> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kohsuke Kawaguchi [mailto:Kohsuke.Kawaguchi_at_Sun.COM]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:24 AM
> To: users_at_jaxb.dev.java.net
> Subject: Re: Processing Large XML Files
>
>
>
> > I love XML, but 60GB is well beyond what I feel is its
> limit when reasonable
> > performance is important. I think you should consider not
> using XML for
> > data of this size.
>
> I'm not sure how not using XML would solve the problem in any way. You
> just have to tweak the processing model, and it doesn't matter if your
> format is XML or CSV or a custom binary format.
I'm assuming that the 60GB of XML would be significantly smaller if it were
in a binary format and that many non-XML formats can be parsed more quickly
than XML. Aren't these reasonable assumptions?
That said, you'd have to look pretty hard to find a bigger proponent of XML
than me. ;-)
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