XML Programming Using Java Training

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

• XML Fundamentals
• Parsing XML with SAX
• Parsing XML with DOM
• Accessing and Generating XML Documents with DOM
• Validating XML with DTDs
• Validating XML with Schema
• Distributed Applications with XML
• XSL Fundamentals
• Web Services Introduction
• SOAP

Familiarity with Web and data processing concepts. Java programming experience is required. Duration Three days.

Outline of XML Programming Using Java Training

1. XML Fundamentals

• Data and document structure
• XML
• Well-formed XML
• Enforcing validity: DTDs
• Presentation style
• Basic concepts of XML

2. XPath

• Syntax of Location Path Expression
• Syntax of XPath Expression
• XPath Core Functions
• XPath String Functions

3. Parsing XML with SAX

• Parsing with SAX
• Building SAX Parsers
• SAX Event Methods
• ContentHandler
• SAX Parser Behavior
• Error Handling
• SAX Parser Usage

4. 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. Validating XML with Schema

• Schema overview
• A minimal schema
• Linking documents to schema
• Element declarations
• Attribute declarations
• Complex types
• Simple and built-in types
• Derivation of simple types
• Choices
• Named and anonymous types
• Mixed content
• Naming conflicts

5. 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

6. Validating XML with DTDs

• Write XML DTDs
  • DOCTYPE
  • Element Conditions
  • Element Quantifiers
  • Attributes
  • Attribute default values
  • Parsed general entities
  • Parsed parameter entities
  • More on namespaces
• Validate XML with DTDs

8. Distributed Applications with XML

• The fundamentals of using XML in distributed systems
  • Basic functionalities for XML applications
  • Applying XML across system boundaries
  • Using XML in client side
  • Using XML in server side
  • Passing XML over TCP/IP
  • Using XML in non-networked system
  • Using XML in RDBMS
• Using XML in J2EE applications
  • Using XML in applets
  • Using XML in servlets
  • Creating XML middleware with databases

9. Introduction to XSL

• What is XSL ?
• Translation elements
• Formatting objects
• XSL in action

10. JAX

• Introducing JAXB
• Interfaces and Classes
• Unmarshal
• Retrieving Data
• Generating XML from JAXB
• Validation
• Advantages of JAXB

11. 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)

12. SOAP

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