Ersin ER wrote:
One of the things we should consider for a configuration mechanism is that
whether this configuration format is for humans or is for tools. If it's for
humans neither XML nor LDIF are good candidates. If it's for tools, both are
fine and then there can be other criteria to select one or also both can be
supported. I don't think one if superior to other in terms of
expressiveness.
I think that it does not matter too much. Or, more generally, a
configuration mechanism should be versatile. From a human being, a GUI
is obviously the best. But that mean we need a tool to read the
configuration and to present it. Some prefer a text file (either because
it's lightweight, or because you don't have a graphic terminal available
), and then it should be straightforward. Of course, comments must be
present.
So what we need is a Configuration bean, loaded from a configuration
file, whatever the format of this file is.
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
