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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] KConfigBackend
From:       Martijn Klingens <mklingens () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-02-23 11:27:26
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On Saturday 23 February 2002 12:01, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> This assumes that KConfig will be backed by a file.  What about an LDAP or
> other non file backend?  This should probably go into the
> KINIConfigBackEnd class or whathaveyou.

In that case there should be an intermediate KFileConfigBackend to avoid code 
duplication in case we want another file based format later.

If you want true flexibility then we need a distinction between the 
serialization and the storage part anyway: it is possible to store XML data 
in a file, but also in a database. I'm not sure if I want to make it like 
that though, I think that would be a bit over-engineered...

Another option is to have setFileWriteMode() be an advisory method that 
should be honoured whenever the backend supports it, but is not mandatory for 
e.g. LDAP.

Martijn
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