Re: cvs commit: xml-xindice/java/src/org/apache/xindice/core Database.java

2003-01-03 Thread Gianugo Rabellino
Vladimir R. Bossicard wrote: Why does a relative path not make sense? Because it's not deterministic. It's relative to the cwd where the JVM was started, which is IMHO a totally dumb thing. You're right. But why do we have this "totally dumb thing" (sic) implemented *as a standard*? We provide

Re: cvs commit: xml-xindice/java/src/org/apache/xindice/core Database.java

2003-01-03 Thread Vladimir R. Bossicard
Why does a relative path not make sense? Because it's not deterministic. It's relative to the cwd where the JVM was started, which is IMHO a totally dumb thing. You're right. But why do we have this "totally dumb thing" (sic) implemented *as a standard*? We provide out-of-the-box a "totally dumb

Re: cvs commit: xml-xindice/java/src/org/apache/xindice/core Database.java

2003-01-03 Thread Gianugo Rabellino
Vladimir R. Bossicard wrote: +// We need to ensure that the database points to a place where it makes +// sense. If the path in the system.xml file is an absolute path, then +// honor it. If it's not, we first check for the system property "xindice.db.ho

Re: cvs commit: xml-xindice/java/src/org/apache/xindice/core Database.java

2003-01-03 Thread Vladimir R. Bossicard
+// We need to ensure that the database points to a place where it makes +// sense. If the path in the system.xml file is an absolute path, then +// honor it. If it's not, we first check for the system property "xindice.db.home" +// and if the