Core Java™ 2 Volume II - Advanced Features, Seventh Edition

Chapter 12. XML

• Introducing XML

• Parsing an XML Document

• Validating XML Documents

• Locating Information with XPath

• Using Namespaces

• Using the SAX Parser

• Generating XML Documents

• XSL Transformations

The preface of the book Essential XML by Don Box, et al. [Addison-Wesley 2000] states only half-jokingly: “The Extensible Markup Language (XML) has replaced Java, Design Patterns, and Object Technology as the software industry's solution to world hunger.” Indeed, as you will see in this chapter, XML is a very useful technology for describing structured information. XML tools make it easy to process and transform that information. However, XML is not a silver bullet. You need domain-specific standards and code libraries to use it effectively. Moreover, far from ...