Re: XML-based J2EE frameworks considered harmful
If you are using Spring only for dependency injection (DI), you should consider using or at least testing Google Guice. It is an DI framework based on Java 5 annotations and completely avoids the usage...
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I both get your point and have to agree with a bunch of arguments in here, especially talking about rebuilding/redeploying .war files instead of "just" changing configuration. But after all, aren't we...
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Tobias: I couldn't agree more with your last paragraph. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of choosing a different framework. I'm working on a fairly substantial J2EE application that we are...
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XML is assumed to be a language because its name says so! In order to avoid this confusion, I think XML should be called as XMD (eXtensible Markup Document). But it might be too late in the game to...
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XML is wonderful for storing databases, and other sorts tree-style data storage, but I fully agree that it's not, nor should it even be looked at as if it were, a programming language. It exists for...
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