Java and XML

Java and XML, 3rd Edition, shows you how to cut through all the hype about XML and put it to work. It teaches you how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is a new approach to managing information that touches everything from configuration files to web sites. After two chapters on XML basics, including XPath, XSL, DTDs, and XML Schema, the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. This third edition of Java and XML covers all major Java XML processing libraries, including full coverage of the SAX, DOM, StAX, JDOM, and dom4j APIs as well as the latest version of the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) and Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB). The chapters on web technology have been entirely rewritten to focus on the today's most relevant topics: syndicating content with RSS and creating Web 2.0 applications. You'll learn how to create, read, and modify RSS feeds for syndicated content and use XML to power the next generation of websites with Ajax and Adobe Flash. Topics include: The basics of XML, including DTDs, namespaces, XML Schema, XPath, and TransformationsThe SAX API, including all handlers, filters, and writersThe DOM API, including DOM Level 2, Level 3, and the DOM HTML moduleThe JDOM API, including the core and a look at XPath supportThe StAX API, including StAX factories, producing documents and XMLPullData Binding with JAXB, using the new JAXB 2.0 annotationsWeb syndication and podcasting with RSSXML on the Presentation Layer, paying attention to Ajax and Flash applications If you are developing with Java and need to use XML, or think that you will be in the future; if you're involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services; or if you're developing software for electronic commerce, Java and XML will be an indispensable companion.

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Table of Contents; Preface; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; We'd Like Your Feedback!; Safari® Enabled; Acknowledgments; Brett D. McLaughlin; Justin Edelson; Introduction; XML 1.0; The Root Element; Elements; Attributes; Namespaces; Entity References; Unparsed Data; XML 1.1; XML Transformations; XSL; XSL and trees; Formatting objects; XSLT; XPath; Template matching; Looping; Performing a transform; And More ... ; Constraints; DTDs; DTD Semantics; Elements; Attributes; Entities; Generating DTDs from XML Instance Documents; Validating XML Against a DTD; XML Schema.

XML Schema DefinitionsElements and attributes; Simple types; Extending base types; Generating XML Schemas from Instance Documents; Generating XML Schemas from a DTD; Validating XML Against an XML Schema; Referencing a schema for nonnamespaced documents; Referencing a schema for namespaced documents; Validating against a schema; RELAX NG; Constraining XML with RELAX NG; Elements; Cardinality and recurrence; Attributes; Data types; Generating RELAX NG from an XML Instance; Converting DTDs to RELAX NG Schemas; Converting XML Schemas to RELAX NG Schemas; Validating XML Against a RELAX NG Sche…