For performance, if you have to parse it once you might as well convert
it to objects .
I do not always follow this advice and for the most part, on a
reasonably modern PC it really does not matter.
You do not have to use XPath. We just parse it in ActionScript in each
getter as we need the info and once you have the pattern figured out, it
is pretty easy.
Just make sure that you have good set of Objects even if the only
property is an XML structure. You can always change the methods later if
you decide to parse the XML once.
If you ever want/need to change a value at runtime, you will be much
happier with objects.
Ron
Jer Brand wrote:
Question, and one I think I know the answer to:
If I have a configuration XML file for an app, would it be better from a
performance standpoint to keep the XML object around as my configuration
object, or to pull out the data into a custom object structure (something
simple, think object->array of objects)?
I would think that keeping the XML Object around would require more
resources -- especially if using XPath. I'm not sure how much baggage I'm
carrying around with an XML object. On the flip side, it's a built-in
object, and if you use XPath once, you've got the classes loaded. And it
doesn't get much easier than XPath + XML for data retrieval.
My thinking says, dump XPath, load in the XML save it's data and dump it
when done. Or dump XML all together and use a serialized object (PHP
Serializer or some such).
Opinions?
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