but then create problems like the one
you just had that are really not easy to spot.

Alex
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