[slf4j-user] AVSL

Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen ravn at runjva.com
Wed Apr 28 07:17:32 CEST 2010


Den 27/04/10 20.41, cowwoc skrev:
> On 27/04/2010 10:59 AM, Brian Clapper wrote:
>> In general, I dislike XML configurations. I think XML is a fine way to
>> represent data. I think it's a lousy format to force people to edit for
>> configuration purposes. To that end, I tend to avoid it for my own 
>> tools'
>> configurations.
>>
>> For AVSL, I use a Scala configuration parsing API that mimics INI- or
>> Python-style configuration files and supports variable substitution
>> (including Java System.properties and environment substitution), include
>> files, etc.
>
>     I tend to agree. XML is fine for machines, not for humans. The 
> only change I would make is rename the .ini file to .properties.

.ini files are not property files if they have "[Section]" lines.

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