Pro XML Development with Java Technology [Paperback]

Deepak Vohra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2006

Pro XML Development with Java Technology has been written to help you, the professional Java developer who needs a practical hands-on guide to marrying these technologies together effectively. There are a lot of books out there, but none really explore the combination deeply, and they are largely theoretical. The main objective here was to consolidate the theory and practice of XML and Java technologies in a single, up-to-date source, that is firmly grounded in underlying XML concepts, and can be consulted time and again to rapidly speed up enterprise application development!

It covers all the essential XML topics, including XML Schemas, addressing of XML documents through XPath, transformation of XML documents using XSLT stylesheets, storage and retrieval of XML content in native XML and relational databases, web applications based on Ajax, and SOAP/HTTP and WSDL based Web Services. These XML topics are covered in he applied context of up-to-date Java technologies, including JAXP, JAXB, XMLBeans, and JAX-WS. You will find this book useful in building contemporary, service-oriented enterprise applications.

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"This book is about XML development with the Java language, and the large number of examples makes it useful for developers of all levels. … It is really difficult to find drawbacks with this book since it covers all Java API extensible languages through commented examples. This is the XML development with Java reference book. It will help anyone learn all XML development aspects step by step. I highly recommended it." (Karim Hadiar, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)

About the Author

Deepak Vohra is an independent consultant and a principal member of the NuBean.com software company. He has worked in the area of XML and Java programming for over 5 years and has published numerous articles on related topics in various print and online trade journals. He has masters of science in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and has published original research papers in the area of fluidized bed combustion. Currently, he is working on an automated, web-based J2EE development environment for NuBean.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (September 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590597060
• ISBN-13: 978-1590597064
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #662,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > XML

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Resource Available At This Time, December 29, 2006

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M. Heckel (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro XML Development with Java Technology (Paperback)

A very clear and concise reference for using the latest (as of 12/06) Java technology to process XML. Covers the new JAXP 1.3 (as of jdk 1.5) schema validation architecture. Also discusses native XML versus relational database use and a fairly comprehensive example of using the open source Xindice XML database.

Use of Eclipse and JBoss open source technologies in conjunction with Java is also discussed when appropriate. I would disagree with the other reviewer who critized the book for including Eclipse in it's examples and excluding NetBeans. It's far better to address the use of an IDE then none at all. Particularly when the IDE used for the examples is the most commonly one used in the Java community today.

I would also counter the reviewer who suggested the writing was "boring". This book covers alot of territory in its 414 pages. There is no other way to do that other then to be concise. I for one appreciate that. The writing is very efficient and it's clear that the authors are not having a love affair with their own writing by being verbose for {verbose's} sake. It's not unlike an O'Reilley Nutshell style book.

This book is for the serious enterprise Java developer who is using Java and XML in their application(s). I would agree with the authors in that it does a good job of "bridging" many technologies and provides information on them all in a single resource.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and concise, October 9, 2006

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Isaac Rivera "izk" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pro XML Development with Java Technology (Paperback)

Though I am a programmer with 7 years of experience, I am relatively new to Java programming, having only been involved with it for 2 years and not-yet-on-a-professional-level (I don't code Java for a living). I have taken Java Web Services courses and have gone through the many different APIs and steps for processing XML with Java. Recently I wanted an up-to-date, well-explained, but let's-not-go-through-the-basics-of-java-programming-again-please book to refresh my memory and learn any Java 5 nuances my courses might have missed, plus preview any upcoming improvements in Java 6. This book is GREAT. It does exactly what I wanted. The writing is precise and to the point. No time is wasted learning those things you obviously know if you are trying to process XML in Java, and well-explained examples illustrate every important point. I am only half through the book, but so far I have not come across any big code typos or the such which seem to plague technical books these days. I strongly recommend it for Java Programmers new to XML processing on their platform.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy Book to Have, December 31, 2006

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Bipin Prasad (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro XML Development with Java Technology (Paperback)

This book covers all important details of XML technology for use in Java.

Although all this information exists in various fragments elsewhere, this

book does an excellent job of bringing a lot of technology together in a

simple to use, step-by-step description.

This is great book to have if you use java on a regular basis but have

been hesitating to use the XML alphabet soup. This book is a must-have.