Xml and Object Database

[Michael Kay]

-----Original Message-----
From: Prashanth K. Salur <xmldoubts at hotmail.com>
>While creating an Object database for an XML file, is it advisable to
>store just the root node of the XML file or store each node of the XML
>file seperately.


Depends what you want to achieve! The obvious way to store an XML document
in an object database is to take a typical DOM implementation (e.g.
Docuverse's) and make each object persistent. However, that level of
granularity may be overkill. The opposite extreme is to store the XML
document as a string in a single persistent object. If you are clever, you
can hide your implementation choice, providing the same interface in both
cases.

Mike Kay


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