> XML has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Java the language. Weren't we talking about what OP said, and how per you, it's being averse to thinking? >

> XML has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Java the language. Weren't we talking about what OP said, and how per you, it's being averse to thinking? > Part of it is a framework issue. Struts is horrible...absolutely, stunningly horrible. Your controller is an XML file (seriously). Freemarker (the main templating language) makes ColdFusion look awesome. Now if some framework has achieved this level of retardation, I would rather not think about it. There are better things to think about. I would be absolutely fine being averse to thinking about it.