INI is 4 levels:
filename.section.entry.value
At 08:36 AM 10/30/2005, you wrote:
How structured is the INI option. From what I remember it was not very deep
in scope. XML has attributes, and elements... and it's quite nestable.
Therefore the constraints on a small configuration file or such is quite
flexible in XML.
John
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Subject: RE: [CFCDev] CFSQLTool debate
There is another configuration option that works better in some cases
especially when considering a .INI. style.
Rather than using .INI, use a cfinclude with several CF structures.
This technique works well if there is variant data, like a current
date in the configuration.
At 12:23 AM 10/30/2005, you wrote:
> > I must jump to Joseph's defense here. I think ColdFusion
> > framework developers became infatuated with XML a few years
> > ago -- starting with XML fusedocs -- and it's gotten out of hand.
> >
> > I don't understand what was wrong with simpler text-based formats,
> > such as the java properties file and windows ini file.
>
>As someone who could be accused of being infatuated with XML, I can list
>some justifications for my feelings.
>
>I like using XML in general because I can use it the same way no matter
what
>programming language I'm using. It's portable knowledge, and I can use many
>different tools to work with it. I don't have to worry about parsing or
>validation, that's all taken care of for me. So, while it's more complex,
>most of that complexity is hidden from me and works in my favor, just as
the
>complexity of a car makes it generally easier for me to use than a bicycle,
>which of course is a much simpler machine.
>
> > I thought that a config file should only specify details; it
> > should not implement business logic. And I thought that's why
> > config file formats tended to be so constrained. The idea of an
> > eXtensible format for config files seems backwards to me.
>
>That has nothing to do with the file format; you could build a
configuration
>file that contained conditional logic without using XML. That's all up to
>the application reading the file and acting upon that file's data.
>
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