xsl:fo retrieve-marker not valid child

Question

I need for my xsl:fo transformation an in an table but I don\'t know if this is possible because I use FOP Processor for my transformatio

Answer 1

(disclosure: I'm a FOP developer)

This example has dynamic table header and table footer, so it should cover your requirements:

• if the table fits in a single page, both table header and table footer are empty
• if the table is split over several pages
  • the table header is empty for the first page, and in the following ones it says "(continued)"
  • the table footer is empty for the last page, and in the previous ones it says "(continues on the next page)"
• tested with FOP 2.0 (older versions did not support table markers); due to FOP's current limitations, the non-breaking space   in the table header and table footer is a necessary "placeholder" (the header / footer dimensions are computed just once, without marker content)
• no formatter-specific extensions, so this could work with other formatters too (XslFormatter supports table markers; XEP has alternative workarounds)

FO fragment:

  
    
    
      
        
          
            
             
          
        
      
    
    
      
        
          
            
             
          
        
      
    
    
      
      
        
          
            
            (continues on the next page)
            cell1
          
        
      
      
      
        
          
            (continued)
            (continues on the next page)
            cell2
          
        
      
      
      
      
        
          
            (continued)
            
            cell9