Instantiate org.apache.fop.apps.Driver. Once this class is
instantiated, methods are called to set the
Renderer to use, the (possibly multiple) ElementMapping(s) to
use and the OutputStream to use to output the results of the
rendering (where applicable). In the case of the Renderer and
ElementMapping(s), the Driver may be supplied either with the
object itself, or the name of the class, in which case Driver will
instantiate the class itself. The advantage of the latter is it
enables runtime determination of Renderer and ElementMapping(s).
Once the Driver is set up, the buildFOTree method
is called. Depending on whether DOM or SAX is being used, the
invocation of the method is either buildFOTree(Document) or
buildFOTree(Parser, InputSource) respectively.
A third possibility may be used to build the FO Tree, namely
calling getContentHandler() and firing the SAX events yourself.
Once the FO Tree is built, the format() and render() methods may be
called in that order.
Here is an example use of Driver:
Driver driver = new Driver();
driver.setRenderer("org.apache.fop.render.pdf.PDFRenderer", version);
driver.addElementMapping("org.apache.fop.fo.StandardElementMapping");
driver.addElementMapping("org.apache.fop.svg.SVGElementMapping");
driver.addPropertyList("org.apache.fop.fo.StandardPropertyListMapping");
driver.addPropertyList("org.apache.fop.svg.SVGPropertyListMapping");
driver.setOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(args[1]));
driver.buildFOTree(parser, fileInputSource(args[0]));
driver.format();
driver.render();
Have a look at the classes CommandLine or XalanCommandLine for complete examples.
