- Paperback: 518 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (29 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596001975
- ISBN-13: 978-0596001971
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 17.9 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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- #37 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages > Java > XML
- #65 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages > XML
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Brett McLaughlin's Java and XML is a well-informed guide to the partnership between two key technologies. For this 2nd edition, the author has slimmed down the introductory material on XML, making room for expanded coverage of fast-moving topics such as JAXP, SOAP and Web Services. There is plenty of new material, so this is a book worth buying even if you have the earlier edition. The author is a co-founder of JDOM, an XML document API, and is a well-known contributor to various other open-source projects. It is no surprise to find a focus on open-source tools and resources in this book.
This title does not aim to teach either Java or XML from scratch, although the first two chapters do offer an XML crash course. The following chapters cover SAX 2.0, a standard API for parsing XML, and after that there is a detailed look at the DOM (Document Object Model). JDOM gets extensive coverage, as you would expect from the author's involvement, and there is a strong chapter on JAXP, the official API for XML parsing from Sun Microsystems, explaining why it is widely misunderstood and how it complements other standards such as SAX. The second half of the book offers a chapter each on more advanced topics. One covers Web publishing frameworks, with a particular focus on Apache Cocoon. After that the author covers XML-RPC, SOAP and Web services. A chapter on content syndication shows how to use XSL and RSS (Rich Site Summary) to publish and consume information. Next comes data binding using the Castor or Zeus frameworks, or Sun's official JAXB API. Finally there is a brief look at up-and-coming APIs, and a concise reference for SAX, DOM, JDOM and JAXP.
Practical, informative and well-written, this book is ideal for professionals who are either working with Java and XML, or considering doing so. --Tim Anderson
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'Was I impressed with this book? Indeed I was! The content is both timely and accurate, the reading is easy and enjoyable - a very rare achievement.' Java Desk, Israel (Java User Group)
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I obtained a copy of this book in a pre-release, and after 20 mins of skimming throught the index I was captivated by the depth of information it contained. This book will be take great pride in any bookshelf as it undertakes valuable "hot" words such as XSLT and other like the differences between Schemas and DTD.
I have used this book as a reference guide to construct a simple base of transfering information from HTML through XSLT and then XML to JAVA and then to my DataBase. Invaluable. I can recommend this book to all that are looking to expand their knowledge.
In a negative light I can put forward that it's focus on the way that XHTML will be implemmented by the W3C is rather sketchy and should be used as a quick reference instead of a concise bible.
As I have had to return this book to its rightfull owner, I am most unhappy. Never mind, as I wil soon have it again...
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book does not go into great depth for each of the techniques - SOAP, XML, XML-RPC, and so on - and it should not. This book is great if you want to get the helicopter view - how do these techniques fit together, so that you can build a whole application. The examples are short and succinct, and can be read while sitting / lying in your favourite reading place. If I have to name one bad thing, then it is that this book tries to take on a such a big area, that it misses on some smaller bits, for example Sun's Java XML pack, because that came out after this book was published.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought 4 books in one year (Professional XML, XML Bible, Java applications with XML, all sucks). The last was this book. Only in this I found explanations on detailled features of Xerces sax parsing. For example, all details for namespaces processing.
The book is very well written. It explains the base and the details, and is easy to read.
It uses the xml jakarta tools, which are the standard in many J2EE servers like WebLogic. The Cocoon framework in also detailled.
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The title does not do the book justice!
I borrowed this book off a friend from work with the view it was using XML with Java, which of course it covers very well, I felt that it seriously downplayed that it also covered... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2005 by Mr. R. P. A. Wilson
Disappointing
This book did not come up to the expectations that were set by the other reviewers and by O'Reilly themselves.
I bought Java & XML a couple of years ago. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2005 by Daniel
Updated version of an excellent book
The first edition of this book was considered one of the best on the subject of Java and XML. This new edition has expanded to include the developments in Java and XML over the... Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2002 by Thomas Paul
Updated version of an excellent book
The first edition of this book was considered one of the best on the subject of Java and XML. This new edition has expanded to include the developments in Java and XML over the... Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2002 by Thomas Paul
Good overview but not a very good reference
I'm relatively new to Java and XML with programming experience with XML with perl. I found the book very insightful into all areas of XML using Java, except, and here's the... Read more
Published on 5 April 2002 by yee379@bigfoot.com
A book that truly demonstrates the beauty of Java
Noone can compete with O'Reilly when it comes to providing the technical information you need in a clear concise manner. This book is no exception. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2002
Excellent Introduction to writing Java XML applications
Enabled me to have a simple SOAP based web service up and running in hours. The introductory chapters on XML are better than many pure XML books. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2002
If you can only afford one book on Java and XML, buy this !
I am a relative newcomer to Java and XML, but within hours of reading this book I was able to write my own first (successful! Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2002
broad horizon overview on xml and java related topics
It is the kind of book that anybody should have as a beginner in these topics. Even more, you'll start with the basics but you'll go farther and get the overall knowledge and... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2001 by Agustí Rŕfols (rondalla@troc.es)
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