[kepler-dev] Config system serialization

[Chad Berkley]

Hi,

After our phone call last week, I updated the configuration system page 
here
https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/framework/kepler-configuration/proposed-future-kepler-configuration-system
with the notes from the meeting.  I also added a section towards the 
bottom that details the different options I have looked at for the 
back-end system that will deal with serialization of the configuration 
files.

Please take a look at the list and add any systems that you might know 
of that you think we should take a look at.  Also feel free to add 
comments onto the systems that I've already added if I've missed any 
features or drawbacks that you think are important.

Note that I've included the java properties system in this list, even 
though I do not believe it is a viable system for most of the kepler 
configuration items.  I've included it because it is the java standard 
and it does internationalization really well.  In that respect, it could 
be used for our UI resources configuration system and we could use 
something else for other config items.  I'm not saying this is a good 
idea, but I thought I'd include it nonetheless.

After people have had a chance to look this over, I'll schedule a call 
so we can talk about the options.

Thanks,
chad