how to pass parameters to a service transformer

[Robby Pelssers]

Hi all,

I've got a question regarding the service transformer.  How do I pass any 
parameters to the service?  The demo from get-started page is not clear on this 
topic.


<map:match pattern="custom-transformation-service/*">
  <map:generate src="service-consumer:"/>
  <map:transform src="xslt/custom_transformer.xslt" type="saxon">
    <map:parameter name="separator" value="{1}"/>
  </map:transform>
  <map:serialize type="xml"/>
</map:match>

<!--
Currently I pass on the parameter by extracting the separator from the match 
pattern
but is there another way?  First of all i'm asking because i foresee issues in 
doing it this way.
 Secondly I see use cases where I need to pass a bunch of parameters and i 
don't want ugly match patterns.
Suppose I want to pass on two URL's as parameters, I'm already blocked  with 
this approach.
-->
<map:match pattern="test-csv-transformer-service">
  <map:generate src="data/testdata.xml"/>
  <map:transform type="servletService">
    <map:parameter name="service" 
value="servlet:shared:/custom-transformation-service/&#x9;"/>
  </map:transform>
  <map:serialize type="xml"/>
</map:match>

Robby