Applied Xml Solutions

by Marchal, Benoit

• ISBN13: 9780789724304
• ISBN10: 0789724308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Applied XML Solutions presents a series of projects rather than a tutorial format. It shows professional developers how XML can be applied to a variety of real-world applications, including:
-- Storing data
-- XML as a scripting substitute
-- Creating online forms
-- Using RSS (Rich Site Summary) to syndicate content to multiple & non-traditional browsers such as WAP-enabled handheld devices
-- Facilitating communication between incompatible systems
-- Creating an e-commerce system
-- Separating web content from web code
-- Importing data from various file formats.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Why a Solution Book?	p. 1
Who Should Read This Book	p. 3
How to Read This Book	p. 3
Conventions Used in This Book	p. 4
Additional Resources	p. 4
Lightweight Data Storage	p. 5
Why Lightweight Data Storage?	p. 5
Meeting the Catalog Viewer	p. 8
The XML Side	p. 17
Designing with Patterns	p. 19
Meeting the Builder Pattern	p. 20
Meeting the Visitor Pattern	p. 29
Building and Running the Project	p. 37
Additional Resources	p. 42
Scripted Configuration Files	p. 43
Configuration Files	p. 43
Meeting Survex	p. 46
Building and Running the Project	p. 69
Benefits	p. 70
Additional Resources	p. 70
Electronic Forms	p. 71
The Event Form	p. 72
Creating a Form with an Editor	p. 73
Running the Project	p. 75
Customizing the Behavior	p. 85
Writing Macros	p. 93
Advantages	p. 101
Additional Resources	p. 102
Content Syndication	p. 103
Architecture	p. 104
Publishing Formats	p. 108
Styling on Demand	p. 114
The Style Sheets	p. 121
Building and Running the Project	p. 126
Additional Resources	p. 127
Export to Any Format	p. 129
Meeting EDIFACT	p. 130
EDI Meets XML	p. 139
Breaking Down the Conversion	p. 144
Building the Formatter	p. 149
Writing the Style Sheet	p. 159
Building and Running the Project	p. 164
Additional Resources	p. 166
Import from Any Format	p. 167
Parsing EDIFACT	p. 168
The EDIFACT Parser	p. 170
The Conversion	p. 182
Building and Running the Project	p. 192
Additional Resources	p. 193
Write an e-Commerce Server	p. 195
XML Marketplaces	p. 195
A Commercial Transaction	p. 196
Architecture	p. 198
The Post Manager	p. 202
Sending the Invoice	p. 214
Building and Running the Project	p. 226
Additional Resources	p. 226
Organize Teamwork Between Developers and Designers	p. 229
Servlets and Teams	p. 229
Using XSL in Servlets	p. 231
Building XslServlet	p. 233
Writing Pesticide Using XslServlet	p. 242
Building and Running the Project	p. 258
Playing with Style Sheets	p. 261
Additional Resources	p. 268
Provide Up-to-the-Minute Information to Business Partners	p. 269
Architecture	p. 270
The SOAP Protocol	p. 274
A SOAP Library	p. 278
The Stock Server	p. 279
The Stock Client	p. 293
Building and Running the Project	p. 306
Additional Resources	p. 307
Where to Now	p. 309
XML As a File Format	p. 310
Publishing Versus Data	p. 311
Flexible, Generic Tools	p. 312
e-Commerce	p. 312
XML Reference	p. 315
XML Elements	p. 315
XML Document	p. 317
Entities	p. 318
Namespaces	p. 319
Parser Reference	p. 321
XML Reader	p. 321
ContentHandler	p. 323
DTDHandler	p. 323
ErrorHandler	p. 324
EntityResolver	p. 324
InputSource	p. 324
Attributes	p. 325
Locator	p. 325
Exceptions	p. 326
XML Filter	p. 326
XML Reader Factory	p. 326
DefaultHandler	p. 327
XSLT Reference	p. 329
Style Sheet	p. 329
Templates	p. 330
Template Content	p. 331
XPath	p. 333
Combining Style Sheets	p. 334
Parameters and Variables	p. 335
Tests and Conditions	p. 335
Functions	p. 335
Copying	p. 336
Extensions	p. 336
Index	p. 337
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