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  • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: Christian Vest Hansen <karmazilla AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Reading a config file
  • Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:36:22 -0400

Christian Vest Hansen wrote:

With consideration to the simplicity of the file, I'm confident that I
can pick it up and read the info I need in just about any Java XML
framework out there, however, I would like to do this with the fewest
possible dependancies, and lowest possible memory overhead.
So, what would a smart guy do in this instance? :-)


SAX. It clearly is the best choice for your requirements: fewest dependencies and lowest possible memory overhead. Nothing else comes close. The tradeoff is that it will take you longer to write the code. Nothing comes for free. :-)

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