Managing XML with the Java Platform (SL-385)

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Prerequisites

• Write, compile and run Java applications that include handling exceptions and using classes and interfaces from the Java Development Kit(JDK)
• Demonstrate an understanding of XML syntax
• Describe distributed computing and its major concepts

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Skills Gained

• Define XML, SAX, DOM, and JAXP
• Write programs that use a validating, namespace-aware parser using JAXP
• Write programs using JAXP and SAX application programming interfaces (APIs) to parse XML documents and provide error handling
• Write programs using JAXP and DOM APIs to parse and manipulate XML documents as a tree structure and provide error handling
• Identify and describe major categories of XML application development
• Convert an existing XML document to another output format, such as text or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), using an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) processor and a given XSLT file
• Write XSL stylesheets to perform XSLT transforms
• Use the Transformation API for XML (TrAX) to write Java programs that perform XSLT transforms using Xalan
• Explain how various Java technologies can be used in XML application solutions
• Identify and describe issues XML application developers face, and the standards and APIs under development to help address these issues

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Related Courses

Before:

• A Developer's Introduction to XML Bundle (WPB-150)
• Java Programming Language (SL-275)

After:

• Distributed Programming with Java Technology (SL-301)

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Course Content

Module 1 - Overview of XML and JAXP

• Define XML
• Compare and contrast HTML and XML
• Identify characteristics of XML documents
• Describe JAXP and the packages in the download software
• Describe the features of the next version of JAXP (v1.1)

Module 2 - SAX Programming Basics

• Define SAX, and give a general description of how it works
• Outline the main methods used in SAX programs
• Describe the JAXP SAX factory interfaces
• Identify and describe the SAX event handlers
• Write a SAX program that defines an event handler
• Write a SAX program that uses location information provided by the Locator interface
• Write a SAX program that obtains attribute information

Module 3 - XML Using DTDs

• Define Document Type Definition (DTD)
• Give an example of an XML file with a DTD to illustrate DTD syntax
• Write a program that uses a validating SAX parser
• Write a SAX program that uses the EntityResolver interface to control handling of external subsets

Module 4 - DOM Programming Basics

• Define DOM, and describe how it it works
• Outline the main methods used in DOM programs
• Write a DOM program that creates, appends, modifies, or deletes specified nodes from a DOM tree
• Write a DOM program that modifies element attribute specifications

Module 5 - More on DOM

• Create a program the uses the TreeWalker class of the JAXP reference implementation to walk a DOM tree
• Write a program that outputs the namespace associated with every element and attribute in an XML file

Module 6 - Introduction to XSLT

• Define XSL and XSLT
• Describe the main components of an XSL document
• Write a Java program that uses the TrAX and Xalan
• Transform an XML document using the Xalan XSLT processor and a stylesheet

Module 7 - XML Applications and Java Technology

• Describe the major areas of XML application development
• Identify what and where Java technologies can be used in XML application development
• Describe the message format, communication protocol, and security issues of XML data exchange and integration

Module 8 - XML Application Issues, Future Work, and Products

• Summarize the issues that XML application developers are still dealing with
• Identify the standards and APIs under development to address specific XML application issues
• List XML products and software currently available and the standards these support

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