simple persistence without databases

From: slothbear (farbot_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/08/05

  • Next message: Lee Fesperman: "Re: db size" 
    Date: 8 Mar 2005 11:52:07 -0800

    I have a simple application that has been using standard serialization
    for the save format. I have a small user community; no one has
    complained about the save format breaking with each new version
    (because I change class structure). But ... it is kind of
    unprofessional and I would like to fix it.

    A "real" database looks like overkill. Some of the smaller options
    (M.A.O.S., db4o) look interesting, but they are still kind of
    heavy/complicated for my little program (which is currently 88K).

    My current plan is to save one big Map, which will contain an
    assortment of smaller Maps with simple types. That will get rid of the
    class structure dependency. Much of the data are already in Maps (of
    simple types), so the save/load code will not have to do much juggling
    of values.

    Does that sound like a reasonable plan, or has my searching/researching
    overlooked a more simple method?

    thanks!

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