Java Training : XML Programming Using Java Rev. 6.0

XML Programming Using Java
Rev. 6.0

Java Training Overview

This four-day course builds skills in Java's XML processing APIs. The course is intended for students with a working knowledge of XML -- and possibly DTDs or XML Schema -- who want to build XML applications or components using the Java language. Everything in the course adheres to W3C and Java standards for completely portable code.

The course comprises three modules, which treat XML parsing, XML transformations, and XML binding. The first module introduces the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) and the two main Java APIs for parsing XML documents: SAX and the DOM. Students learn the basic JAXP architecture and how to create parsers that expose SAX or DOM APIs, and how to configure parsers according to the SAX features and properties specification. SAX parsing gives way to reading and writing document information using the DOM tree model and API.

The second module introduces students to the XPath and XSLT specifications, and how to use JAXP as an interface to XML addressing and transformations. Students learn the JAXP's innovative system of Transformers, Sources, and Results; develop fluency in the exacting but powerful XPath syntax; and then build a number of XSLT transformations.

The third module introduces the newer and more powerful Java API for XML Binding, or JAXB, in its current incarnation, which is version 2.1. JAXB is now emerging as the tool of choice for most XML processing tasks where an XML Schema is available or easy to derive: based on that schema, JAXB-generated types can make it quite easy to read, manipulate, and write XML information models.

Java Training Learning Objectives

Understand the use of SAX and DOM APIs for XML parsing.

Understand the need for JAXP as an additional layer to the standard contract between applications and parsers.

Parse element and attribute content, processing instructions, and other document information using SAX.

Parse documents using the DOM.

Modify, create and delete information in an XML document using the DOM.

Write simple and complex queries into XML document content using XPath.

Use XSLT for XML-to-XML, XML-to-HTML, or XML-to-text transformations.

Build standalone and web applications that build on XSLT transformation logic.

Use JAXB to generate persistent Java object models based on XML Schema.

Implement XML persistence using the JAXB.

Java Training Prerequisites

Experience in Java Programming, including object-oriented Java and the Java streams model, is essential. �Java Programming,� is excellent preparation.
Basic understanding of XML is required.�Introduction to XML,� is recommended.
XML Schema is used peripherally in the course, and knowledge of this technology will be helpful, but is not required.

Java Training Course duration

4 days

Java Training Course outline

Module 1. XML Parsing Using Java

Chapter 1. The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)

Parsing XML
SAX and DOM
What the W3C Says
What the W3C Doesn't Say
Sun and Apache
JAXP
Parser Factories
Pluggable Parsers
Parser Features and Properties

Chapter 2. The Simple API for XML (SAX)

Origins of SAX
The SAX Parser
The SAX Event Model
Reading Document Content
Handling Namespaces
SAX Features for Namespaces
Parsing Attributes
Error Handling
DTD Validation
Schema Validation
Handling Processing Instructions

Chapter 3. The Document Object Model (DOM)

Origins of the DOM
DOM Levels
DOM2 Structure
The Document Builder
DOM Tree Model
DOM Interfaces
Document, Node and NodeList Interfaces
Element and Text Interfaces
Finding Elements By Name
Walking the Child List
The Attribute Interface
Traversing Associations
The JAXP Transformer Class
Sources and Results
Combining SAX and DOM Processing
Namespaces and the DOM

Chapter 4. Manipulating XML Information with the DOM

Modifying Documents
Modifying Elements
Modifying Attributes
Managing Children
Seeking a Document Location
The ProcessingInstruction Interface
Creating New Documents

Module 2. XML Transformations Using Java

Chapter 1. Using the JAXP for Transformations

XPath, XSLT and Java
The Transformer Class
The TransformerFactory Class
Sources and Results
Identity Transformations
Creating Transformations from Stylesheets
Template Parameters
Output Methods and Properties
Evaluating XPath Expressions

Chapter 2. XPath

Use of XPath in Other XML Technologies
XPath Expressions
The Axis
The Node Test
The Predicate
XPath Types
XPath Functions
Implied Context
Querying with XPath
XPath and the DOM

Chapter 3. Templates and Production

Rule-Based Transformations
Templates and Template Matching
Built-In Template Rules
Recursion Through Templates
Template Context
Output Methods
Controlling Whitespace
Literal Replacement Elements
Formalizing Text, Elements and Attributes
Defining Target Vocabulary
Generating Processing Instructions

Chapter 4. XSLT: Dynamic Content and Flow Control

Web Applications Using XSLT
J2EE and JAXP
Deriving Source Content
Getting Source Values
Attribute Value Templates
Copying Source Elements and Trees
Looping
Conditionals

Module 3. The Java API for XML Binding

Chapter 1. The Java API for XML Binding

The Need for Data Binding
XML Schema
Two Paths
JAXB Compilation
Mapping Schema Types to Java
Java-to-XML Mapping Using Annotations
Marshaling and Unmarshaling
Working with JAXB Object Models

Appendix A. Learning Resources

Appendix B. Quick Reference: W3C Namespaces

Hardware/Software Requirements

Hardware � minimal

500 MHz, 256 meg RAM, 500 meg disk space

Hardware � recommended

1.5 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB disk.

Operating system

Tested on Windows XP Professional. Course software should be viable on all systems which support a Java 6 Developer's Kit.

Software

All free downloadable tools.