While the XML "buzz" still dominates talk among Internet developers, the critical need is for information that cuts through the hype and lets Java programmers put XML to work. Java & XML shows how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications, with the end result that both the data and the code are portable.

This second edition of Java & XML adds chapters on Advanced SAX and Advanced DOM, new chapters on SOAP and data binding, and new examples throughout. A concise chapter on XML basics introduces concepts, and the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. Java developers who need to work with XML, or think that they will in the future--as well as developers involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services--will find the new Java & XML a constant companion.

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, filters, and writers
  
• The DOM API, including DOM Level 2, Level 3, and the Traversal, Range, CSS, Events, and HTML modules.
  
• The JDOM API, including the core, a look at XPath support, and JDOM as a JSR
  
• Using web publishing frameworks like Apache Cocoon
  
• Developing applications with XML-RPC
  
• Using SOAP and UDDI for web services
  
• Data Binding, using both DTDs and XML Schema for constraints
  
• Building business-to-business applications with XML
  
• Building information channels with RSS and dynamic content with XSP
  

Includes a quick reference on SAX 2.0, DOM Level 2, and JDOM.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction   

      XML Matters   

      What's Important?   

      The Essentials   

      What's Next?   

2. Nuts and Bolts   

      The Basics   

      Constraints   

      Transformations   

      And More-   

      What's Next?   

3. SAX   

      Getting Prepared   

      SAX Readers   

      Content Handlers   

      Error Handlers   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

4. Advanced SAX   

      Properties and Features   

      More Handlers   

      Filters and Writers   

      Even More Handlers   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

5. DOM   

      The Document Object Model   

      Serialization   

      Mutability   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

6. Advanced DOM   

      Changes   

      Namespaces   

      DOM Level 2 Modules   

      DOM Level 3   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

7. JDOM   

      The Basics   

      PropsToXML   

      XMLProperties   

      Is JDOM a Standard?   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

8. Advanced JDOM   

      Helpful JDOM Internals   

      JDOM and Factories   

      Wrappers and Decorators   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

9. JAXP   

      API or Abstraction   

      JAXP 1.0   

      JAXP 1.1   

      Gotcha!   

      What's Next?   

10. Web Publishing Frameworks   

      Selecting a Framework   

      Installation   

      Using a Publishing Framework   

      XSP   

      Cocoon 2.0 and Beyond   

      What's Next?   

11. XML-RPC   

      RPC Versus RMI   

      Saying Hello   

      Putting the Load on the Server   

      The Real World   

      What's Next?   

12. SOAP   

      Starting Out   

      Setting Up   

      Getting Dirty   

      Going Further   

      What's Next?   

13. Web Services   

      Web Services   

      UDDI   

      WSDL   

      Putting It All Together   

      What's Next?   

14. Content Syndication   

      The Foobar Public Library   

      mytechbooks.com   

      Push Versus Pull   

      What's Next?   

15. Data Binding   

      First Principles   

      Castor   

      Zeus   

      JAXB   

      What's Next?   

16. Looking Forward   

      XLink   

      XPointer   

      XML Schema Bindings   

      And the Rest. . .   

      What's Next?   

A. API Reference   

B. SAX 2.0 Features and Properties   

Index