[brailleblaster] Re: Input and testing for document package

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:58:53 -0600

libxml2 supports this. Meanwhile I'm coding a method to handle files. It 
may be used also if something else is converted to a file, for example 
if a file is extraced from a zipped archive. I'm overloading 
DocumentBase.startDocument to accept diferent inputs.

John

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 02:28:06PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> I know this won't solve this immediately but we need to add buffered input to 
> LibLouisUTDML. I'm thinking something like the way the expat XML parser does 
> it. You begin parsing, feed it chunks of data, and then tell it you're done 
> so it can clean up. You set up a handler to recieve the output, also in 
> buffered chunks.
> 
> I do this using JNI and C++ libraries and it works. Depending on hard disk 
> storeage for such things is fine to a point but we really should move beyond 
> that I think.
> 
> 
> 
> Keith Creasy
> Software Developer
> American Printing House for the Blind
> KCreasy@xxxxxxx
> Phone: 502.895.2405
> Skype: keith537
> 
> 
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> 
> First, as I suspected, There was a conflict between the name of the Document 
> class and the nu.xom.Document class. The compiler gave an eror on the import 
> statement for the latter. I have changed the name of the Document class to 
> DocumentBase .
> 
> To test the document package, wome input is needed. BrailleBlaster can 
> directly open xml txt and brf files. These are passed through liblouisutdml 
> to have UTDML added. The augmented document then becomes the working 
> document. Could someone get DocumentManager working sufficiently so that a 
> file can be opened and passed to DocumentBase.startDocument ?
> 
> Keith has suggested that the input to startDocument should be InputStream . 
> However, Inp;utStream is an interface. liblouisutdml requires a file path. 
> How can the transition be made?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
> 
> 

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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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