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Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file

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On 2015-05-28 07:13, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> On 5/27/15 7:02 AM, August Karlstrom wrote:
>> On 2015-05-26 23:39, pavelkastornii@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I have a Configuration class and conf.xml file which contains
>>> configuration data. I am thinking about naming class, that will read
>>> data from xml-> java and write data java-> xml. ConfigProvider is not
>>> good way as it suitable onlt for xml->java. ConfigReaderWriter is a
>>> better, but maybe someone will suggest another variants?
>>>
>>
>> Why not simply add the read and write methods to the Configuration class?
> That is a terrible idea if this is a long-lived project.  What happens
> when they want to support yml too? Or json? Or something else.

If you try to anticipate every possible future change to the 
requirements your application will indeed be very complex. In this 
(unlikely) case I would rather let a separate tool handle the conversion 
to XML.

http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/over-abstraction-java-achilles-heel/view


-- August

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How to name class which will read and write configuration to file pavelkastornii@gmail.com - 2015-05-26 14:39 -0700
  Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-05-27 16:02 +0200
    Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2015-05-27 22:13 -0700
      Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-05-28 08:32 +0200
        Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2015-05-28 09:23 -0700
          Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-05-28 21:25 +0200
            Re: How to name class which will read and write configuration to file Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2015-05-28 21:28 -0700

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