RE: Using Jivan in a Barracuda App - Solved!

The problem turned out to be in the HTMLComponentRenderer.java file. When Jivan
parses an HTML file where there is space between the <table> tag and the <tr>
tag, ir inserts a Text node with the blank space. However, HTMLComponentRenderer
changes to ensure that all children of the <table> tag are <tr> tags. If not,
the text is wrapped in a <tr> tag. So it was wrapping blank text in a <tr> tag.
I've modified the HTMLComponentRenderer to fix this.

David Robison

Quoting Christian Cryder <[email protected]>:

> Just a comment...
> 
> Theoretically, Barracuda should work just fine - it doesn't do anything
> that
> is XMLC specific (or at least, its not supposed to ;-)...all the
> interaction
> with the DOM occurs through the DOM interfaces, so it should be a
> simple
> matter to plug in a DOM that was created from a different source.
> 
> That said, I haven't actually tried Jivan yet, personally, so I can't
> say
> for sure what will happen. And unfortunately, I have zero free cycles
> right
> now (seems to be the story of my life lately)
> 
> I have a couple of suggestions.
> 
> First, I'd try loading the same page entirely with XMLC/BTemplate, and
> make
> sure it works there. In other words, get a functional starting point
> with
> BTemplate. Typically, when you use BTemplate you won't directly render
> it
> yourself - you'll just extend BTemplateViewHandler and let it do the
> work.
> 
> Second, once you get that working, then try substituting in a Jivan
> loaded
> DOM (without changing anything else). That will tell us for sure if
> the
> problem is in BTemplate (or Jivan), rather than in the way you are
> trying to
> use it.
> 
> Third, you may have to dive into BTemplateHandler and the specific
> component
> renderers to see exactly what is going on. This may be a bit
> intimidating,
> but I think we could help coach you through it if you're willing to get
> in
> and do some of the debugging work. My one suggestion if you get to
> this
> point is to make you template as simple as you possibly can before
> trying to
> debug through BTemplateHandler - that will help keep you from getting
> more
> confused than you need be.
> 
> Let us know how it goes!
> 
> Christian
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Christian Cryder
> Internet Architect, ATMReports.com
> Project Chair, BarracudaMVC - http://barracudamvc.org
> ----------------------------------------------
> "Coffee? I could quit anytime, just not today"
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of David R
> Robison
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:23 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Barracuda] Using Jivan in a Barracuda App
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help...
> >
> > The problem definitely is caused when I call templateComp.render(new
> > DefaultViewContext(context). I was hoping to use Jivan along with
> > Barracuda's
> > Template Models. Any idea how I could get them both to work
> > together in harmony?
> >
> > David Robison
> >
> > Quoting Arno Schatz <[email protected]>:
> >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > Parsing the html you posted has been done with Jivan before, and I
> > > checked
> > > it again, the parser parses it correctly. I tried to replicate the
> DOM
> > > manipulations which happens is BTemplate and couldn't see any
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > I haven't used BTemplate actually, so I don't know exactly what's
> going
> > > on
> > > in there. But you can print out the DOM before and after BTemplate 
> is
> > > being
> > > called. Can you call org.jivan.html.test.DOMTest.print( doc, "")
> before
> > > and
> > > after BTemplate?
> > >
> > > Sorry I can give you a better answer, I haven't used Barracuda
> myself,
> > > yet.
> > >
> > > -Arno
> > >
> > >
> > > > That was a typo on the message... David
> > > >
> > > > Christian Cryder wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >><table><tr><td>
> > > > >>BBB
> > > > >></tr></td></table>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >Not sure if that was a typo or not, but I see an obvious
> > > problem...your
> > > > ></tr></td> are in the wrong order. They should be reversed.
> > > > >
> > > > >Christian
> > > > >----------------------------------------------
> > > > >Christian Cryder
> > > > >Internet Architect, ATMReports.com
> > > > >Project Chair, BarracudaMVC - http://barracudamvc.org
> > > > >----------------------------------------------
> > > > >"Coffee? I could quit anytime, just not today"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > > >>From: [email protected]
> > > > >>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of David R
> > > Robison
> > > > >>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:42 AM
> > > > >>To: [email protected]
> > > > >>Subject: Re: [Barracuda] Using Jivan in a Barracuda App
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>The JivanDOMWriter did NOT fix the problem. I now believe that
> > > > >>the problem might
> > > > >>lie somewhere in the Jivan parser. It appears to be very
> > > > >>sensitive to how the
> > > > >>text file is layed out. For example, the following code
> renders
> > > > correctly:
> > > > >>
> > > > >><table><tr><td>
> > > > >>BBB
> > > > >></tr></td></table>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>however, if there is line breaks and space between the
> elements
> > > such
> > > > as...
> > > > >>
> > > > >><table>
> > > > >>   <tr>
> > > > >>      <td>
> > > > >>       BB
> > > > >>      </td>
> > > > >>   </tr>
> > > > >></table>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>then it likes to insert empty <tr></tr> and <td></td> blocks.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>David Robison
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
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