Software-Design.md

+>>>
+**Notes about the configuration files and parser:**
+- first thoughts about possible formats: INI, JSON, XML
+- readability for normal users?
+- easily parseable?
+- structure of the files: First section with general properties, following sections with page formats containing format specific properties
+
+INI format:
+- windows specific format
+- good readability, but:
+- no native support in Java, third party lib necessary
+
+JSON & XML:
+- not very readable for normal users
+- syntax can easily be broken unintentionally -> not parseable if broken
+
+Instead: Java Properties?
+- native support (java.util.Properties)
+- allows same division into sections
+- easy list-like syntax similar to INI -> good readability
+- Syntax: *section.property=value*
+>>>
+Leonard
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