Re: regexp(ing) Backus-Naurish expressions ...
On 3/13/2013 7:00 PM, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
On 03/13/2013 07:20 PM, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 3/13/2013 5:54 PM, 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.
Also I am trying to deal with it in a general "named-value" pair
way, so that
different schema files should be parsed and the result (as I see it)
should
be some String[*][2] with the names and values of parameters/properties
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.
However, many people - myself included - may find a properties file
easier to read than XML.
I don't see XML as difficult to read.
Also, XML no more gives you a _good_ hierarchy - which requires thought
- than a properties file with well-designed keys. Keys for properties
files for several Java loggers are examples of how they can be used to
easily define a hierarchy.
With property files it becomes a convention instead of structure.
And regarding the loggers, then note that some of the advanced
features are only available via XML config not via properties
config, so I am not sure that loggers is an argument against XML.
It's easier to read in a properties file.
If you don't need to check values - yes.
But if you need to check values, then XML with a schema
and a validating parser saves a ton of Java code.
Which was my original point.
Arne
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