How to manage a text file is a List or something similar.

[Paul Duer]

Hi guys,

I have 2 text files, each is in the standard Key=Value style. I would like to be able to quickly read those files into a List object of some sort, and then be able to add pairs to the end of the file and maybe if I get more advanced, change values in the pairs.

I think this is real simple thing, I just can't think of what package might make this eaisest.

I also have an XML file to manage, basically adding and editing elements quickly and programmatically.

[Rachel Swailes]

For the standard key=value, have a look at Properties Files.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Rachel is correctly pointing you to the java.util.Properties class.

[Layne Lund]

For XML files, you have to look at third-party implementations of DOM. Apache's Xerces is a popular DOM implementation.

HTH

Layne