1) I'm adding a switch in the properties section. I think default value should be true having the possibility to switch it off by setting "check.character.portability" property to false. 2) done Galder Zamarreño Sr. Software Maintenance Engineer JBoss, a division of Red Hat IT executives: Red Hat still #1 for value http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ -----Original Message----- From: Brian Stansberry Sent: 20 November 2006 20:58 To: Galder Zamarreno Cc: jbosscache-dev(a)lists.jboss.org Subject: Valdiations in FileCacheLoader Hey Galder, Couple thoughts on the validation stuff in FileCacheLoader: 1) How about adding an on/off switch to FileCacheLoaderConfig? If I know my stuff conforms, I don't want to pay the performance penalty to check it. 2) I believe Pattern is thread safe, so you should be able to cache your compiled patterns in a static field. Brian Stansberry Lead, AS Clustering JBoss, a division of Red Hat Ph: 510-396-3864 skype: bstansberry IT executives: Red Hat still #1 for value http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/