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<DIV><SPAN class=724124220-19012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That's
definately an intresting approach - keeps the JDOM model intact and no
translation involved. Thank Anthony.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=724124220-19012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Any
other thoughts from the group?</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Anthony Eden
[mailto:aeden@signaturedomains.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 19, 2002
8:08 AM<BR><B>To:</B> jdom-interest@jdom.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[jdom-interest] Should I convert to/from
org.jdom.Document<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=711030113-19012002>I
primarily use JDOM for loading configuration data. To that end I have a
Configuration interface and then one of the concrete implementations wraps a
JDOM document. The interface includes methods like getChildren(),
getChildValue(), getValue(), etc. I can then use different
implementations (such as pull data from a database</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=711030113-19012002>) very
easily.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=711030113-19012002>Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=711030113-19012002>Anthony Eden</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
jdom-interest-admin@jdom.org [mailto:jdom-interest-admin@jdom.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Naresh Bhatia<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 18, 2002 4:17
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'jdom-interest@jdom.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [jdom-interest]
Should I convert to/from org.jdom.Document<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a quick design question for the group.
When using an XML parser such as JDOM, is it better for the application to
work directly with the document tree (such as org.jdom.Document) or should
it use an application specific model and convert to/from the document tree?
What are the pros/cons of the two approaches, where does one make sense over
the other?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Naresh Bhatia</FONT>
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