RE: "Best Practice" for parsing an XML file for application confi guration parameters?

["Jesse Alexander (KADA 12)" <al...@csfs.com>]

dead on correct. 

That's why we decided to write the configuration file in xml,
using include (external entities that get included in the complete
xml-stream) and a DTD (to check the format). Then we read it in 
a framework-component and offer it to our app-programmers as
properties using the dot-notation.

We are very happy with this.

regards
Alexander Jesse

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Haring [mailto:Haring@furore.com]
Sent: Mittwoch, 6. März 2002 17:08
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List'
Subject: RE: "Best Practice" for parsing an XML file for application
confi guration parameters?


ever since the hype of xml started, people tend to forget about properties.
what is wrong with a properties file nowadays?
Its fast, its simple, and good enough for most configuration issues I have
encountered so far.

Gr
Ronald 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Raible [mailto:matt_raible@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 4:42 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: "Best Practice" for parsing an XML file for application
> configuration parameters?
> 
> 
> I am developing an application that will require different 
> application settings
> for different machines/customers.
> 
> Because of this, I want to to externalize certain 
> configuration settings to a
> XML file outside of web.xml - let's call this myApp.xml.
> 
> I have a StartupServlet that I can parse this file with.
> 
> 1.  What should I use to parse this file - SAX, DOM, Digester?
> 
> 2.  Should I have a bean that represents all the 
> configuration settings, and
> put this in the ServletContext as an attirubute, or each 
> individual setting?
> 
> 3.  If I use Digester and a bean (seems good), should I 
> change my XML in the
> following snippet?
> 
> <application>
> 	<respository>
> 		<root>d:/repository</root>
> 		<assets>assets</assets>
> 		<viewPath>file://d:/repository/assets</viewPath>
> 	</respository>
> 	<assessment>
> 		<!-- This value is a percentage -->
> 		<default-passing-score>75</default-passing-score>
> 	</assessment>
> </application>
> 
> Any help (or URLs) are appreciated!
> 
> Matt
> 
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