Client/Server Data Access With Java and XML [Paperback]

Dan Chang (Author), Dan Harkey (Author), Robert Orfali (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471245771 | ISBN-13: 978-0471245773 | Publication Date: September 28, 1998

Written by two of the foremost client/server and Java experts in the world, this powerful book/CD package is a vital programming tool for all database developers interested in using Java and XML Web products and technologies for large corporate applications. You'll find out what these products are, how to program them, and how different and competing technologies can work together. You will also receive detailed information on the following topics:
* Web and Java-HTTP, HTML, and JDK
* Database Systems-RDB/SQL and OODB/ODMG 2.0
* Java Data Access-JDBC, SQLJ, and ODMG Java Binding/Poet
* Web Data Access-Web Gateway Tools like IBM's Net.Data, Data Access Applets, Data Access Servlets/JavaSoft's Java Web Server, and Microsoft's Dynamic HTML
* Java Client/Server Computing-Java Object Serialization, Java RMI, and Java ORBs like Inprise's Visibroker
* Web Data Interchange-XML, XLink/XPointer, DOM, and XMI
* Java Component Architecture-JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans like WEbLogic's Tengah
* Emerging Technologies-Object-Relational Databases, JDBC 2.0, SQLJ Part 1 & Part 2, DASL, and more.

Includes CD-ROM with... Trial versions of Inprise(TM)'s Visibroker for Java(TM) Version 3.2, IBM(r)'s XML for Java(TM) Version 1, DB2(r) UDB Workgroup Edition for Windows NT(r), and WebLogic(r)'s Tengah 3.1.
* All sample programs found in the book.
* Links to IBM's Net.Data(TM) Version 2, Microsoft(r) Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape(r) Communicator 4.05, and Netscape(r) Enterprise Server.
* Oracle(r)'s SQLJ Reference Implementation Version 0.7.1.1.
* JDK(TM) Version 1.1.6 and BDK Version 1.0.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This exciting tour of emerging Web technologies explains what Java and XML offer for the future of the Internet. Early chapters discuss the current state of the Internet, including HTTP, followed by a quick tour of Java technologies. The authors look at database standards such as SQL (for relational databases) and the Object Data Management Group (ODMG) 2 standard (for object databases).

The most hands-on part of this title examines how to implement a Web-based database using three different technologies: Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) for programming relational databases in Java; the emerging SQLJ standard for creating "embedded" SQL within Java code; and the ODMG Java binding for manipulating object-oriented databases directly in Java. Next, the authors look at providing HTML pages on the fly using Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and Java Servlets. Further sections introduce additional Java-based technologies, such as Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Java Object Request Brokers (ORBs), JavaBeans, and Enterprise JavaBeans.

Later in the book, the authors explore the intricacies of the XML standard for structuring content within Web browsers. They also detail the Java classes that permit developers to program with XML today. The final chapter concentrates once more on the future tense, with a tour of other emerging standards and technologies. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

Programming with data is being redefined by Java, and early 1998 will see the release of a barrage of new enterprise products. This reference offers users a head start, previewing all the emerging tools and products facilitating Java Data Access, Object Transaction Processing, and Web Data Access. Discussion includes what they are, how to program them, and how different and competing technologies may work together.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (September 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471245771
• ISBN-13: 978-0471245773
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,127,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I cannot reccommend this book., March 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Client/Server Data Access With Java and XML (Paperback)

I bought this book because of it's title. I also own Chang and Harkey's Java and CORBA books, which are better than this. The title is misleading. It is not until almost 400 pages into the book that XML is introduced. And the content is all too brief. Most of the book looks like cut and pastes from Chang and Harkey's other Client Server books. The book is over 500 pages long, using huge fonts and page after page of example code and API references. It is disappointing that there is not a decent XML & Java book on the market. I guess I will have to wait and see if O'Reilly publishes one, or at least a XML in a Nutshell.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but doesn't live up to the title!, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Client/Server Data Access With Java and XML (Paperback)

Had a look at it the other day at the Borders. Covers almost all the technologies associated with WEB development in a nice way with sample code that demonstrate each technology. It's a puzzle why the title is what it is. It's misleading!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mainly a java book. not xml/java, August 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Client/Server Data Access With Java and XML (Paperback)

xml/java combination is treated in only around 80 pages. The rest is stndard java client server, applet, servlet, JDBC etc., Buy only as a general purpose Java book and not as a XML/Java reference.