Michael, You could use the Apache Jarkarta Commons Digester (the same API that Struts uses to read in struts-config.xml) to read in an XML document into JavaBeans.
Jason -----Original Message----- From: Day, Michael-IBM/TT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:49 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [OT] XML Configuration Files I'm working on an application that will use a database extensively. In order to save some database hits, I'd like to offload some smaller bits of information into XML files. An example would be shipping methods. There is a limited number of shipping methods that a company could use. I would like to define these in an XML file during deployment. When the application starts up, I'd like all fo the shipping methods to be loaded from the XML file into memory. By doing this, I save the database hits everytime the application needs to access the different shipping methods. Does anyone have any suggestions on an existing API that does this. I'm sure something must be out there to assist developers that want to parse XML configuration data for their applications. Once I have this, what is the best way to have this information loaded on startup? I am thinking of creating a singleton that manages the different shipping methods. Do better methods exist? Thanks for any help. __________________________________________________ Michael Blake Day Nextel Communications, Inc. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] desk: 678.966.4792 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
