Package org.apache.fop.servlet

Class FopPrintServlet

java.lang.Object
HttpServlet
org.apache.fop.servlet.FopServlet
org.apache.fop.servlet.FopPrintServlet
public class FopPrintServlet extends FopServlet
Example servlet to generate a fop printout from a servlet. Printing goes to the default printer on host where the servlet executes. Servlet param is:
  • fo: the path to a XSL-FO file to render
or
  • xml: the path to an XML file to render
  • xslt: the path to an XSLT file that can transform the above XML to XSL-FO

Example URL: http://servername/fop/servlet/FopPrintServlet?fo=readme.fo
Example URL: http://servername/fop/servlet/FopPrintServlet?xml=data.xml
Note: This servlet is derived from FopServlet. Most methods are inherited from the superclass. Only the differences to the base class are necessary.

  • Constructor Details

    • FopPrintServlet

      public FopPrintServlet()

  • Method Details

    • render

      protected void render(Source src, Transformer transformer, HttpServletResponse response) throws FOPException, TransformerException, IOException
      Renders an input file (XML or XSL-FO) into a PDF file. It uses the JAXP transformer given to optionally transform the input document to XSL-FO. The transformer may be an identity transformer in which case the input must already be XSL-FO. The PDF is written to a byte array that is returned as the method's result.
      Overrides:
      render in class FopServlet
      Parameters:
      src - Input XML or XSL-FO
      transformer - Transformer to use for optional transformation
      response - HTTP response object
      Throws:
      FOPException - If an error occurs during the rendering of the XSL-FO
      TransformerException - If an error occurs during XSL transformation
      IOException - In case of an I/O problem