Producing default pdf in dita-ot - pdf

Question

I have created a plugin and trying to generate my output as a pdf . My build is getting successfully , but my plugin is not running. The output is default pdf. What am I missing ?
this is my build_pdf2w_template/ant file:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="org.dita.pdf2w" default="dita2pdf2w" basedir=".">
<property name="transtype" location="C:\Program Files\dita-ot-2.4"/>
<target name="dita2pdf2w" description="build PDF" depends="pdf"/>
<target name="pdf" description="build PDF">
<ant antfile="C:\Program Files\dita-ot-2.4\plugins\org.dita.pdf2w\build_pdf2w_template.xml">
<property name="args.input" value="D:\AutoCOM-Demo\AutoCOM.ditamap"/>
<property name="args.gen.task.lbl" value="YES"/>
<property name="args.rellinks" value="nofamily"/>
<property name="output.dir" value="C:\"/>
<property name="transtype" value="pdf"/>
</ant>
</target>
</project>
Plugin:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin id="org.dita.pdf2w">
<require plugin="org.dita.pdf2w"/>
<feature extension="dita.conductor.transtype.check" value="pdf2w"/>
<feature extension="dita.transtype.print" value="pdf2w"/>
<feature extension="dita.conductor.target.relative" file="build.xml"/>
</plugin>
Integrator:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="org.dita.pdf2w">
<target name="dita2pdf2w.init">
<property name="customization.dir" location="${dita.plugin.org.dita.pdf2w.dir}/cfg"/>
</target>
<target name="dita2pdf2w" depends="dita2pdf2w.init , dita2pdf2w"/>
</project>
build:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
<import file="build_pdf2w_template.xml"/>
</project>

Answer 1

Your plugin.xml looks good, it references directly the "build.xml" so if you have an "integrator.xml", that is not getting called at all.
In the build.xml the ANT target "dita2pdf2w" has at the end an antcall to itself so that is not good.
Basically your build file should have looked like this:
<project name="org.dita.pdf2w">
<target name="dita2pdf2w.init">
<property location="${dita.plugin.org.dita.pdf2w.dir}/cfg" name="customization.dir"/>
</target>
<target depends="dita2pdf2w.init, dita2pdf2" name="dita2pdf2w"/>
</project>
You can also use Jarno Elovirta's PDF plugin generator to generate a startup customization plugin:
http://dita-generator.elovirta.com/

Answer 2

According to the #RaduCoravu's suggestion I revised your plug-in related files.
[pdf2w/plugin.xml]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plugin id="org.dita.pdf2w">
<feature extension="dita.conductor.transtype.check" value="pdf2w"/>
<feature extension="dita.transtype.print" value="pdf2w"/>
<feature extension="dita.conductor.target.relative" file="integrator.xml"/>
</plugin>
[pdf2w/integrator.xml]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project>
<import file="build.xml"/>
</project>
[pdf2w/build.xml]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="org.dita.pdf2w">
<target name="dita2pdf2w.init">
<property location="${dita.plugin.org.dita.pdf2w.dir}/cfg" name="customization.dir"/>
</target>
<target depends="dita2pdf2w.init, dita2pdf2" name="dita2pdf2w"/>
</project>
This will work surely if you properly configure pdf2w/cfg directory.
Following files are one of simple customization examples:
[pdf2w/cfg/catalog.xml]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog" prefer="system">
<!-- Custom XSL code entry.-->
<uri name="cfg:fo/xsl/custom.xsl" uri="fo/xsl/custom.xsl"/>
</catalog>
[pdf2w/cfg/fo/xsl/custom.xsl]
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
version="2.0">
<xsl:template match="*[contains(#class, ' task/cmd ')]" priority="1">
<fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="cmd">
<xsl:call-template name="commonattributes"/>
<xsl:attribute name="color" select="'red'"/>
<xsl:attribute name="font-size" select="'2em'"/>
<xsl:attribute name="font-weight" select="'bold'"/>
<xsl:if test="../#importance='optional'">
<xsl:call-template name="getVariable">
<xsl:with-param name="id" select="'Optional Step'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="../#importance='required'">
<xsl:call-template name="getVariable">
<xsl:with-param name="id" select="'Required Step'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
[command-line in Windows]
D:\DITA-OT\dita-ot-2.4>bin\dita -i docsrc/samples/sequence.ditamap -f pdf2w -o out
[Result PDF]