XML: Looking for simple address-book program

I'm looking for a simple program to input and edit an address-book.
I guess I could write one, but it seems to me
that this must have been done a million times,
so I'd prefer not to re-invent the wheel.

What I would like to get is a "frame"
with "windows" for entering Name, Address, Phone number, etc.
The entry would be saved in an XML file with a simple DTD.

It should be possible to query the XML file
to output any entry already there, eg by giving the name,
or perhaps listing names beginning with "A", "B", etc.

Any suggestions or advice (or programs!) gratefully received.


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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:27:32 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> ..The entry would be saved in an XML file with a simple DTD.

Just out of curiosity, if I told you there was a freeware plug-in
that did exactly what you needed, but wrote to plain text, would
you be interested?

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<posted & mailed>
 
>
> Just out of curiosity, if I told you there was a freeware plug-in
> that did exactly what you needed, but wrote to plain text, would
> you be interested?

I would be interested, yes.
Particularly if the application came with source.

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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:38:10 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> <posted & mailed>

..& mailed?  To who?
 
>
> I would be interested, yes.
> Particularly if the application came with source.

I don't.  I simply wanted to check the veracity of your very
constrained specification.  Perhaps if you open up the problem
and invite any approaches that fill the requirement, you might
have more luck.

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Andrew Thompson wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:38:10 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
>
> ..& mailed?  To who?

This was the default on my mailer.
I didn't notice your address was invalid.

> 
>
> I don't.  I simply wanted to check the veracity of your very
> constrained specification.  Perhaps if you open up the problem
> and invite any approaches that fill the requirement, you might
> have more luck.

I'm baffled by your responses.

Why reply if you have nothing to contribute?

I think what I said was perfectly clear,
and I received a number of responses to it.
To ask for output in XML does not seem to me a major "constraint".
Are you allergic to XML?
I would have thought it would be the standard way
to store data such as an address-book.


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Timothy Murphy
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:04:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
...
> To ask for output in XML does not seem to me a major "constraint".
> Are you allergic to XML?
> I would have thought it would be the standard way
> to store data such as an address-book.

XML reading/writing was introduced to the core Java API in version 1.4.

An XML based Java solution would generally be Java 1.4+,
which would exclude most of the code developed for Java's
1.1, 1.2 and 1.3.

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