Managing XML With the Java Platform

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code.

SL-385

length.

3 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$1,500 :: $1,275 GSA GOV.

The Managing XML With the Java Platform course focuses on parsing, managing, and using XML (Extensible Markup Language) documents and data through programs written in the Java programming language. XML is called "portable data," and Java technology is called "portable code." Used together, XML and Java technology are a powerful combination for Internet and Web application solutions.

This course focuses on writing programs that parse and manage XML documents using the Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP), which includes coverage of the Simple API for XML (SAX) and Document Object Model (DOM) interfaces. After students become familiar with parsing and managing XML documents, discussion turns to major areas in which XML and Java technology are being used in Internet and Web applications today, including web presentation, business-to-business (B2B) solutions, and databases.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are software engineers, software developers, application developers, and technical managers who will develop applications that process, manage, and manipulate XML data or documents.

prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

	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

skills gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

	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

related courses, exams and materials

	before related training and products

SL-275 Java Programming Language

	after related training and products

SL-301 Distributed Programming With Java Technology

course content details

	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