At 01:40 AM 11/11/2001, Chris Winters wrote: >* Gunther Birznieks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011109 19:45]: > > INI... Shudder. :) Actually INIs are reasonable. I prefer calling > > them property files (in terms of mapping to an API for also reading > > those files and getting the same basic instinct out of them. > >Using 'property' might confuse people with the Java properties stuff, >but you're right that using INI tends to tie them to initialization >rather than general onfiguration.
But this is precisely the point. The properties API in Perl could be identical (easily) to the properties API in Perl with very little work. I think Brian has already posted a URL to a sample Perl -> Java Properties module but it doesn't look like it is separated out into a single CPAN module (probbly part of the whole servlet thing). > > That's interesting. Not that I am on a particular XML vs Perl kick > > but are comments also part of typical XML structures? I thought they > > were ignored when reading them. > >Got me :-) > >One thing that might be interesting to look at is the modified Java >preferenes (vs. properties) API that will be in J2SE 1.4. onjava.com >has a pretty decent article about this: > > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/synd/2001/10/17/j2se.html > >Chris > >-- >Chris Winters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Building enterprise-capable snack solutions since 1988. __________________________________________________ Gunther Birznieks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) eXtropia - The Open Web Technology Company http://www.eXtropia.com/
