
Product Description
This title provides a comprehensive reference/tutorial for Java programmers who want to tap the synergy of XML and Java in key Web development tasks. The Java, XML, and Web Services Bible serves as a reference/tutorial for a variety of XML and Java related topics. It covers areas such as B2B, Instant Messaging, Java and XML Binding, Scalable Vector Graphics, and Application development with XML and JSP. It discusses some commercial and open technologies used with Java and XML such as Cocoon, Batik, and Xerces.
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“The world of Web services is full of buzzwords, and at last here’s a book that cuts through all the marketing hype and delivers something the developer can use NOW. ” —Alan Williamson, Editor-in-Chief, Java Developers Journal If Java, XML, and Web services can do it, you can do it too. . . Combine platform-neutral Java programming with XML’s platform-neutral data format and you get a powerful new paradigm for creating distributed applications and Web services. If you are familiar with Java, this comprehensive book will tell you all you need to know to unleash the full interoperability of these two versatile technologies. Complete coverage of the latest techniques, protocols, and underlying technologies make this the ideal guide, whether you are an XML newcomer of a veteran Internet developer.
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I bought this book based on the 4. 5 stars that the original reviews had given it. It must have the author’s friends. None of the examples work and could never work no matter what platform. It is obvious that the author never actually worked through these issues although it looks good enough that it faked me out. Examples: he uses virtual base classes as if they were implementation classes (DOMImplementation class), he uses methods that dont exist (System. out. null()), he fails to declare or instantiate items that he uses in the examples, . . . , . . . , . . . It took me a month to work my own way through the 2nd chapter. Not worth the time, not worth the money.
This book is full of good information about XML and Java, and almost any developer using XML for the first time would find it useful. However, I think it is a little out of date. A lot of the “extension” packages it talks about have actually been encorportated into the Java platform in one way or another, and there are a few new XML-Java initiatives that it does not cover. Also, some of the examples in the book are a bit contrived, and not very practical for real world applications. But on the whole, I think this is a very good introduction to the subject.