Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

Conventions

To help make it clear what you're looking at, I adopted some formatting conventions in this book as shown below.

Fragments of source code in Java, C++, pseudocode, and various types of XML syntax:

Source Code Program

main() { // This is a C++ program ... }

Single lines of code:

myDoc = new DocBuilder;

Fragments of non-XML files:

Doe,John,12 Lee Street,Boston,MA,01303

Command line program execution:

java MyProgram input output -a argument

The first time an important term is used it appears in bold font, for example, pipe and filter. The first time an acronym is used it appears in italics, for example, W3C, accompanied by the full name set in regular font. In some cases, important acronyms, for example, XSLT, first appear in both ...