I'll be happy to give you a working example or examine your digester code. I would avoid JDOM. It's cool and simple but overated. I had many problems with it working under different Tomcat installs. This was due to the xml parser conflicts. Most of those issues, I believe, are resolved now. The other negatives are speed and memory consumption. Digester is faster and less consuming. These are shared observation I have had with other independent developers that have used JDOM vs Digester.
Also, I agree with a previous poster regarding Castor. I am keeping my eyes on it. I can't use it quite yet. But, it does sound programmer friendly and flexible. P.S. These are just my opinions and experiences and don't neccesarily reflect the truth. Brandon Goodin Phase Web and Multimedia P (406) 862-2245 F (406) 862-0354 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phase.ws -----Original Message----- From: Matt Raible [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:51 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: "Best Practice" for parsing an XML file - Code Review Requested I "tried" to use digester - documentation/samples weren't good enough OR I wasn't smart enough to figure it out. I tried for an hour or 2 to get it to work and gave up. Matt --- Phase Web and Multimedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not use Digester. I use it to parse config info for various classes. It > is quite easy and fast. > > Brandon Goodin > Phase Web and Multimedia > P (406) 862-2245 > F (406) 862-0354 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phase.ws > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Raible [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:13 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: "Best Practice" for parsing an XML file - Code Review > Requested > > > I've completed this task - however, it would've been MUCH easier to just use > a > properties file. Of course, it could just be my experience with XML > parsing - > because I had to write a lot of code to grab 4 simple varaibles. > > private synchronized void loadConfig() throws Exception { > > // Initialize our configuration object > config = new Configuration(); > > logCat.debug("Looking for " + configFile + " in " + > Constants.USER_HOME); > > // Acquire an input stream to our configuration file > InputStream is = new FileInputStream(Constants.USER_HOME + > configFile); > > // No file found in user.home > if (is == null) { > logCat.debug("File not found at " + Constants.USER_HOME + > configFile > + " - looking in application's WEB-INF directory"); > > // Look for config.xml in WEB-INF > is = getServletContext() > .getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/" + configFile); > > if (is == null) { > throw new Exception("Configuration file '" > + configFile + "' not found in '" > + Constants.USER_HOME + "', nor in '/WEB-INF/'"); > } > } > > > // Get the XML Document > DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = > DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); > DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); > Document doc = builder.parse(is); > > // close the input stream > is.close(); > > // get the repository root > NodeList rep = doc.getElementsByTagName("root"); > Node node = rep.item(0); > Text rootDir = (Text) node.getFirstChild(); > config.setRepositoryRootDir(rootDir.getNodeValue()); > > // get the assets directory > rep = doc.getElementsByTagName("assets"); > node = rep.item(0); > Text assetDir = (Text) node.getFirstChild(); > config.setAssetDir(assetDir.getNodeValue()); > > // get the assetView path > rep = doc.getElementsByTagName("viewPath"); > node = rep.item(0); > Text viewPath = (Text) node.getFirstChild(); > config.setAssetViewPath(viewPath.getNodeValue()); > > // get the assetView path > rep = doc.getElementsByTagName("default-passing-score"); > node = rep.item(0); > Text minScore = (Text) node.getFirstChild(); > config.setAssessmentMinScore(new > Double(minScore.getNodeValue()).doubleValue()); > > logCat.debug(config.toString()); > > } > > --- Ronald Haring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nothing is wrong with the properties file...Xml is just better > > > > > > 1. one config.xml file in one central place...it's so much > > > easier to manage > > > then a whole bunch of properties > > > > You can put all your properties in one file as well, lets call that file > > config.properties > > > > > 2. xml handle the structure data much better then properties file > > > > data structure might be nice for communications between computers but for > > users? > > e.g. > > RepositoryRoot=d:\ > > RepositoryAssets=assets > > RepositoryViewPath=file://d:/repository/assets > > > > seems just as clear to me as > > > > <respository> > > > > <root>d:/repository</root> > > > > <assets>assets</assets> > > > > <viewPath>file://d:/repository/assets</viewPath> > > > > </respository> > > etc. > > > > Cons of xml > > - Carefull with that ",<,> sign eugene, > > - Slow parsing > > > > Gr > > Ronald > > > > > > Furore B.V. > > Rijswijkstraat 175-8 > > Postbus 9204 > > 1006 AE Amsterdam > > tel. 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