XML Training : Using XML in Java Applications

This course will, through lecture and extensive hands-on workshops, teach you to manipulate XML generally in a data-processing environment, with emphasis on Java as the programming vehicle. Specifically, you will learn to write Java applications that can:

Read and parse XML documents
Generate XML documents
Integrate XML with traditional structured data
Perform queries on XML

Note: Although many of the skills learned in this course may apply to applications that present XML on the Web, the clear emphasis here is on handling XML as data rather than on presentation.

XML Training Prerequisites

Introduction to XML, as well as a solid knowledge of Java

XML Training Course duration

2 Days

XML Training Learning Objectives

This course will teach you how to access and process XML documents from a Java application. Specifically, you will learn:

How to use Java implementations of the two major parser APIs -- SAX and DOM -- to parse XML documents.
How to create Java classes to convert a document into application objects and vice-versa.
How to load XML-parsing Java code dynamically with the document.
How an XML-capable relational database can integrate XML with traditional structured data.

XML Training Course outline

Using XML in Applications: An Overview

Why Use XML in Applications?
Handling XML
Basic XML Activities
Reading XML
Writing XML
Querying XML

SAX I: Parsers & Content Handlers

What is SAX?
How SAX Works
The SAX API in Java
Using SAX
The SAX Handlers
Content Handlers
Document Events
Element Events
Attributes
Character Data
Ignorable Whitespace
Processing Instructions
XMLReader Interface
Getting an XMLReader
Using XMLReaderFactory
XMLReader Features
Registering the Handler
Parsing the Document
Xerces SAX Parsers
Putting It All Together

SAX II: Other Functionality

EntityResolver
DTDHandler
Document Locators
SAX Error Handling
Halting the Parser
Trapping Parser Exceptions

SAX III: Creating Domain Objects

The Mapping Problem
Dispatcher/Delegation Handlers
A Dispatcher/Delegation Example

DOM in Java I: Basics

Document Object Model
DOM vs. Application Objects
DOM vs. SAX
Generating a DOM Tree
DOM Tree Nodes
Types of Nodes
Basic Node Attributes
Node Parent & Siblings
Node Children
NodeList
Elements
Element Children
Document
Document Children
Xerces DOM Parsers

DOM in Java II: Additional Features

Element Attributes
The Attr Interface
Getting Attributes
Handling Text
Character Data
Text Nodes
Other Character Nodes
Processing Instructions
DocumentType
Entities & Entity References

DOM in Java III: Building a DOM Tree

Creating a DOM Tree
Starting the Tree
Creating New Nodes
Attaching Nodes

Writing XML from Objects

The Mapping Issue

Hardware/Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Intel-based PC Workstation

Windows 95, 98 or NT
Minimum 486 33Mhz Processor
Minimum of 32 MB memory

SUN Solaris/SPARC

Minimum of 32 MB memory

In addition:

An Internet connection is highly desirable, at least for the instructor. Certain XML-related Web sites will be discussed during the course; it would help for the students to see them.

Software Requirements

Java 2 Standard Edition version 1.3 software and documentation*
Apaches's Xerces XML parser for Java*
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
Adobe Acrobat Reader*
Student files
Text Editor*

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