Fully revised to cover the latest standards and technologies, XML and Java™, Second Edition provides the practical solutions developers need to design powerful and portable Web-based applications. Featuring step-by-step examples, this book focuses on harnessing the power of Java™ and XML together to streamline the development process.

XML and Java™, Second Edition provides new coverage of emerging areas such as document management, databases, messaging, servlets, JDBC, data binding, security, and more. It begins with an overview of XML programming techniques, standard APIs, and tools. Building upon this foundation, the book goes on to cover the latest technologies, including DOM Level 2, SAX2, XSLT, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. It explores the role of these major middleware technologies in XML and Java-based Web application development, as well as the limitations and potential pitfalls.

Topic coverage includes:

• The role of XML and Java in Web applications

• Parsing XML documents

• How to use the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 and DOM Level 2 APIs

• How to work with SAX

• Techniques for making the most of existing XML processors

• W3C XML Schema and OASIS RELAX NG

• The XML application server, XML and databases, and XML messaging, including SOAP

• Techniques for storing XML documents by using JDBC

• Information on Web services, including WSDL and UDDI

• How to represent data in XML (data binding)

• Standard techniques for securing B2B applications

• XML Schema languages

Combining a team of experienced authors with a practical cookbook-style approach and packed with useful sample code, XML and Java™, Second Edition provides the most complete toolset available for developers navigating the next frontier of Web-based business applications.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 37 Ratings

One of the best Java/XML books on the market - 2003-08-14
Reviewer Rating:
Even if 9 different authors wrote this book, the logical flow remains intact and the writing style is consistent, clear and concise, without any redundancy. The authors provide plenty of well written, relevant code examples, almost to a level of a cookbook. I was very pleased to see some pretty advanced topics covered in details and, while the focus is on Xerces, JAXP get a good coverage too. In my opinion one of the best Java/XML books on the market

Excellent overview of advanced XML for Java developer - 2003-03-12
Reviewer Rating:
I found this book very useful, covers a lot of unique topics
in advanced XML processing, practical and to the point.
Especially enjoyed coverage of advantages and disadvantages
of different techniques.

Would be nice to cover these topics a bit deeper,
little more on architecture.
How about making 3rd edition 1000 pages,
maybe without CD-ROM, put code online
(any XML/Java developer has Internet access now).
And Websphere and DB2 getting outdated very quickly.

Get started fast with excellent code - 2002-12-10
Reviewer Rating:
This is the best XML/Java book I've seen to date. Why? It's well written. For example, unlike most books written by more than one or two authors, this book does *not* repeat a lot of material that an author previously addressed. The code contained in the book and on CD is well formatted and doesn't contain a lot of needless fat surrounding the meat; it get's right to the concept they're trying to relate.
I especially liked the chapters written by the lead author (Maruyama) and especially his XML Security chapters. Worth the money - just for the code.
Additionally, the code is well written - example, the import statements list each class; they don't use ".*;"

A perfect delivery from a perfect company - 2008-07-30
Reviewer Rating:
The product was delivered before schedule, was in perfect shape, and it exatly fit my needs for a reference in my thesis :) thanks Amazon!

The CD In Company With The Book Is Not Included - 2008-04-15
Reviewer Rating:
Next Time before I purchase the book I would like to know if the CD in company with the book will be included in the mail or not.

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