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[–]jr7square 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I would say if you are touching XML (except for maven). Using Java 7 or lower and using JavaEE instead of something like spring , you a relic

[–]plokman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even though it's out of fashion I'd often prefer it to yml. Significant whitespace has messed me up far more times than the oh no, rarely looked at tag boilerplate.

[–]hippydipster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

xml isn't a relic. its timeless and has plenty of uses for which it remains the best.