Using XMLBeans to Implement Dynamic Configuration Files XMLBeans is a powerful tool that can be leveraged to simplify many development tasks that involve XML documents. One common task in developing a Web application is that of putting together a means of configuring the Web application's custom components. This article covers an approach to this task by using XMLBeans to easily consume from XML-formatted configuration files, coupled with some utility code that makes the process of adding new configuration files and consuming from them in iterative development mode easy. Apr. 2, 2004