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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

Stephen Schmidt, java-channel.org
Good book on Java and XML. Well written, covers lots of things and use cases for XML. The author is one of the authors of JDOM and has excellent XML knowledge.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   17 of 18 people found the following review helpful: Concise and Flexible approach to XML and SGML derivatives., 2 Aug 2001 By A Customer 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...  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Good overview, but do not buy for technical details, 28 Jan 2002 By  Jonas Nilsson (di92jn@yahoo.se) (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews 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.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   8 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Updated version of an excellent book, 23 Nov 2002 By  Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews       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 last year. The author gives a little less handholding on the basics of XML reducing a three chapter introduction in the first edition to a one chapter summary. SAX, DOM, and JDOM all are covered in detail with each topic getting an introduction and an advanced chapter. JAXP 1.1 is covered in sufficient detail. After the introduction to the basic Java/XML APIs, the author moves on to some other interesting topics. The chapters on web publishing frameworks and XML-RPC haven't changed much since the first edition. New chapters on SOAP, Web Services, and content syndication are welcome additions. The book ends with a look at data binding and JAXB. The examples in the book are extremely clear and concise, explaining each topic well without being overly simplistic. As with the first edition, the author assumes that you are familiar with Java but unlike the first edition he assumes you have a basic understanding of XML. If you are a Java developer and you are going to be working with XML then this book is required reading. The coverage of the Java/XML APIs is excellent. As for the other topics, it is a good introduction but for anyone working with SOAP or Web Services, other books will probably be required.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 12 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 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 28 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 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 17 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 15 Jan 2002 Exellent book for serious xml processing I bought 4 books in one year (Professional XML, XML Bible, Java applications with XML, all sucks). The last was this book. Read more Published on 7 Jan 2002 by hans.fortemaison@pandora.be 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 20 Nov 2001 by Agustí Ràfols (rondalla@troc.es) Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews