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Two hot topics come together in this developer's guide. Both Java and XML are cross-platform technologies, so by using Java for code and XML for transporting data, you can build truly portable applications. This title is aimed at intermediate to advanced programmers, and while XML topics are explained more or less from scratch, readers will need prior knowledge of Java.

The book begins with an overview of XML and its uses, and goes on to explain how to parse XML using SAX 2 (the Simple API for XML). Next there is coverage of how XML is validated using DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and XML Schema, and transformed using XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language). Brief coverage of Sun's Java API for XML is followed by a detailed look at JDOM (Java Document Object Model), a new API devised by the author in association with O'Reilly, the publisher.

The last part of the book is more advanced, and covers applications of XML and Java. There are chapters on Web-publishing frameworks, XML RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), using XML to read and write configuration data and generating XML with Java. There is also a short business-to-business example. Appendices provide an API reference to the various specifications discussed in the book.

The strengths of Java and XML include the author's deep knowledge of his subject and a writing style that is both clear and enthusiastic. If you happen to know a lot about Java and not much about XML, this is the ideal title. Those who already have a good grasp of XML basics may be frustrated by the amount of introductory material. --Tim Anderson

Book Description

XML has been the biggest buzzword on the Internet community for the past year. But how do you cut through all the hype and actually put it to work?

Java revolutionized the programming world by providing a platform-independent p rogramming language. XML takes the revolution a step further by providing a plat form-independent language for interchanging data. Java and XML share many featur es that are ideal for building Web-based enterprise applications, such as platfo rm-independence, extensibility, reusability, global language (Unicode) support, and both are based on industry standards. Together Java and XML allow enterprise s to simplify and lower cost of information sharing and data exchange. Java a nd XML shows you how to put the two together, building real-world applicatio ns in which both the code and the data are truly portable.

This book covers:

• The basics of XML
• Using standard Java APIs to parse XML
• Design ing new document types using DTDs and Schemas
• Writing programs that generate XML data
• Transforming XML into different forms using XSL transformations (X SL/T)
• XML-RPC
• Using a web publishing framework like Apache-Cocoon
• XM L as a configuration language

This is the first book to cover the most recent versions of the DOM specification (DOM 2), the SAX API (SAX 2) and Sun's Java API for XML.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Too many errors, not enough content, 28 April 2001 By  Nicolai Guba - See all my reviews I was a bit disappointed with this book. The begin is quite slow and there is much too much emphasis on SAX and DOM. The code examples are actually wrong. There are too many typos, even wrong method names which don't match the initial example or the discussion, thus I would be a bit concerned for the less advanced readers. I liked the fact that he mentioned the cocoon framework, but there really wasn't enough discussion of how an XML web publishing framework should work or on how to best structure the XML for such application. The installation instructions for cocoon don't belong in this book. This should be left to the project itself and I would have been happier would that space have been filled with more explanation about XSP and related topics.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Good, but the world needs an even better one, 30 Aug 2000 By A Customer This is probably the best BOOK currently available on the COMBINATION of Java and XML. As always, if it's over a week old, then it has been superceded. Style is good, as far as the book goes. Coverage is an excellent introduction to DOMs, SAX, Cocoon etc., but it's lacking on some of the newer topics such as SOAP You can find more up-to-date information on the web, but if you want it bound in a book, delivered to your desk, and you want it all now then buy this book. If you've already sweated through coding to a DOM, then you probably know much of it already.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Weak, poor coverage., 30 Jul 2000 By A Customer Lengthy coverage of SAX, better covered by the authors examples. XML examples flawed. Try the open sites for java application to XML, and an on topic XML book. Not worth the money.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 5 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Patchy and difficult to read in places You can tell this is a book written by a developer, but that's not to say that the content is bad - more that the presentation could have been better (please ignore my poor XML... Read more Published on 28 Jul 2000 This is a key book. Buy it or regret it! This book is about the next wave of internet development and without grasping these two key technologies - you won't be able to take the ride. Published on 13 Jul 2000 by prakashc@msn.com Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 5 customer reviews...