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options to store data other than .txt and database

Hi All,

I have to store few simple file names and other strings in hierarchal order. Something like There is a room(Frame) (lets say room no. 1) there are 10 posters in the room ( panels). Each poster can have any number of items ( components).

I have several of these rooms. User can create new room, remove/add posters and add/remove items on the poster. I want to store these information to make this app work.

I do not want to use database as this seems to be really simple to use a database. I was wondering if there are any alternatives to using text files. Or may be some tricks and suggestions to make reading and writing in files more organized.

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You can use serialization.
=> Create a Tree structure of the the data
=> Serialize it into a file
=> Deserialize when you need the data again

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Thanks fr reply a_b

I also want same application on remote machine to access this data .. in that care ?

That will also work. Serialization is meant for transmitting objects/data to remote machines.

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can you please have a look at this related post of mine .. which says more about what I am trying to do

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26598230/shared-file-server-for-two-remote-java-apps.html

Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]

while you could use file indeed, i would rather use a db for this

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