Hi ,
Apache and sun have a good XML library that you should use in the case you
wana use XML .
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Subject: Re: plex86.conf script file ideas
> I'd have to agree with the people who've suggested using XML. Using XML
> simplifies learning the syntax and makes it easier to write tools for
> editing the config files that won't conflict with hand-editing the config
> files. If some people want to dynamiclly generate portions of the config
> file (rather than all at once prior to reading the file) then I'd go with
> some sort of tag that specifies the path to that program. Then if I want
> to write a section in Java, one in PHP, one in Python, one in TCL, and one
> in a shell script I can without messing up my nice-neat XML config
> file. Possibly could even allow inline code in cases where we're using a
> scripting language and not calling a binary.
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