RE: How long are your struts-config files? Should I worry about performance?

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My config file for a project I'm currently working on is 7k, and that's NOT 
counting comments (something like 16k counting them - I'm a comment freak).  
Since it's only parsed once at startup, I wouldn't be too overly concerned 
about performance.  Yes, your talking about a lookup for each request, and 
I'm not familiar with how it's stored internally (just a HashMap maybe?), 
but I wouldn't suspect it's a huge concern.  I can't speak to how typical 
that size is of course, but it's one example.

I should also point out that the app I'm referring to was originally built 
on a homegrown framework (I didn't write it, so don't laugh at ME when I 
tell you this)... it used a very convoluted mapping XML file structure, much 
more complex than struts-config, and the that version of the file was 43k!  
Again, NOT counting comments!  And to make matter worse, this file was 
actually parsed WITH EACH REQUEST!!  But, and here's where I get to a point 
(aside from the fact that those that wrote that framework didn't know their 
a** from their elbows)... performance even under those conditions with a 
halfway decent load (50 concurrent users at any given time on average) was 
perfectly acceptable.  And it wasn't a monstrous server either (Dual 
P2-550's with 1G RAM and a SCSI array internally).

So, I wouldn't be too concerned with the size of your struts-config, unless 
someone else has reason to disagree.  A couple of K wouldn't concern me.


From: Riyad Kalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How long are your struts-config files? Should I worry about 
performance?
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:36:58 -0700

I'm curious what the size of some of the verteran programmer's
struts-config.xml files are. Mine is approaching 2k lines right now, and 
I'm
about 1/2 done with the project I'm working on.

I don't know if I should really start worrying about performance/other 
issues,
or if this is normal and I should smile and keep working.

Thanks!
Riyad
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