Chapter 10. JSP and XML

Topics in this Chapter:

• XML Overview

• JSP as XML Documents

• Transforming XML with XSLT

• Fetching Database Data as XML

Just what is this phenomenon sweeping the software development industry called XML? How can it help in designing enterprise applications? What is its relationship to Java? These questions can be answered in one simple phrase: Java is cross-platform code, and XML is cross-platform data. While XML is much more than this, it cuts to the chase and describes XML's inherent value.