Cocoon: Do I need Tomcat?

[Dana B]

Do I need to run Tomcat (or something like it) when I use Cocoon? All
I want to do is convert XML files to Microsoft Excel (XLS) using XSLT
files on a UNIX server.

I was able to convert XML to CSV and HTML using Xalan and I can convert
XML to PDF using FOP. Is there a shortcut for creating XLS files using
POI/HSSF that does not involve Tomcat?

Thank you

 

[Roland]

Do I need to run Tomcat (or something like it) when I use Cocoon? All
I want to do is convert XML files to Microsoft Excel (XLS) using XSLT
files on a UNIX server.

I was able to convert XML to CSV and HTML using Xalan and I can convert
XML to PDF using FOP. Is there a shortcut for creating XLS files using
POI/HSSF that does not involve Tomcat?

Thank you

The POI distribution can be used independently. See
<http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/index.html>
<http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hssf/how-to.html>
Download from:
<http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/>
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Regards,

Roland de Ruiter
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[Dana B]

With FOP, I could convert XML to PDF by giving it an XSLT file. I
didn't have to write any code. With POI, it looks like I have to write
the code to do read the XML file, apply the XSLT file, and then write
the XLS file using the POI functions. Is this true?

Thank you