From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a26758eec3c2e1ad,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-03 04:48:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Mike and Lynn Card Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Use of XML for config files User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 11:48:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.209.214 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1023104934 129.44.209.214 (Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:48:54 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:48:54 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25253 Date: 2002-06-03T11:48:54+00:00 List-Id: Hello CLA- I thought I would mention that some of our programs at Lockheed-Martin have begun using XML for configuration files. It really is handy because you don't have to write your own token-paring code, and I would expect it to eventually become standard practice. I used XML recently on a project to store some static configuration data and read it in and turned it into Ada objects using the SAX facility in XMLAda. This was a great technique that saved me a lot of time. Just my $0.02, YMMV. - Mike