Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ...

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:08:07 -0400

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On 3/14/2013 4:00 AM, qwertmonkey@syberianoutpost.ru wrote:

Arne Vajh?j schrieb:

I would do it as:
- switch from properties to XML
- define a schema for the XML with strict restrictions on data
- let the application parse that with a validating parser and
     read it into some config object, this will ensure that required
     information is there and that the data types are correct
- let the application apply business validation rules in Java code
     on the config objects - this will ensure that the various
     information is consistent

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Arne, what do you specifically mean when you say "read it into some
config object"? Using JAXB? AFAIK JAXB needs source (re)compilation in
Android:

JAXB is on way to get from XML to Java objects.

But there are plenty of other. W3C DOM, SAX, StAX, JDOM etc.. I would
expect some of them to be available on Android.

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My favorite way to go about this is using SAX with validation and custom
handlers which entend an abstract class, so you can load and use them
as some sort of array of command objects via an index
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Anything that can be represented in a properties file should be
possible to represent in a XML file. And most likely in a more
structured way.

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yes, but we are talking users here and the similarity between command-line
options and properties files is obvious compared to xml

If it is non-IT people, then that is an argument for properties
files over XML.

Arne