See also: Cocoon site How-Tos BestPractices Snippets

Quick HOW-TO documents to get to grips with particular chunks of functionality (in strict(-ish) alphabetical order), grouped into some broad categories.

Basics

• UsingCInclude – How to use CInclude to include dynamic content to your pages.
  
• CocoonProtocolExample – how to use the cocoon:/ protocol to combine data from multiple sources
  
• ContentAggregationExample – Aggregate XML documents to generate a "table of contents" – AlexanderSchatten
  
• CreateMinimalWebapp – Build a minimal, empty webapp suitable as a starting point for creating your own Cocoon-based web applications. – GeoffHoward
  
• DataDebuggingTechnique – a technique for debugging data that goes through several transformers – IlyaAKriveshko
  
• DebuggingWithViews – make minor modifications to an existing sitemap to enable debugging with views – ILinKuo
  
• DebuggingCocoon – how to debug Cocoon itself (and your own components)
  
• DesignPattern ECrud – how to create E-CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete + Search, Sort, Paginate, ...) application
  
• DesignPattern Filtering – how to create multiple xml files from only one original with conditional filtering
  
• DesignPattern Locator – how to design your pipelines in a loose coupling way
  
• DesignPipelines – how to design your pipelines and matchers – ReinhardPoetz
  
• SendingEmail – how to configure Cocoon to send email from within an XSP – AndrewSavory
  
• ErrorHandling – how to add error handling to your Sitemap – LeighDodds
  
• ExcelGeneration – how to generate XLS (MS Excel format) from Cocoon
  
• FormValidationUsingCocoon – How to validate form input.
  
• JarProtocolExample – how to use the jar:/ protocol to read data from a jar (or zip) file
  
• Jars2exclude – how to write the XSL transformation "Jars2exclude" mentioned in CreateMinimalWebapp by GeoffHoward. Scherler.
  
• LayoutTemplatePattern – how to use skins within Cocoon
  
• MetaStylesheets – how to use meta-stylesheets (stylesheets that generate other stylesheets) in Cocoon – LeighDodds
  
• MigratingFrom2.0.4To2.1dev – Move your 2.0.4 (or 2.0.X) Cocoon web applications to the newer alpha-alpha code for Cocoon 2.1 and exploit the new features. – StevenCummings
  
• MigrateToCocoon2 – How to get that hard work you did for Cocoon 1.x to work on Cocoon 2.x without breaking a sweat or losing your mind. – MichaelTiffany
  
• Modules – how to use modules (input, output and database) for Cocoon. For beginners – Mfonsen
  
• UnderstandingCocoonMounts – How to mount sub-sitemaps.
  
• OpenOfficeGeneration – How to use OpenOffice 1.0 files in the XML Generator. Vindevogel
  
• Profiling – how to use profiling in Cocoon – ReinhardPoetz
  
• Recipes – Code samples in a Problem/Solution approach (upload files, ...)--
  
• Redirecting – how to redirect correctly – NicolaKen
  
• RequestParameterEncoding – how to let Cocoon know what encoding to use when retrieving request parameters - BrunoDumon
  
• RtfGeneration – how to generate RTF (MS Word-compatible format) from Cocoon
  
• SimpleTransformations – how to configure Cocoon to do simple XSLT transformations.
  
• TestingFramework – explains the framework for adding JUnit and other tests.
  
• WebDAVBlock – Using WEBDAV with Cocoon
  
• Woody – Documentation for the Woody form framework
  
• XSLTC – how to use XSLTC in 2.0.3 – StephenNg
  

Advanced

• Midlets – How to get Cocoon to pass data to midlets (on J2ME platform)
  

Flow

• DebugFlowScripts – how to visually debug flowscripts – rgardler
  
• FileUploadsWithFlow – Handling file uploads with the Flow layer in Cocoon – TonyCollen
  
• DownloadFilesToLocalDisk – How to download a flow to the local disk. – LionelCrine
  
• WorkaroundForCOCOON-1579 – How to use rhino1.5r4-continuations-R26.jar in cocoon 2.1.10 and 2.1.11-dev
  

File Handling

• FileUploadWithAction – how to use file upload and do the processing in an Action
  
• FileUploadsWithCocoon – Overview and configuration of file uploads with Cocoon – GeoffHoward
  
• ServingLargeFiles – how to serve really large files – Litrik
  
• ServingStaticFiles – how to serve static files, e.g. applet jars, CSS files, images, etc.
  
• SavingFilesToFileSystem – how to save files (e.g PDF) to the file system instead of sending them to the browser
  

Groovy

• GroovyWithSQLDatabaseAccess – how to use Groovy with SQL database access ? - olivier demah
  
• GroovyGetFormsParameters – how to use Groovy to get values of parameters from Forms ? - olivier demah
  

XSP

• XSPCachingWithCocoonHEAD – How to make XSPs cache when using Cocoon HEAD and version 2.1 and above - MilesElam
  
• XSPTransformCustomDate – how to create a java date object from a date string – Scherler
  
• AddingXSPToForrest – How to build Forrest with custom blocks – JasonLane
  
  

Setup and Configuration

• ConfiguringTheLogs – how to configure Cocoon logging – BernhardHuber
  
• ExploringTheLogs – how to make sense of the Cocoon logs – BertrandDelacretaz
  
• SettingTheJvmLocale – how to set the JVM to use the correct Locale – BertrandDelacretaz
  
• EmbeddingSVGFonts – description of Cocoon-based tools that add the svg:glyph elements necessary to render its text elements on a client lacking the specif. – BruceRobertson
  
• HowToBuildAndDeployCocoonWithMaven – how to integrate Maven with Cocoon
  
• HowToForrestTransition – how to transition Cocoon docs to Forrest – DianaShannon
  
• GzipXMLSerializer – description of a serializer that produces Gzipped XML output. Useful for generating *.svgz files, among other things. BruceRobertson
  
• HostSelector – how to use the Host Selector in a live environment – ArjeCahn
  
• Host Matcher – How to have virtual hosts served by Cocoon – Volkmar W. Pogatzki
  
• HotDeploy – effective Cocoon development – KonstantinPiroumian
  
• IntegrateAServlet – how to integrate an existing servlet either by reference, or by adding it to the Cocoon webapp.
  
• JBossDeployment – how to deploy Cocoon on JBoss and Tomcat
  
• LoadInEclipse – how to load Cocoon in Eclipse – SylvainWallez
  
• OC4JDeployment – how to deploy Cocoon on Oracle Containers for Java/J2EE
  
• PHPGenerator – how to get the PHP Generator working with Cocoon – TonyCollen
  
• WebSphereV5.0Deployment – how to get Cocoon2 working with WebSphere v5.0 – GerhardFroehlich
  
• HTTPsSources – using custom certificates for retrieving files over HTTPs – StevenNoels
  
• JaxeCocoon – starting the Jaxe XML editor from Cocoon with java web start – HugoBurm
  

Apache/Tomcat

• AuthWithTomcat – how to let the servlet container (Tomcat) handle authentication and authorisation
  
• CocoonAndApache – how to serve static/legacy content with Apache Httpd and dynamic content with Cocoon – LeoLeonid
  
• Cocoon%and%Apache%mod%gzip how to Use the mod_gzip with Apache to Compress SVG Files on the Fly – BruceRobertson
  
• CocoonAndApacheModRequest – how to Use Apache mod_request to provide client-side cache of Cocoon content – BruceRobertson
  
• ApacheModProxy – how to configure Apache mod_proxy as a front-end to Cocoon by PierFumagalli (Original emails part #1 and #2).
  
• TomcatWin32Service – how to install Tomcat as win32 service
  
• CocoonEasyInstallation – how to setup Cocoon as default host under Tomcat in Linux _ – Volkmar W. Pogatzki_
  
• WindowsTomcatCocoonInstallation – how to setup Cocoon 2.1.X under Tomcat 4+ in Windows.
  
• WindowsCocoonAdvancedInstallation – how to install Apache Cocoon combined with Apache Web Server, Apache Tomcat and, optionally, MySQL on Windows 2000/XP. The document also provides an example application (source) showing how to present an XML document in HTML, WML and PDF. – Martin Bouman & Richard Korthuis
  

Databases (including XML)

JDBC

• DatabaseConnectionOverview – an introduction to connecting Cocoon 2 to a database – MichaelTiffany
  
• ConnectionPooling – how to set up a database connection pool that can be accessed from the ESQL Logicsheet, or one of the DatabaseActions – LeighDodds
  
• SpecificDatabaseConnection – Connections to specific databases – Gabridome
  
• DB2V7 – hints for connecting Cocoon 2 to a DB2 database – ChristophOberle
  
• JNDIDatasourceWithJBoss3.0.6 – How to switch from using a Cocoon JDBC datasource to the J2EE datasource, with JBoss managing the connection/pooling –
  
• JNDIDatasourceWithBorlandEnterpriseServer5.1 – How to use a J2EE datasource, with BES managing the connection/pooling –
  
• Modular Database Actions
  

Exist / Xindice

• EXistInCocoon – Installing and configuring the eXist XML:DB into a Cocoon application. Integrating eXist allows you to avoid running eXist as a seperate server. – BenjaminYoung
  
• EXistAsBlock – Integrating the eXist XML:DB database into a Cocoon2.1 build as a block sample. – BruceRobertson
  
• XMLFormXindice – Working with Xindice from XMLForms – JosemaAlonso
  
• XMLIndiceCocoon2.1 – How to use XMLIndice and Cocoon 2.1
  
  
• XindiceLogicsheet – how to make a Xindice work in Cocoon, an utility logicsheet included – JosemaAlonso
  

Hibernate

• HibernateAndTheAuthenticationFramework – Howto use Hibernate if you want to authenticate against a database-- HugoBurm
  
• UsingHibernateToMakeYourJavaBeansPersistent – Howto use Hibernate in combination with Cocoon – HugoBurm
  
• WoodyHibernateAndFlow – Making the Woody Form2Bean persistent – HugoBurm
  
• CformsHibernateAndFlow – Making the CForms Form2Bean persistent
  
• XMLFormJXFormHibernateAndFlowscript – Howto use Hibernate in combination with XMLForm/JXForm and Flowscript – HugoBurm
  

OJB

• OJB] – Howto use [http://db.apache.org/ojb/ with JDO in Cocoon – AntonioGallardo
  
  

ESQL

• HowToCreateHiearchicalXmlUsingESQL – How to write xsp that produces XML hierarchical structure using ESQL nested queries – PavelVrecion
• HowtoQueryFromWebBrowser – How to write an XSP which allows you to run SQL queries from your browser's location bar – PeteFarmer
  

CVS

• CVSMigration – On 9 March 2003, the Cocoon CVS module, 'xml-cocoon2', was split up into 'cocoon-2.1' and 'cocoon-2.0' modules. This How-To describes how to update your old xml-cocoon2 checked-out module. – Jeff Turner
  
• CvsAndFirewalls – how to get the CVS code through your friendly neighborhood firewall. – BertrandDelacretaz
  

Bugzilla

• HowWeUseBugzilla find information and hints how we use Bugilla and also find some standard queries
  

Committers corner

• CocoonReleaseHowTo – so you want to do a release?
  
• CocoonWebsiteUpdate