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Tomba - 19 Dec 2005 23:24 GMT

Hi,

I'm making an application that would need to save some configurations.
That is, for instance a list of selectable colors in a combobox.

I would like that I can read in several of these files so that they are
complementary.

Could anyone give me a clue where to start with this? What file format
would be a good choice and how can I easily read it out?

Thanks,
Steven

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Chris Smith - 20 Dec 2005 01:03 GMT

> I'm making an application that would need to save some configurations.
> That is, for instance a list of selectable colors in a combobox.
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> Could anyone give me a clue where to start with this? What file format
> would be a good choice and how can I easily read it out?

Sounds like you may want to look into the Java Preferences API, which is
found in java.util.prefs.*. The preferences API doesn't initially store
preferences in any kind of file format, you can import and export the
preferences into a file format. You can just access the preferences in-
place without building your own data classes or parsing code, and then
easily import and export via XML as needed.

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Tomba - 20 Dec 2005 13:13 GMT

>>I'm making an application that would need to save some configurations.
>>That is, for instance a list of selectable colors in a combobox.
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> place without building your own data classes or parsing code, and then
> easily import and export via XML as needed.

well apparently the preferences API store the settings also in registry
or in some system folder. I'd like to only save and load it with XML

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Chris Smith - 20 Dec 2005 15:57 GMT

> well apparently the preferences API store the settings also in registry
> or in some system folder.

Yes, that is the case.

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Andrew Thompson - 22 Dec 2005 00:48 GMT

> ...I'd like to only save and load it with XML

Why? You were first asking about good formats to use,
then you state you want to use XML. Many would consider
XML to be overkill for a few program preferences.

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