Re: [Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-18 Thread Afkham Azeez
We have had heated arguments about this before, and always ended up using plain old boring XML. So please go with XML. No need to do anything fancy. Azeez On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Isuru Perera isu...@wso2.com wrote: Hi, I'm working on a new component for metrics collection in WSO2

Re: [Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-18 Thread Afkham Azeez
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Afkham Azeez az...@wso2.com wrote: We have had heated arguments about this before, and always ended up using plain old boring XML. So please go with XML. No need to do anything fancy. Azeez On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Isuru Perera isu...@wso2.com

Re: [Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-18 Thread Afkham Azeez
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Afkham Azeez az...@wso2.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Afkham Azeez az...@wso2.com wrote: We have had heated arguments about this before, and always ended up using plain old boring XML. So please go with XML. No need to do anything fancy.

Re: [Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-18 Thread Isuru Perera
I'm okay with using XML. :) Thanks for your opinion! On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Afkham Azeez az...@wso2.com wrote: We have had heated arguments about this before, and always ended up using plain old boring XML. So please go with XML. No need to do anything fancy. Azeez On Tue, Nov

Re: [Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-18 Thread Srinath Perera
Ack On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Isuru Perera isu...@wso2.com wrote: I'm okay with using XML. :) Thanks for your opinion! On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Afkham Azeez az...@wso2.com wrote: We have had heated arguments about this before, and always ended up using plain old boring

[Dev] Introducing a configuration file for a new component

2014-11-17 Thread Isuru Perera
Hi, I'm working on a new component for metrics collection in WSO2 Platform [1]. I need to introduce a configuration file. In WSO2 products, most of the configurations are in XML. There are some configurations in properties files. In other projects, there is a trend to move away from XML and use