The XML buzz has dominated talk among Internet developers for some time now. But how do you cut through all the hype about XML and put it to work? Java & XML shows you how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is code and data that are truly portable. Java revolutionized the programming world by providing a platform-independent programming language. XML takes the revolution a step further by providing a platform-independent language for interchanging data. Java and XML share many features that are ideal for building web-based enterprise applications, such as platform independence, extensibility, reusability, and global language (Unicode) support. Java & XML shows you how to put the two together to build rich web sites with dynamically generated content, to write enterprise software that lowers the cost of information sharing and data exchange, and to develop simple and effective solutions to other problems requiring portable data. This book covers:
The basics of XML, including DTDs, namespaces, XML Schema, XPath, and XSL
The SAX API, including all handlers, the SAX 2 extensions, niters, and writers
The DOM API, including DQM Level 2, Level 3, and the DOM HTML module
The JDOM API, including the core and a look at XPath support
Data binding, using both DTDs and XML Schema for constraints
Developing applications with XML-RPC and SOAP
Using web publishing frameworks like Apache Cocoon
Creating web services using SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL
Web syndication with RSS and dynamic content with XSP
This second edition of Java &XML includes additional chapters on advanced SAX and advanced DOM, plus new chapters on SOAP and data binding. After a chapter on XML basics, the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. If you are developing with Java and need to use XML or think that you will in the future, if you\'re involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services, or if you\'re developing software for electronic commerce, Java & XML is an indispensable companion.
