Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

Notes for Primary Audiences

Technical End Users

If you're a technical end user, you probably mostly care about what a utility does and how to run it. Therefore, scan the beginning of the chapter, and review the requirements. If the utility provides what you need, look at how to run it. You can skip the rest of the chapter.

Developers

If you're a developer, you probably care less about what a utility does than about how it does it. Scan the beginning of the chapter, review the requirements, and study the design. Then look at the Java or C++ implementation, depending on your language choice. You'll probably also find the enhancement suggestions interesting. You can find out how to download the source code by referring to the book's Web site, and ...