What are the relative advantages of XMLEncoder and XStream?

Question

Suppose I want to store many small configuration objects in XML, and I don\'t care too much about the format. The XMLDecoder class built into the JDK would work, and from what I

Answer 1

I always find XStream very tempting, because it's so easy to get going. However, invariably I end up replacing it. It's really quite buggy, and its collection handling could use a lot of work.

As a result, I usually switch to JAXB. It's an awful lot more robust, it's pretty much bug-free, and a more flexible than XStream.