[vlma-devel] Split data.xml into several files

[Sylvain Cadilhac]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008, Adrien Grand wrote:
> When I thought of it, I first thought to SQLite, but then I discovered
> Apache Derby (http://db.apache.org/derby) which is a database
> implemented entirely in Java (so that it could be fully embedded into
> VLMa). A tutorial explaining how to embed Derby in another application

There is also the well-known HSQLDB, but I can't say what's better. An
Hibernate layer would help too.
However, I'm wondering if the game is worth the candle. More
dependencies, more configuration lines, more code, etc. And no more
human-readable XML file. Is the "complex SQL query" feature really a
need?
I'd tend to conclude a migration to a database engine is not a priority.

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SylV