XML Programming Using Java

In this course, Java programmers will learn the basics of XML form and syntax. They will use Java to implement XML web applications, as well as learning how to use XML to pass data between distributed Java applications. Emphasis is placed on writing well-formed and valid XML, parsing techniques and converting Legacy data with XML.

Audience: Anyone who needs to program XML in conjunction with Java, including application developers, Web developers, XML document authors, and webmasters.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with Web and data processing concepts. Fundamentals of XML. Java programming experience is required.

XML and Java

Java and XML
XML Syntax
Document Type Definition
Parsers
Building Your Own Parser
SAX Parsers
DOM Parsers
SAX vs DOM
JAXP
Validating vs Non-Validating

Parsing XML with SAX

SAX Basics
Parsing with SAX Using JAXP
SAX Event Methods
ContentHandler
Parsing Elements
Parsing Characters and Whitespace
Error Handling
SAX Parser Usage

Parsing XML with DOM

Document Object Model
Document Object
Parsing with DOM Using JAXP
Key DOM Interfaces
Node
Elements
NodeList and NamedNodeMap
Text Nodes

Building XML with DOM

Creating an Empty DOM Object
Building the Tree
Cloning Nodes
Combining Document Objects
Writing DOM to XML

Validating XML

Validation in XML
Validation with DTDs
Whitespace with Validation
Validation with XML Schemas
Schema Data Types
Validating with SAX
Whitespace and Validation
Validating with DOM
Parser Errors
JAXP and XML Schemas

Java and XML Data Binding

Why Not SAX or DOM?
How JAXB Fits In
How JAXB Works
The JAXB Binding Schema
Generating the Classes
Marshalling and Unmarshalling
Other Binding APIs

Basic SOAP

SOAP Overview
The SOAP Envelope
SOAP Over HTTP
A SOAP Server
The Deployment Descriptor
A SOAP Client
Complex Data Types
Complex Data Types: Client Code

Industrial Strength SOAP

SOAP Messaging
The Messaging Server
Deployment
The Messaging Client
Web Services
WSDL
UDDI

XML Transformations with XSLT

XML Transformations
XSLT Stylesheets
TrAX
XSLT Processors
XSLT in Servlets
XSL Formatting Objects

Distributed Applications with XML

Distributed Applications Overview
Socket Programming with XML
Servlets and JavaServer Pages
Creating XML from Textual Data
Creating XML from Relational Data
JDBC
Extracting XML from a ResultSet
Inserting XML Into an RDBMS

Appendix A - JDOM

Why JDOM?
JDOM Packages
Getting Started with JDOM
JDOM Parsing
Elements and Attributes
Outputting from JDOM
Transforming JDOM using XSLT

Appendix B - Java Advanced Topics

Event Handling
Sockets
Servlets
JDBC