Pro XML Development with Java Technology

Book Rank: #49 [xml]
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 x 1.2 inches






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.

User Review:

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.

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