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Java and XML: Solutions to Real-World Problems (Java Series (O'Reilly & Associates).) (Paperback)

by Brett McLaughlin (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 550 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition (22 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)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 335,449 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 chapt