Is it possible to make temporary .properties files that last the session?

[Matt Kohanek]

I am using .properties files as a data source for a richfaces tree. This is just temporary, because once the project is launched this probably won't be feasible. All the data is stored on a web service, in a format like this:

<measurementProject>
   <projectId>exampleProject1</projectId>
   <name>exampleProject1</name>
   <permissions class="java.util.ArrayList">
      <projectPermission>
         <userId>exampleUser1</userId>
         <permission>admin</permission>
      </projectPermission>
   </permissions>
   <devices class="java.util.ArrayList">
      <projectDevice>
         <deviceId>exampleDevice1</deviceId>
      </projectDevice>
   </devices>
   <channels class="java.util.ArrayList">
      <projectChannel>
         <channelId>exampleChannel3</channelId>
      </projectChannel>
   </channels>
</measurementProject>
    

So I know how to use .properties files for my data source, but no other way.

So I guess my question would be, is there a better way to turn this data into a temporary data source for my tree? I already have the method to deserialize the data. Its just what comes after that that is my problem. I actually dont even yet know how to turn this dat stream into a .properties file. As of now I have been manually filling in data..

Any suggestions?

[Eric Pascarello]

Nothing to do with HTML/JS...moving off to JSF

[Matt Kohanek]

Yeah sorry about that, when I started it WAS going to be about html, but as I started typing I thought of another question and didnt think to change forums