Ben Pharr wrote:
> I would like to find a good way to store data for a Java program I'm
> writing. It is a LARGE amount of data, so parsing a text file at startup
> isn't an option.
Whatever method is used, if every client needs its own copy, start-up
time is likely to be affected.
> A database like MySQL isn't an option because of the
> problems of setting it up on each client. (This program needs to be able
> to run without access to the Internet, so one central server is out of the
> question as well.)
If there is no central database presumably you don't want people to be
able to make changes which become available to other users...
> Also, I'm developing in Linux, but deploying for all
> platforms, so I need it to be platform independent. Any ideas? Thanks!
What about using ObjectOutputStream to write out the data as a Java
object? Though to be honest this is ultimately going to result in a
slow start-up.
Robbie
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