Maurizio Lotauro wrote: > On 28-Nov-05 09:21:48 Arno Garrels wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I'm actually writing a simple user manager component that I would like >> to contribute to ICS. The component makes use of classes >> TCollection/TCollectionItem to realize a tree-structure. A user group >> contains accounts, accounts may have parameters. > > Will they contains passwords?
Yes, with an option to save the MD5-hash only. > >> To store or send component data I use XML format. >> XML-text is written without the help of a third party component however >> for parsing I use Stefan Heymann's TXmlScanner/TXmlParser >> http://www.destructor.de. It appears to be the freeware solution with >> less overhead. Should I better avoid use of XML and/or third party >> components? > > I think that it would be better to avoid third party components. > Dependencies can force the developer to have more components > installed that does the same think. So if I use two components that > need an XML parser and each use a different one then I'll have two > parser linked into my application. > >> Are there alternatives? > > Why don't use the streaming capabilities of components? The XML stuff is a hell. The only advantage of XML is that it can be stored in a human readable form, every thing else is a pain. I think I'll kick it out again. --- Arno Garrels [TeamICS] http://www.overbyte.be/eng/overbyte/teamics.html -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be