XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Nils Kilden-Pedersen" <nilskp AT gmail.com>]

I would recommend standard DOM. It's much easier to code with than SAX and
is part of the standard JDK. It is a pig with memory, but that should be
irrelevant, since 1. It's a small file, 2. It's a config file, which
presumably means that it'll only be read once per application startup.

Nils

On 10/20/06, Christian Vest Hansen <karmazilla AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> This is not  a specific XOM related question, but does involve the
> Java+XML combo.
>
> I have this configuration file, that is a very simple, human-readable
> XML file, and I work on an application that needs to read this file
> (obviously).
>
> 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.
> Not because I think memory shortage will be a serious issue, but
> because I feel in my gut that it'll be wasteful and overkill to use
> something like XOM for such a small file.
> Appart from this configuration file, the application does not, and has
> no need, to work with XML data.
>
> So, what would a smart guy do in this instance? :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Christian.
>
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