Chapter 15. JSP and XML

The Extensible Markup Language, or XML, is a meta language for creating markup languages used to describe structured data. XML is a self-describing language, composed of tags and values. It is often used to describe objects that are passed in messages between applications. An example of a simple XML document is included in Listing 15.1.

Code Listing 15.1. item.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ITEM>
  <ID>33445</ID>
  <DESCRIPTION>Austin Powers The International Man of
Mystery</DESCRIPTION>
  <PRICE>19.95</PRICE>
  <QUANTITY>56</QUANTITY>
</ITEM>