(Unless I am missing something...) The code examples for FOP 1.1.RC.1 use a method signature that does not exist in the distribution copy of the binaries:
// configure fopFactory as desired
final FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance(new File(".").toURI());
The related example is here:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/examples/embedding/java/embedding/ExampleXML2PDF.java?view=markup
