XML Boot Camp for Programmers Training

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

• Creating and Using XML
• Validating XML with DTDs
• Validating XML with Schema
• XSL Translation
• SAX Parsing
• DOM Parsing - Processing
• DOM Parsing - Generating
• Web Services Introduction
• SOAP
• Building XML Applications

• Familiarity with Web and data processing concepts.
• Java programming experience is required.

Duration Three days

Outline of XML Boot Camp for Programmers Training

1. Creating and Using XML

• Data and Document Structure
• What is XML?
• Why XML?
• An Example of XML Document
• Well-formed vs. Valid XML Document
• Enforcing Validity: DTDs
• Presentation Style
• Sections of an XML Document
• XML Elements
• Nesting and Hierarchy of XML Elements
• Tag Attributes
• Naming Rules
• Empty and Non-Empty Elements
• Other XML Tags
• Entity References
• Character References
• Namespaces
• Processing Instructions

2. Writing DTDs

• DTD
• Types of DTDs
• DOCTYPE
• Internal DTDs
• External DTDs
• Element Qualifiers
• Validating XML with DTDs
• Attribute Type Values
• Parsed General Entities
• Parsed Parameter Entities

3. Basic XML Schemas

• What is XML Schema?
• Goals of Schema
• Minimal Schema
• Documents Required
• Linking Documents to Schema
• Schema Data Types
• Simple Types
• Restrictions in the Elements
• Using Facet
• Sequence Element
• Element Choice
• Validating XML with Schema
• Annotations

4. XSL Translation

• Formatting XML Documents
• XSL
• Three Parts of XSL
• XSLT - XSL Transformation
• The Music Collection Example
• Introduction
• Sample XML file
• Retrieving Owner Details
• Retrieving Core Data
• Retrieving Canadian Content
• Retrieving Media Data

5. Parsing XML with SAX

• XML Parser
• Obtaining a Parser
• SAX
• Pros and Cons Using SAX
• How it Works
• Core SAX2 Handler Classes
• XMLReader Interface
• XMLReader Feature
• XMLReader Factory
• Using SAX - Steps
• Create the Event Handler
• Create a SAX Parser
• Register the Event Handler
• Parse Document
• SAX Events
• Simple SAX Application
• Run the SAX Application
• startElement() Event
• Attributes
• Determine the Number of Attributes
• Determine Attribute Names
• Determine Attribute Values
• Determine Attribute Types
• Using the Attribute

6. Parsing XML with DOM

• DOM
• Limitations of SAX
• DOM Parser
• Nodes
• The Basic Node Types
• Less Common Node Types
• DOM Interfaces
• Our first DOM application

7. Accessing and Generating XML Documents with DOM

• Accessing DOM object.
  • Using the DOM API to access DOM objects.
  • Traversing a DOM object.
  • Modifying a DOM object.
  • Extract DOM data.
• XML Generation with DOM.
  • Building a DOM tree.
  • Combining DOM objects.
  • Using DocumentFragment to recognized a DOM tree.
  • Generating XML data a Document object.
• An Example.
  • Modifying an XML document using DOM.

8. Web Services Introduction

• Needs for and benefits of Web Services
• Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
• RPC (Remote Procedure Call) -based Web Services
• UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration)

9. SOAP

• Needs for and benefits of SOAP
• SOAP message
• SOAP over HTTP
• RPC

10. Building XML Applications

• Needs for Using XML in Applications
• Basic Functionality Required for XML Applications
• Applying XML Across System Boundaries
• Using XML in Client Side
• Using XML is Server Side
• Using XML is Non Networked Systems
• Using XML is RDBMS
• The J2EE Blueprint
• A Typical Architecture of Using XML in J2EE Application
• Using XML in Applets
• Using XML Parser in Applets
• An Example is Using SAX Parser in Applets
• Using XML is Servlets
• An Example of Using DOM Parser in a DB Query Servlet
• Creating XML Middleware for Accessing Databases
• Transforming RDBMS Data to XML Data
• Transforming XML Data to RDBMS Data
• An Example of Using SAX for Loading XML Data to Database