Java XML

XML is rapidly becoming the standard representation format for data interchange, data verification, configuration, RDBMS interaction, remote procedure invocation, and the representation of transformation processes. In all these areas the Java language provides the programming interfaces and tools needed for driving the underlying machinery.

The intersection between Java and XML is wide-ranging, and the knowledge required to use them together effectively is expanding daily. The API section of this book provides quick access to the essential Java XML programming interfaces: SAX, DOM Core, DOM Extensions, JDOM, JAXP and TrAX, together with dozens of illustrative examples. The Tools section includes chapters on Oracle XDK, IBM Web Services Toolkit, Apache XML Project, XML tools for lightweight/mobile devices, and an overview of Sun early access XML projects, all packed with examples and reference material. The final Techniques section explores Java XML over five projects, developing a distributed business casestudy.

Eric Jung has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. He has 10 years of professional experience in software architecture and engineering, in industries such as banking, medical, legal, telecommunications, dot-com startups, television, advertising, marketing, real estate, and education. During this time, he has worked primarily as a consultant with Fortune 500 companies.

Andrei Cioroianu is the founder of Devsphere.com, where he builds Java development tools and offers consulting services. His projects range from applets and desktop applications to servlets and server side frameworks. He contributed to "Professional Java XML" published by Wrox Press and wrote articles for the Java Developer's Journal. Andrei invites you to send comments about Chapters 2-6 to andreic@ZIPLIP.COM.

Dave Writz is a principal and co-founder of Cornerstone Consulting, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based service organization specializing in building distributed applications. Throughout his career, Dave has concentrated ON building software solutions using object-oriented analysis, design, and programming techniques. He has lead teams responsible for defining Internet and Intranet strategies, then evaluating, selecting, and introducing new technologies including Java, XML, SOAP, EJB, and other advanced technologies. While serving as a mentor, architect, and developer Dave has been able to help Fortune 1000 as well as emerging companies utilize information technology as a competitive advantage.

Mohammed Akif is a Java Architect at Sun Microsystems. He has worked on large projects for Hitachi Malaysia, Fujitsu Singapore, Sprint USA and other fortune 500 companies.

Steven Brodhead is President of Centcom Inc., a maker of XML database integration tools. Steve has been innovating and building software products for over 15 years. Some of the more recent products he has built are iConduit, an XML data integration platform and Tibco's Java CORBA ORB. Besides product development, he also does large-scale enterprise integration using J2EE, middleware, and XML.

James Hart is a Technical Architect at Wrox Press, specializing in open source and enterprise Java technologies. His first computer experiences came at the tender age of five, when he watched his father solder together a Sinclair ZX81 on the kitchen table, and a subsequent mis-spent youth playing around on Ataris and Macintoshes was all that was needed to ensure he could never escape the lure of the IT industry, in spite of several attempts to find something better to do with his time. His main hobby is trying to work out if he can justify buying an Apple G4 Cube, when he already owns a G4 tower.